The impact of Brexit on UK housing providers is still unclear and is very much dependent on how the UK’s relationship with the EU is redefined – whether or not UK makes budget contributions to the EU, agrees to either free or restricted trade and movement of people, or even refuses to give any element…
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Finance Management
Integrator Housing Solutions – 30 years of housing asset management
Housing Technology interviewed Integrator Housing Solutions’ managing director, Vic Harrison, about the company’s 30-year pedigree of providing housing asset management software and his views on the future of IT in social housing. What is the background to Integrator Housing Solutions? Integrator’s asset management software originated from a request by Orbit Housing to develop a system…
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West Dunbartonshire to use Mobysoft predictive analytics for universal credit
West Dunbartonshire Council has bought Mobysoft’s Rentsense software for predictive analytics to help it mitigate the effects of universal credit. Ryan Chalmers, section head of revenues and benefits, West Dunbartonshire Council, said, “Rent collection is obviously a key priority for us and with the introduction of universal credit and other welfare reforms, we wanted to…
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Magenta Living uses In4Systems for NPV data and stock viability
In order to manage its stock viability options using net present value (NPV) calculations and neighbourhood insight scoring, Magenta Living is using In4Systems’ Options Appraisal software. Previously, Magenta Living held internal reviews to discuss any issues with particular neighbourhoods but with only limited financial analysis carried out at the level of individual properties, it wanted…
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Is the LHA cap working?
Is the local housing allowance (LHA) cap creating a postcode lottery for the most vulnerable in our society? Where rents are at their lowest in the poorer areas of the UK, the development of new homes is often being redirected to less needy areas in order to gain higher returns. With various freezes and cuts…
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Budget time – Are you spending wisely?
As organisations across the country approach the end of another financial year, all eyes are on budgets. Assessing spending over the last year and crunching the numbers for the year ahead is the name of the game right now. For housing providers, sensitivity to cost is crucial and it always has been. We know from…
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