Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust is implementing Civica’s Cx Housing Management, Cx Asset Management, Civica Involve and FinancialsLive in a new five-year agreement. Civica’s cloud-based software and customer portal will be used by the housing provider to engage with residents better, improve asset management and extend its digital transformation. FinancialsLive provides a seamless experience across the…
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Saha signs with Rubixx for housing, asset & compliance software
Saha has announced a new partnership with software provider Rubixx for its web-based housing, asset and compliance management systems as well as a tenant portal. Saha aims to have its new Rubixx system live by July 2023, with Saha’s project team being led by external consultant Claire Davidson (C Davidson Consultancy). Lynne Shea, interim CEO,…
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IntoZetta’s final ‘Data in Housing’ survey results
Earlier this year, IntoZetta contacted its software and services customers and organisations from the broader social housing sector, asking them to complete a survey regarding the use of data within housing providers. The first sets of results were published in the previous three editions of Housing Technology. This final instalment looks at data ownership and…
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Lean and continuous improvement
In December 2021, One Housing joined Riverside Group as a subsidiary, making it one of the largest housing providers in the UK. Danny Nicklen and Roch Ottaway-Schollij share some tools and techniques they used to successfully support organisational change. When we talk about digital change and transformation, we often label activities as IT, business or…
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Cambridge City Council’s 25 years with MRI Software
Cambridge City Council’s new digital portal is its latest MRI Software implementation after over two decades as a customer. Starting from the council’s earliest Unix solution, which ran via DOS-style command prompts, the team at Cambridge City Council now uses MRI Software’s Housing Enterprise (formerly Orchard Housing) alongside Accuserv for repairs, asset management and income…
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Agile vs. waterfall – A choice between flexibility and control?
Traditional waterfall-based projects promise successful outcomes through meticulous planning and tight control of the scope and risks, but it’s a promise that isn’t always fulfilled. The famous quote that, “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy” neatly sums up the problem with waterfall in situations where the detail of requirements isn’t entirely clear…
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