This edition of Housing Technology is heavier on ‘data’ than normal, in part owing to our main feature article on data integration and straight-through processing as well as numerous contributed articles from data experts in our sector. In much the same way that a philosophical construct or mathematical theorem is only as strong as its…
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Finance Management
Sheffield Council streamlines with Totalmobile
Totalmobile has contracted with Sheffield City Council to streamline the housing repairs processes for its 44,000 council houses with smart job management and mobile technology. Totalmobile’s Connect software is expected to be fully operational by September 2021. The council wants to continue digitising its processes and minimise the time spent by its workforce logging and…
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West of Scotland Housing gets RentSense
West of Scotland Housing has bought Mobysoft’s RentSense software to help it mitigate the effects of the pandemic and welfare reform on its increasing arrears. Robert Campbell, director of housing and community services, West of Scotland Housing, said, “The impact of the pandemic on some of our tenants and their ability to pay their rent…
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Fife Housing selects RentSense
Fife Housing Group has joined many of its Scottish peers in choosing Mobysoft’s RentSense software to improve its financial performance through reduced arrears. Beverley Graham, housing manager, Fife Housing Group, said, “At the moment, a great deal of our housing officers’ time is spent trawling through individual rent accounts, even though some don’t need any…
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Competing for space
Using market data to avoid being outflanked and build better homes As you probably know, there are around 1,400 housing associations in the UK and close to 400 local authorities, not to mention thousands of private development and investment companies, all of whom are competing to build the best possible homes for their respective markets….
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BPHA’s experience of Mobysoft
As Mobysoft’s 100th customer for its RentSense software, BPHA has reported on its experience of managing its caseloads and level of arrears. Helena Pountney, regional housing manager, BPHA, said, “The main driver for buying RentSense wasn’t about reducing arrears per se, but about creating more capacity within our housing team. Our officers are generic in…
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