Readers may have noticed that Housing Technology has been covering the growth of the internet of things more frequently over the past few issues. This is because we believe that housing providers, possibly for the first time, are in a unique position to completely change the domestic technology landscape. At the moment the majority of…
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Editor's Notes
Paying to stay or staying to pay?
The government’s double whammies of universal credit and pay to stay can be thought of as two sides of the same coin in terms of their impacts on housing providers’ operations and financial performance. We recognise that universal credit and pay to stay are obviously distinct areas, but there are similarities in terms of outside…
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A single version of the truth
A common problem for the majority of housing providers is that due to the plethora of business applications that each of them typically has, even a simple query such as ‘how many properties do we own or manage’ may result in different answers depending on which application is being used. The phrase ‘a single version…
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Web 1.0, 2.0 and the Internet of Things
Since Housing Technology began reporting on IT developments in the social housing sector in 2008, it’s been very apparent that housing providers are catching up with or even eclipsing their contemporaries in other parts of the public and private sectors. This is clearly a good thing. However, Housing Technology thinks that the next demarcation will…
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Risk and diversification
The recent Budget announcements by the government around cutting social housing rents by per one per cent per year is likely to not only limit housing providers’ ability to build new homes but also affect the stability of their income streams and therefore their credit ratings with potential or existing lenders. As many housing providers…
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General Election – Universal credit rolls on
The Conservative’s victory in the General Election and in particular the retention of Iain Duncan Smith as Work and Pensions Secretary should interpreted by housing providers as a clear indication that the widespread roll-out of universal credit is definitely going to happen, despite some misgivings over its technical implementation and its effect on housing providers’…
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