Intelligent heating systems like Google’s Nest have launched the internet of things into the mainstream but how can this technology be harnessed to transform service delivery for housing providers and how can we build the connected social home? Back in June 2015, the Connected Home Consortium (a partnership of 15 housing providers interested in IoT…
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Housing Management
Footprint steps forward to cut Golden Gates’ voids
Golden Gates Housing Trust has completed its main implementation of voids and repairs management software from Footprint Solutions. Footprint’s Works Connect solution was initially implemented within the housing provider’s voids team, on the basis that if it could be made to work amid the complexity of voids, typically involving multiple tradespeople working at the same…
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LookingLocal helps West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire County Council is using the LetsHelpYou service from LookingLocal to encourage better engagement with the private rented sector and to make the affordable housing market more accessible. LetsHelpYou is a free service for both landlords and tenants, created by Kirklees Council-owned developers LookingLocal with funding help from DWP. The service offers landlords a…
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22nd century repairs – A personal view
What will housing providers’ repairs service look like in the future? This article (the second of two; see September 2015 edition of Housing Technology for the first article) from Chris Potter, ROCC’s Uniclass director, is his personal view of some very probable scenarios and others a little bit more fanciful, looking at what a 22nd-century…
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How to help finance house building and fight the housing crisis
The Prime Minister may have committed to building one million new homes by 2020, but how will these be funded? The Welfare Reform Act announced in the summer forces deflation into business plans barely a year after the government ‘guaranteed’ 10 years’ worth of inflation. Over the last five years, politicians have been less concerned…
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The ‘Pay to Stay’ consultation begins…
The government has launched its consultation on the new compulsory Pay to Stay scheme for England. The consultation is open to anyone with an interest in these proposals and will last until 20 November 2015. There is actually only four pages of any real content in the document and I strongly suggest that everyone takes…
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