Tenants expect more than ever before from their housing providers – speedier service, easier rent management, always-on assistance and improved communication channels. This is against a backdrop of tightening budgets and a multitude of channels to manage. So how can technology help housing providers streamline ways of working and enhance this experience? And what should…
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Customer Management
What’s the point of customer feedback?
For many years, the measurement of customer satisfaction (CSAT) has played an important and high-profile role in the housing sector. Most RSLs publish annual CSAT targets, for both repairs and ‘overall satisfaction’, and they publish their attainment against those targets. There’s a regulatory imperative behind this and, of course, CSAT provides a useful barometer of…
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The rise of senior CX roles in social housing
No two people are the same, so it stands to reason that no two tenants are the same either. Within social housing, you have tenants with a wide range of opinions, income levels, religions, political views, education levels and awareness of technology (more on this later). Due to these differences, it means a one-size-fits-all approach…
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Tough times & sharing your experiences
These are incredibly difficult times, and both our personal and working lives are set to be extraordinarily different for at least the next few months. There will be many challenges ahead, but together we can help to build resilience and support each other in our respective endeavours. We saw the strength that housing providers can…
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Ocean Housing’s new app
Ocean Housing has joined the multitude of housing providers with their own tenancy app for smartphones. Mark Gardner, chief executive, Ocean Housing, said, “Many of our tenants are busy working families, or juggle shifts, so having an app makes it easier for them to get in touch at a time that suits them. We’ve been…
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How to tackle fuel poverty with IT
With Spring in sight, over 600,000 households will be breathing a sigh of relief as they survive yet another winter in fuel poverty. Fuel poverty is officially defined as a household which spends more than 10 per cent of its net income, after all housing costs are taken out, on heating the home and other…
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