The third annual Housing Technology Awards took place during the Housing Technology 2026 conference in Nottingham earlier this month, with the winners announced during a special ceremony at the East Midlands Conference Centre. With the awards being judged by an external panel of the entrants’ housing peers (and free of any commercial sponsorship for complete…
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Riverside Group
IT strategies for housing assets & infrastructure
Housing Technology interviewed housing, repairs and maintenance, asset and technology experts from FLS – Fast Lean Smart, HousingAI, Mobysoft, NEC Software Solutions, The Riverside Group and Voicescape on how housing providers can use technology to achieve healthier homes, reduced back-logs of repairs and better housing portfolios, including some quick wins and best-practice examples. What should…
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Some things change, some stay the same
When I reflect on two decades of technology in social housing, I think about The Pretenders… Towards the end of the decade known as the ‘noughties’, it wasn’t uncommon to still find green-screen systems, probably encased in a more friendly GUI, running at the heart of your typical housing provider. These business-critical systems would be…
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Developing an agile digital business approach
Riverside Group’s ‘digital business’ approach is challenging the myth that large housing providers are huge juggernauts – behemoths that are slow to adapt to the pressures of changing market conditions and technological advances. With more than 75,000 homes across the UK, we have successfully demonstrated the benefits of a new approach for digital business, enabling…
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Artificial intelligence in housing
Housing Technology interviewed AI specialists from Civica, Converse360, Made Tech, Mobysoft, NEC Software Solutions, Orlo and Riverside Group on the business imperatives, internal and external operations, pitfalls and advice, ethical questions and staff concerns associated with the adoption of AI by housing providers. The business case for AI in housing Glen Ocskó, head of local…
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Riverside rolls out 1,500 Switchee IoT devices
Riverside Group is installing 1,500 Switchee smart thermostats in its tenants’ homes following a successful pilot of the IoT technology. Data from the Switchee devices, sent via the mobile phone network to the cloud, enabled Riverside to remotely assess its properties’ performance and triage any problems. By sending surveys to customers through Switchee’s built-in communications…
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