As we begin 2025, Housing Technology is excited to bring you a year of fresh ideas, transformative innovation and purpose-driven strategies. This edition sets the tone for what promises to be a pivotal year, focusing on data standards, cutting-edge technologies and the amazing potential of housing providers to reshape our communities. We’re thrilled to announce…
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Housing Management
Platform Housing launches digital apprenticeships
Platform Housing Group has just launched its Digital Futures Academy, a paid apprenticeship programme designed to offer people from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to build a career in digital and data technologies. With a focus on improving customer experiences in social housing, the programme aims to open doors for those who may have struggled with…
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Barnet Group goes live with PIMSS Compliance
Barnet Group has successfully moved its compliance activities away from spreadsheets and manual processes following its deployment of the workflow-based PIMSS Compliance system. Barnet Group’s fire-risk assessments were the catalyst for its move to PIMSS Compliance, which has centralised and streamlined the housing provider’s compliance data. Internal staff and external contractors can both update the…
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Editor’s notes – Does one size fit all?
Housing Technology has been working with the UK government’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, HACT and Open Data Exchange to research, measure and report on social housing providers’ views of housing-specific data standards. After conducting an online survey (November 2024) of the Housing Technology community around attitudes to data standards, Housing Technology’s research…
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Human-powered transformation
The housing sector is undergoing a profound transformation, driven not only by advances in technology but the dedicated individuals who have committed their careers to it. This evolution isn’t just about the software, platforms or systems being implemented, but about the people behind these innovations. For years, professionals within housing providers haven’t seen themselves as…
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From gatekeepers to service leaders
Reshaping social housing for the consumer standard As social housing grapples with new consumer standards, Mark Holdsworth, Civica’s sales director, explores how housing providers must transform their culture and technology to deliver outstanding tenant services. The most significant cultural transformation in social housing in decades is underway. The introduction of consumer standards by the Regulator…
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