In an interesting development, IT provider MIS Group has branched out and bought a number of residential properties with a view to using them as a test-bed to trial innovations in housing management technology. The newly-created Mirca Properties will provide rental accommodation to tenants, managed through MIS’s ActiveH Web housing management system and IT services…
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Sheffield Council streamlines with Totalmobile
Totalmobile has contracted with Sheffield City Council to streamline the housing repairs processes for its 44,000 council houses with smart job management and mobile technology. Totalmobile’s Connect software is expected to be fully operational by September 2021. The council wants to continue digitising its processes and minimise the time spent by its workforce logging and…
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West of Scotland Housing gets RentSense
West of Scotland Housing has bought Mobysoft’s RentSense software to help it mitigate the effects of the pandemic and welfare reform on its increasing arrears. Robert Campbell, director of housing and community services, West of Scotland Housing, said, “The impact of the pandemic on some of our tenants and their ability to pay their rent…
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FireAngel’s next-generation gateway
FireAngel has launched its New Generation Cellular Gateway enabling housing providers to offer higher levels of protective and preventative fire safety. Using FireAngel’s Smart RF technology, the New Generation Cellular Gateway wirelessly connects smoke, heat and carbon-monoxide alarms in a property to FireAngel’s Connected cloud-based platform. Housing providers can then monitor when alarms are triggered,…
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Propeller Powered compliance at Ateb Group
Welsh housing provider Ateb Group (formerly Pembrokeshire Housing) has achieved absolute compliance across all key areas for 2019/20 as part of its digital transformation programme, based on software from Propeller Powered for real-time reporting across its entire operations. Ateb started working with Propeller Powered in 2019. The software supplier was initially appointed to focus on…
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Barcud goes live with ActiveH
Barcud (formerly Tai Ceredigion Cyf and Mid Wales Housing) went live with its new ActiveH housing management system from MIS-AMS in July 2020 despite the challenges of the lockdown. Alongside ActiveH, Barcud has also opted for the software provider’s mobile working, asset management and contractor modules. Gavin Harvey, assistant director of ICT and business improvement,…
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