Universal Credit has suffered another setback as it was reported that a further £3 billion has been spent on the rollout, thanks largely to disposable IT projects, which now is expected to be completed by 2020, a year later than planned. Despite the delays, public sector payments specialist Allpay has warned that this shouldn’t stop…
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Finance Management
Procurement Hub launched by Places for People
Places for People has launched a new procurement service, offering a comprehensive bundle of IT services for itself and other housing providers to buy without getting caught up in lengthy procurement processes. The housing provider’s Procurement Hub comprises seven ‘lots’ of core software and hardware, delivered by five IT suppliers: Open Reality (client, server and…
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GenieLets simplifies rent collections
Software company Geniebytes has developed a new web-based rent collection platform. GenieLets enables housing providers to manage all rent payments, contracts and reminders online. Users simply input tenant and property information into the system and the application provides real-time payment details at the touch of a button while also highlighting tenants who are behind on…
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Coastline Housing beats UK government borrowing
Although not strictly relating to technology in housing, it is nevertheless interesting to report that Coastline Housing has borrowed £23 million via the Affordable Homes Guarantees Programme at a cheaper rate than the UK government pays for its debt. Coastline borrowed the money under a £500m funding programme agreed with the European Investment Bank, via…
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What is asset management in 2015?
Nobody currently active in the housing sector needs reminding that these are challenging times. Rarely has the sector faced such fundamental threats to its revenue stream as those posed by the advent of welfare reform and the extended right-to-buy. Housing providers are increasingly looking at other activities, some previously considered ‘non core’, to help bolster…
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Income management 2.0 – ‘Sorry, there’s no money!’
Whatever the outcome of the 2015 general election (this was written at the end of April), it is likely that politicians of all persuasions will have little choice but to continue the squeeze on welfare spending. The knock on effect of this will be more tenants at risk of falling into rent arrears, and the…
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