Housing Technology has been working with the UK government’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, HACT and Open Data Exchange to research, measure and report on social housing providers’ views of housing-specific data standards.
After conducting an online survey (November 2024) of the Housing Technology community around attitudes to data standards, Housing Technology’s research team has analysed, reviewed and compiled the results into our brand-new report, Data Standards in Social Housing 2025, copies of which you can order and download now from housing-technology.com/report/data-standards-2025.
As a taster of what our new data standards report covers:
• Definitions of data standards – There is a considerable mismatch between respondents’ good understanding of data standards and their actual adoption of data standards in their business operations.
• Internal, external & shared data standards – There is strong support for shared data standards across the wider social housing sector.
• Adoption of shared data standards – Data standards are considered most important for housing providers’ regulatory compliance, followed by for their executive teams and boards.
• Barriers to adopting data standards – Data quality is the main barrier to adopting data standards, while senior executives actively encourage the adoption of data standards.
• Reasons for data sharing – Regulatory reporting is the primary reason for housing providers wanting to share their data.
• Resources for adopting data standards – The most importance resources are data glossaries and dictionaries.
• Usage & awareness of data standards – There is almost ubiquitous awareness and/or usage of the data standards for UPRN, SOR codes, HACT and stock-condition surveys; other standards are less familiar or little used.
• Relevance to data management strategies – Internal data standards are the most relevant to housing providers’ data management strategies, alongside access to IT suppliers’ APIs.
You can order and download Housing Technology’s Data Standards in Social Housing 2025 report now from housing-technology.com/report/data-standards-2025 (there’s no charge).
