Places for People and Visualmetrics have collaborated to create Neighbourhub, a five-stage process intended to improve housing management performance, increase profitability and strengthen neighbourhood sustainability. By defining, analysing, and measuring neighbourhood performance using interactive dashboards, the goals of Neighbourhub are to reduce property turnover, arrears, void losses and repair costs at the same time as…
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Performance Management
Risk management in social housing
Risk management in social housing is becoming an important issue where governance is vital, particularly following several high-profile failures and frauds reported by the Homes and Communities Agency. However, some housing providers still think of risk management as ‘merely’ a compliance obligation or box ticking exercise, when in fact it does have considerable power to…
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Performance revolution at Raglan Housing with Qlikview
Raglan Housing is using Castle Computing’s Qlikview software to consolidate its myriad data sources, removing the need to collate information from disparate systems in numerous spreadsheets and reports. The project began in June 2013 and went live in October 2013. The QlikView solution provides dynamic and tailored information for all staff. It also allows them…
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Infor insights at Spectrum Housing
Spectrum Housing Group has implemented performance management software from Infor for planning and budgeting, replacing a very spreadsheet-led culture. The new software is intended to help Spectrum to deploy its resources more effectively and provide all budget holders with the tools to forecast more accurately. Spectrum’s previous spreadsheet-based planning processes meant that there was an…
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Housing Technology 2014: Simon Weston OBE and George Clarke – architect & tv presenter to give keynote presentations
Housing Technology is delighted to announce that Simon Weston OBE and George Clarke will be giving the keynote presentations at the Housing Technology 2014 conference and executive forum on 26-27 February 2014. George Clarke, architect & tv presenter George is the presenter of several very successful series for television, including Channel 4’s Restoration Man and…
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Christmas lists
The ‘C’ word has crept into the November issue of Housing Technology but with good reason. As we approach the beginning of 2014, which ‘must-have’ technologies will be on your Christmas list and what New Year resolutions will you make and try to keep? While most housing providers have adopted mobile working to greater or…
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