We are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Housing Technology Awards (2024) as well as the commended entries. The awards were given out during a packed ceremony at the Housing Technology 2024 conference in Nottingham in early March.
The standard of entries was incredibly high; all of the housing providers and local authorities mentioned below submitted excellent examples and evidence of their IT-related projects and teams spanning the awards’ six categories. The finalists’ entries were assessed and scored by our external panel of judges from UK housing providers after first being shortlisted by Housing Technology’s editorial team.
Please note that the Housing Technology Awards 2025 will open for entries in August 2024; full details will be published in due course.
Customer/Tenant Services
- Gold: Raven Housing Trust – An end-to-end ‘Better Connected’ programme;
- Silver: Milton Keynes City Council – Transforming tenants’ financial health;
- Bronze: Poplar HARCA – A full-scale deployment of IoT sensors;
- Finalist: Kingston Council – A proactive approach to improving tenants’ wellbeing;
- Finalist: Platform Housing – Trying hard, failing fast, improving and delivering;
- Commended: Beyond Housing and BPHA.
Cyber Security
- Gold: West Kent Housing – Cyber-security as an organisational culture;
- Silver: Kingdom Housing – Cyber-security using AI, automation and IT standards;
- Bronze: Southern Housing – Cyber-assurance during a high-speed merger;
- Finalist: Adra (Tai) Cyf – Making cyber-security mainstream;
- Finalist: Link Group – A problem-solving approach to cyber-awareness;
- Commended: Freebridge Community Housing, Newark & Sherwood District Council and Raven Housing Trust.
Data Management
- Gold: L&Q – BizApp’s new master data management and enterprise data platform;
- Silver: Notting Hill Genesis – Innovations in data governance;
- Bronze: Sovereign Network Group – An ambitious journey towards data observability.
Digital Transformation
- Silver: Platform Housing – The future shape of finance;
- Bronze: Places for People – Delivering an effortless customer experience;
- Finalist: Notting Hill Genesis – A proof-of-concept for uniting people and data;
- Finalist: Southwark Council – Digital improvements to KPIs for rent collection;
- Commended: Beyond Housing, L&Q, Monmouthshire Housing, Newark & Sherwood District Council, Newport City Homes, Southwark Council, Stockport Homes, Tai Tarian and Wrekin Housing.
Innovation
- Gold: Platform Housing – Asking big questions of AI;
- Silver: Thirteen Group – Innovating debt recovery;
- North Star Housing – Using AI for automated compliance;
- Finalist: L&Q – BizApps’ innovative technology portfolio management;
- Finalist: Notting Hill Genesis – Migration to Microsoft omni-channels;
- Commended: Home Group, Housing Solutions, Lincolnshire Housing Partnership, Places for People, Raven Housing Trust, Southwark Council, Sovereign Network Group, Stockport Homes and Warwick District Council.
IT Team of the Year
- Gold: L&Q – Rebuilding IT’s relationship with the business;
- Silver: Sovereign Network Group – Delivering excellence from SNG’s data & analytics team;
- Bronze: Southern Housing – Pure hard work – The engine of a merger;
- Finalist: Home Group – Implementing integration middleware without risking service delivery;
- Finalist: Lincolnshire Housing Partnership – A customer-first approach to all aspects of IT;
- Commended: Beyond Housing, Link Group and Newark & Sherwood District Council.
Many of the award winners have kindly agreed to let us publish details of their projects in the May and July editions of Housing Technology, so look out for their articles. If you have any questions about the awards or would like further information, please email alastair@housing-technology.com.
