How feasible and useful is it for housing providers to move to a 100% digital tenant lifecycle, from initial application and onboarding to tenant engagement, finance and payments, and maintenance and support, through to renewals, voids and re-lettings? Housing Technology asked digital experts from Civica, Commonplace, Insite Energy, M-Files and NEC Software Solutions for their…
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Decarbonisation – The clock is ticking and data is key
The pressures facing the social housing sector in meeting an ever-pressing decarbonisation agenda are huge. It’s well known that homes are a major contributor to the climate crisis. Powering and heating buildings account for 40 per cent of the UK’s total energy use, with England’s homes alone emitting more carbon emissions every year than all…
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Following the thread – What the draft Building Safety Bill means for housing data
When Dame Judith Hackitt published the ‘Building a Safer Future’ report, she recommended the introduction of a ‘golden thread’ policy, including the digital standards that should underpin the implementation of a golden thread of information. When the Building Safety Bill becomes law later this year, building owners will need to demonstrate that they have effective…
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Derby Homes’ Bluesky aerial programme
Aerial mapping company Bluesky is helping Derby Homes roll out integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) systems across its housing stock. A project to identify suitable roof coverings assessed more than 8,000 addresses considering size, pitch, aspect, existing furniture and infringing vegetation. Using its ultra-high resolution imagery, Bluesky assessed the suitability of each property, measured the number…
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3D models paint a thousand words
Disrepairs remain a huge and high-profile issue for social housing. Civica’s Justin Fisher explores how robust data and modelling can make all the difference. We all want to feel safe and secure in our own homes. Safety was a crucial, up-front feature of the UK government’s White Paper for Social Housing which promised a renewed…
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Worthing Homes heads for the cloud with Civica
Worthing Homes is set to implement Civica’s cloud-based Cx Housing Management, Cx Asset Management, Cx Contractor and Civica Involve software in a new five-year contract. The housing provider has around 4,000 properties and is adding 100 new properties each year, so part of the project’s aims was to gain a better understanding of its tenants,…
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