It feels like a time of new opportunities in social housing. The calls for more sustainable funding that housing providers have long been lobbying for have finally received an answer with £39bn allocated for the next decade in the government’s June spending review. This brings the possibility of larger, longer-term projects that can bring real…
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106 - July 2025
Manningham Housing exceeds arrears target with RentSense
Manningham Housing has exceeded its year-end arrears target following its use of Mobysoft’s RentSense software, with its arrears down to 3.1 per cent, against an annual target of five per cent. By automating key income-collection tasks and providing clear analytics, RentSense has enabled the housing provider’s income team to action 100 per cent of its…
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Editor’s Notes – Data matters more than ever…
As everyone in social housing is only too well aware, data is fundamental to every housing provider’s operations. Whether it’s upstream problems with data collection, entry and consistency or downstream issues with data integration, reporting and governance (and everything in between), data is one of the ‘existential pillars’ of housing providers’ operations and must be…
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Why you need housing-specific software and generic business software
For years, there has been a bit of a tug-of-war in the housing world – should we be using systems built specifically for social housing or should we tap into more mainstream tools such as ‘horizontal’ CRMs and contact centre platforms? Honestly, that debate is beginning to feel very out of date. The truth is,…
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Not another dashboard?
If you’ve worked in technology, particularly within social housing, you’ve probably heard it: “We don’t want another dashboard.” It’s become a familiar refrain as organisations grapple with the flood of data from IoT devices, housing management systems and compliance tools. Yet while this statement may be understandable, the reality is far more nuanced. The truth…
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Wates streamlines R&M with FLS Visitour
Wates Property Services has chosen FLS – Fast Lean Smart’s dynamic scheduling and route planning software Visitour to optimise its field service operations. WPS, which manages over 600,000 homes and provides repair and maintenance services to more than 20 housing providers and local authorities, plans to use Visitour to overcome its capacity constraints through fewer…
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