Neal Hooper, Aico’s managing director, and Luke Loveridge, chief executive of Homelync, explain why Aico and Homelync have come together to create safer homes in social housing, the benefits of remote management and the future of housing. Why have Aico and Homelync come together? The internet of things (IoT) has been showing lots of promise…
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Why move to the cloud?
Moving to the cloud can play a big part in accelerating your digital transformation programme, enabling you to harness a new suite of opportunities that can help elevate your people and processes. Cloud-based systems also offer the huge advantage of providing easy to implement disaster recovery plans. We recently migrated a large housing provider to…
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The two sides of IoT in housing
When you look at the possibilities of what the internet of things could offer social housing, it’s nothing short of miraculous. Not only would homes be healthier and better maintained, but there would be a lot less stress for both housing providers and their tenants. Furthermore, if the data was shared responsibly, architects, urban designers…
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Housing Solutions’ digital commitment pays off
If access to broadband wasn’t considered an essential service before coronavirus struck, it certainly is now. As a housing provider, it’s critical to our tenants in so many ways and we have, for several years, been developing our own pioneering online service. This shift has dramatically accelerated during the pandemic. Our work around digital inclusion…
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Connected communities – Reducing fire risk for vulnerable tenants
Maintaining social housing and providing meaningful support to tenants is full of challenges. Fire safety is one of the most important, but it can be one of the most difficult to overcome. FireAngel’s connected homes director, James King, discusses how, with the right technologies, fire prevention and response can become easier, more effective and more…
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A mould bomb is coming…
Usually, I am hesitant to write about issues that could be seen as a fear-mongering warning, but not in this case. There is a ‘mould bomb’ coming for every housing provider in the UK and unfortunately, it has teeth – ‘Fitness for Human Habitation Legal Disrepair’ teeth, to be specific. Over the last two years,…
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