North Star Housing won the bronze award in the innovation category of the inaugural Housing Technology 2024 awards. Sean Lawless and James Walder from North Star Housing explain more about their award-winning programme. At North Star Housing, we embarked on a transformative journey to replace our legacy housing management system with Microsoft Dynamics, with the…
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15 years of That Housing IT Guy
Many of you will know me as ‘ThatHousingITGuy’ from my blog (tonysmiththathousingitguy.blogspot.com), which has been running for almost as long as Housing Technology magazine, with over 500 posts. My experience in the housing sector spans almost 30 years working for suppliers as well as housing providers, so not much escapes me. Most of my work…
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Unlocking the potential of dark data
It’s often said that UK social housing providers are ‘data rich but insight poor’. The Social Housing Ombudsman stressed in last year’s Spotlight Report that there is a desperate need for the improved management of data, stating that it was “the closest thing the social housing sector has to a silver bullet”. Data-related risk is…
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Innovation & transformation
Welcome to a journey of transformation and innovation in social housing, where technology meets tenancies to create a seamless experience for both housing providers and their residents. In this article, we will explore the transformative journeys of Housing Solutions and Beyond Housing, two forward-thinking Social Telecoms customers who have embraced the power of modern contact-centre…
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Pennington Choices moves to FLS
Pennington Choices’ team of 200 housing and property surveyors is set to use FLS – Fast Lean Smart’s Visitour software for dynamic scheduling and real-time travel optimisation. FLS Visitour will enable Pennington Choices to streamline its operations by offering optimal time slots and dynamically adapting to real-time changes and traffic conditions throughout each day. In…
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Platform Housing’s innovation award
Platform Housing Group won the gold award in the innovation category at the Housing Technology 2024 Awards; in this article we take a look at the importance of these awards and what the accolade means to both Platform Housing Group and the wider housing sector. Housing providers like Platform Housing Group are in a fantastic…
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