Derby Homes has chosen Capita One’s OpenHousing as its new housing management system, including integrated support for mobile working. The housing provider said that OpenHousing was expected to give them “a single version of the truth” via a unified platform integrated across its different service areas. Having recently restructured its general needs housing service, its…
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Cloud CCTV brings fibre broadband to RHP
RHP is using the implementation of cloud-based CCTV from Cloudview at one of its south London estates to offer its tenants high-speed broadband using the newly-installed fibre network from Grain Connect. When RHP wanted to extend its use of Cloudview CCTV to an estate in Hounslow, it initially found that the cost of installing broadband…
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Hitachi gains G-Cloud accreditation
Hitachi Solutions has announced that it is now part of the government’s G-Cloud10 procurement framework. G-Cloud10 is a government-backed resource to allow housing providers and public-sector organisations to find pre-approved digital suppliers quickly and easily. Ciara McMillan, industry director for housing, Hitachi Solutions, said, “Traditional procurement methods can often be a slow and ineffective way…
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Coastline Housing’s e-health project
Coastline Housing is taking part in a multi-faceted research project in Cornwall to develop new e-health products, processes and services. Smartline is a three-year (2017-2020) project led by the University of Exeter alongside Coastline Housing, Volunteer Cornwall and Cornwall Council. The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund with additional funding from the…
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Mobysoft’s UC research – extra £7bn to be collected
Housing providers are likely to have to collect an extra £7 billion in rent each year following the introduction of universal credit, according to research from Mobysoft. The study, which covered around one third of the UK’s social housing stock found that rents being collected direct from tenants by housing officers will increase by 63…
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Orchard analytics to proactively manage income
Orchard’s Income Analytics solution has been developed to support organisations with the growing pressure to decrease rent arrears and increase revenues against a transformational backdrop of universal credit, rent reductions and legacy systems. While universal credit provides an opportunity for tenants with the change of responsibility of rental payments, this also provides a significant challenge…
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