Two Castles Housing Association has formed a partnership with Capita to install smart sensor monitoring equipment to capture and analyse household data such as air quality, temperature and humidity. The project is said to be one of the first of its kind for the housing sector and will help tackle overheating and fuel poverty, as…
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The ‘Pay to Stay’ consultation begins…
The government has launched its consultation on the new compulsory Pay to Stay scheme for England. The consultation is open to anyone with an interest in these proposals and will last until 20 November 2015. There is actually only four pages of any real content in the document and I strongly suggest that everyone takes…
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Why Solihull Community Housing moved to Open Housing
I have been thinking about the issue of IT systems and consolidation. This seems like an extremely relevant issue here in Solihull at the moment. In the past, our users have generally favoured the idea of using best-of-breed business applications. They argued that if they could get a smaller system that is specifically built for…
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Capita helps combat homelessness in Liverpool
Capita’s software services division is helping the City of Liverpool to streamline how it deals with homelessness and demands for short-term accommodation. The City of Liverpool developed its MainStay project in order to join up services and provide improved access to short-term housing. Central to the project’s success was the need for all housing support…
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Capita’s Engage app to support Fortunatus’ vulnerable adults
Fortunatus Housing has launched a new app to help support tenants, offer advice and promote fundraising events. The Engage platform, developed by Capita’s software services business, gives Fortunatus a complete browser-based management console, allowing them to develop, populate and deploy their own mobile app. The app will provide a wealth of information to residents and…
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Capita researches behaviour change to tackle rent arrears
Housing providers and local authorities have been invited by the housing team in Capita’s property business to participate in a six-month research programme to test how behavioural science can improve rent collection and reduce rent arrears. The research will investigate how intervention techniques affect the decisions tenants make. Several organisations will each try a different…
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