Housing staff in high-risk roles are being offered enhanced protection thanks to body-worn cameras, state-of-the-art live streaming technology and a 24/7 monitoring and response service from Orbis Protect. Orbis Protect is introducing its Red Alert Body Worn Video service which works across 2G/3G/4G and wi-fi connectivity after forming a partnership with Digital Barriers to improve…
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Illumar tackles housing’s data challenge
Business services’ provider Inprova and Insource, a healthcare data automation specialist, have set up a new venture, Illumar, in order to help housing providers unify data from disparate systems, improve data quality and increase the adoption of common data standards. The collaboration is based on technologies developed for the healthcare sector combined with social housing…
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Lioness joins Housing Technology’s recruitment programme
Housing Technology is very pleased to announce that Lioness Recruitment has joined us as a recruitment business partner for 2021. Jennifer Shorten, director, Lioness Recruitment, said, “When we started trading towards the end of last year, we knew that our first year would be tricky but we could have never guessed it was going to…
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Second-generation ASAP from Ark
Ark Consultancy has launched its second-generation Ark Strategic Asset Performance (ASAP) model. Building on the success of the original ASAP model, ‘Gen 2’ is a dynamic, cloud-based solution providing information on stock performance from a quantitative and qualitative perspective, using data sets from internal and external sources, market intelligence, and customer and staff feedback to…
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Active Community connects socially-isolated tenants
Following its acquisition of the Community Book platform, Active Housing by Hallnet has rebranded and launched it as its latest digital solution to connect tenants, bring communities together and tackle the threat of social isolation, particularly in the face of further coronavirus lockdowns. Developed with help from Wigan Council, Wigan Borough Community Partnership and Inform…
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Rugby Council invests in RentSense
Rugby Borough Council has bought Mobysoft’s RentSense software to reduce its arrears cases and support vulnerable tenants. Before the pandemic, the council was implementing a new housing management system, but it was concerned that welfare reform and staffing constraints would impact its ability to collect rent and support tenants, prompting its investment in RentSense. Raj…
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