Housing providers could see a £220m spike in arrears this year, according to Housemark, due to this financial year having 53 ‘rent weeks’ while the governments’ universal credit payments only cover 52 weeks. Jonathan Cox, director of data and business intelligence, Housemark, said, “This 53-week problem comes at the worst possible time for tenants as…
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Mobysoft & Aareon’s partnership
Mobysoft and Aareon have announced a strategic partnership, with the aim of helping housing providers to access best-of-breed housing platforms, reducing the need for housing providers’ IT departments to connect and manage multiple solutions. Mobysoft will join Aareon’s Connect ecosystem, with its RentSense arrears management software directly available through Aareon. Paul Evans, CEO, Mobysoft, said,…
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North Star’s Dynamics migration with Infinity Group
North Star is close to completing its full migration from Capita OpenHousing to Microsoft Dynamics with support from Infinity Group. The housing provider was previously using Capita OpenHousing for rent accounting and tenancy management but wanted a more integrated, available and streamlined process. Sean Lawless, director of insight and transformation, North Star Housing, said, “Our…
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Home Group takes on Calabrio ONE with Business Systems
Home Group has recently partnered with Business Systems to help transform its contact centre operations. Taking advantage of the UK government’s Crown Commercial Framework, Home Group chose Business Systems to implement Calabrio’s ONE workforce management system on the basis of its forecasting, scheduling and analytics capabilities. Following the implementation of the Calabrio software, the housing…
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Aico’s Southend retrofit show home
Aico has had a longstanding relationship with Southend-on-Sea City Council for many years, supporting the installation of its fire and carbon monoxide (CO) alarm systems. The council aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2030 and is now launching a proactive retrofit programme for its 6,000 homes. These properties comprise 46 per cent of the council’s…
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Vivid Housing launches Housing Perks
Vivid Housing has teamed up with Housing Perks to provide an exclusive cost of living app for its tenants, funded through the housing provider’s Vivid Plus charitable arm. 1,100 Vivid tenants signed up to the Housing Perks app on the first day and saved thousands of pounds within the first few weeks. Housing Perks is…
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