Helen Rogers, housing product director at Civica, looks at the potential of digital twins to deliver better, safer, greener social housing across the UK. Every sector knows the importance of digital transformation. From aerospace to construction, automated processes and digitally-enabled collaboration tools have gone from being ‘nice to have’ to ‘can’t do without’. For the…
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Joseph Rowntree Housing’s Civica housing and finance platform
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust is implementing Civica’s Cx Housing Management, Cx Asset Management, Civica Involve and FinancialsLive in a new five-year agreement. Civica’s cloud-based software and customer portal will be used by the housing provider to engage with residents better, improve asset management and extend its digital transformation. FinancialsLive provides a seamless experience across the…
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Crucial connections
Better connected homes and communities, enabled by smart technology, are the key to tackling the major challenges ahead for social housing. If we’ve learnt anything from the past two years, it’s the power of collective action during a crisis. The way communities, housing providers and local authorities pulled together during the pandemic showed the real…
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2023 & beyond – What’s next?
Housing Technology asked housing experts from Civica, FLS – Fast Lean Smart, Manifest Software Solutions and NEC Software Solutions for some of their ideas and predictions for which new business and technology areas housing providers should be considering in the short- and medium-term. Disruption and innovation Helen Rogers, product director at Civica, said, “With the…
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A bigger, greener housing legacy
Civica’s Michelle Tyler explains how the software provider’s comprehensive survey of housing providers and residents reveals a clear priority for better value, safer and more sustainable housing. We recently carried out extensive research with social housing residents and housing leaders across the UK to get under the skin of the big issues affecting the sector….
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Subscribing to the future – new SaaS, licensing and procurement models
Opex- vs. capex-intensive procurement Offering a subscription model for IT projects (i.e. monthly costs spread over the longer term rather than upfront costs) enables housing providers to invest in technology more frequently. Opex procurements also allow more flexibility and accurate annual budgeting around expenditure on IT projects. Regularised IT spending means managers don’t need to…
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