Molendinar Park Housing has signed a five-year contract with Designer Software for its HomeMaster housing and finance software. Julie Smillie, director, Molendinar Park Housing, said, “Excellent service delivery and value for money are obviously vital to us, and by switching to HomeMaster we are confident that we will improve both. We are excited to implement…
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Housing Management
How to build better technology
Let’s start with a search for affordable housing in the UK… the first thing you’ll find is uncertainty. We need more homes, and we needed them yesterday. But just building homes isn’t enough to solve the nation’s affordable housing crisis. Millions of people already live in social housing, with a waiting list that’s twice as…
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Housing and the Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) was enacted as part of a package of measures introduced by the Labour government aimed at improving the operation of the UK government by making it more accountable to the electorate through increased transparency. It directly affects ‘public authorities’ which are defined in a list contained in Schedule…
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How to be a disruptive influence…
I remember the first time someone told me, “Gas Tag is the ‘disruptor’ in this sector.” I vividly remember having a spring in my step for the rest of that day, thinking that we’re finally making our mark. But in hindsight, I’m not so sure that being a disruptor is always perceived in the way…
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The future of housing management systems
Housing Technology asked experts in housing management systems (HMS) from Civica, Northgate Public Services and Shaw Consulting about the role of HMS in today’s IT and business operations and what to look for when selecting and implementing a new HMS. The latest HMS Commenting on the difference between today’s latest HMS compared with many housing…
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Why bad data is a big issue for AI
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has predicted that, “AI will have a more profound impact than electricity or fire” which is quite a write-up given the impact of both these discoveries. But behind every new star there’s always a kingmaker and in the case of AI, that kingmaker is data. For AI to prove as transformational…
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