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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The future of Apple Pay in housing
With Apple Pay now established in the UK, customers have a new method at their disposal for making quick, easy payments using their iPhone or Apple Watch devices. Beyond everyday consumer transactions such as paying for a coffee or using public transport, Apple Pay also has considerable potential within social housing. With contactless payment technology…
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Adullam Homes tracks mobile usage of Omniledger’s Pyramid
Adullam Homes has begun to deploy the mobile version of OmniLedger’s Pyramid solution to housing, maintenance and support staff. As part of the implementation programme, one of Adullam’s support workers logged her working day to get an idea of the possible savings; this is what she found: At home: check that my device is charged…
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Building information modelling – the next big thing for housing providers?
Twenty years ago, in my days in managing a ‘patch’ of social housing in West Yorkshire, there was no real culture of using IT to help you do your job. Arrears were managed with a pencil, a ruler and a pile of computer-generated reports that grew week by week on my desk until I struggled…
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Using IT automation to personalise customer calls
Relationships matter to us. How we interact with others and with the world around us is important. Where we have a relationship, it is important that we feel valued and the same applies when we talk to organisations about personal matters. Aside from health, our homes are the most personal things to us. So when…
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