The screw has been turning on social housing providers and local authorities, as wave after wave of challenges have piled on the pressure; historical funding issues were exacerbated by the pandemic, with the ensuing cost-of-living crisis adding to the problems. The reality is organisations are having to do far more with less in a bid…
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General News
Celebrating your IT ambitions & business innovation
The inaugural Housing Technology Awards are now open for entries (closing date 12 January 2024) and we’re really looking forward to seeing the breadth, ambition and scale of technology and business innovation in our sector. We would encourage all housing providers to enter our 2023/24 awards (entries are free) to highlight the work they’ve been…
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Good things come to those who wait
Over the past 15 years since Alastair Tweedie (co-founder and editor) and I started Housing Technology, it has been incredible to witness how Housing Technology’s subscribers, guests, contributors and customers have all been integral to the evolution of social housing technology. Since the establishment of Housing Technology in 2007, these key stakeholders have led the…
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iO Associates’ fixed-price transformation projects
iO Associates has launched a fixed-price, full project delivery service covering all aspect of housing providers’ business and technology transformation projects, from inception through to realisation, underpinned by an immediate return on investment. The company’s fixed-price model covers three stages, spanning an initial consultative phase, followed by staffing and project delivery, and concluding with end-user…
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MRI Social Housing – Three years later…
Three years after MRI Software bought Orchard Systems, Castleton Technology and Housing Partners, Housing Technology interviewed Deborah Matthews, the company’s managing director of social housing. What have been the biggest changes at MRI Software over the past three years? Since MRI’s acquisitions all took place in a single year, we initially needed time to consider…
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Cadcorp launches new EPC data service
Cadcorp has launched a new cloud-hosted data service, providing EPC ratings for all residential properties in Great Britain. Cadcorp’s EPC service includes access to the latest EPC ratings for over 10 million residential properties in Great Britain, quarterly updates from Cadcorp, and spatial database access for running EPC-related queries and analytics. Specific uses for Cadcorp’s…
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