Tenant safety and housing quality are always in focus, but with the new Social Housing Regulation Act (SHRA) that was passed in July 2023, it’s clear that much still needs to be done. The changes are designed to strengthen the proactive abilities of the Regulator of Social Housing and the Housing Ombudsman to inspect housing…
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Wirral Council opts for Simpson Associates’ analytics & Microsoft Fabric
Simpson Associates has been chosen by Wirral Council to design and deliver a machine-learning and advanced data analytics solution based on Microsoft Fabric, an all-in-one suite of analytics software that spans data movement, data science, real-time analytics and business intelligence. Simpson Associates will work with the council’s in-house teams to develop a Microsoft Fabric data…
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Full-fibre for data, regulations and housing quality
The ability to capture, analyse and make decisions based on ever-growing amounts of data can transform how housing providers manage their portfolios; that’s why we’ve seen such a spike in demand for ‘proptech’ in recent years. Take a common issue such as damp and mould; according to the charity Shelter, poor housing harms the health…
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Aspire Housing’s faster grants with Charis Shop
Aspire Housing has moved the administration of its grants’ funding to the Charis Shop platform, thereby cutting its costs by 70 per cent and allocating grants to tenants faster. Prior to its adoption of Charis Shop, the housing provider was spending over £10 per BACS transaction for every request for funds it received from one…
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Switchee nets three new wins
Citizen Housing, Haig Housing and Thirteen Group are deploying 2,000 Switchee smart-home devices between them. Thirteen’s 1,000 devices are expected to be followed by a second tranche for its entire stock of 35,000 properties, while Haig Housing’s consignment of devices will immediately cover its full housing portfolio. Data from Switchee’s smart devices delivers real-time, actionable…
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IntoZetta’s annual ‘data in housing’ survey results… part three
Welcome back to the third part of the IntoZetta ‘Data in Housing Survey 2023’. If you missed parts one or two, please check out the May 2023 and July 2023 editions of Housing Technology. In part two, we explored the potential barriers to implementing better data management. The answers in that section revealed an interesting…
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