When I was thinking about what to cover in a piece on compliance, it struck me that compliance may mean different things to different people. To the finance and housing departments, compliance may be about HCA governance and IDAs, while those involved in asset management would have a different definition. Well, as you’d expect, I…
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Finance Management
South Liverpool Homes takes Orchard Income Analytics for rent arrears
Orchard’s Income Analytics software has been chosen by South Liverpool Homes to reduce its rent arrears. Jackie Bishop, income enforcement manager, South Liverpool Homes, said, “We are already seeing a rapid response from tenants to our SMS messages and emails, meaning that this cuts down on our income officers having to visit homes and enables…
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Orchard transforms income collection for Castles & Coasts
Castles and Coasts Housing has engaged with Orchard to become more proactive in its approach to income collection with the implementation of Income Analytics. In common with most other housing providers, Castles and Coasts has found that tenants who go into arrears will bury their heads in the sand rather than engage with support, so…
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My Rent Rewards app launches in housing
Marketed as “the first cashback app that pays your rent”, My Rent Rewards has been launched for the UK’s social housing tenants. The app is free for tenants and is available from Apple iTunes and Google Play Store. All the cashback raised from tenants’ purchases from My Rent Rewards’ retail partners is ring-fenced and paid…
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GDPR is here – What happens next?
After over a year of build-up, GDPR has now been in force for over three months. But the real journey for the housing sector is only just beginning, as Daniela Flores, in-house counsel and GDPR officer at Insite Energy, explains. The deadline of 25 May 2018 certainly created a sense of urgency, but the scope…
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Lanarkshire Housing’s RAM component accounting
Lanarkshire Housing Association has implemented component accounting software from Real Asset Management in a drive to tighten its current processes and maintain compliance with FRS 102. LHA had reached a stage where its £28 million asset base, comprising myriad components such as land, roofs, windows, kitchens, heating systems and bathrooms, needed a more rigorous and…
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