Service-charge compliance starts long before the statement Service charges are under increasing scrutiny, and for housing providers themselves, the challenge is no longer whether statements can be produced on time or statutory information provided when requested – the larger question is whether they can explain, evidence and stand behind their numbers. When it comes to…
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Finance Management
Editor’s Notes: Strong data foundations
Alongside our feature article on data management in housing on end-user engagement and data literacy, data governance, integration and data standards, and how to achieve better data quality, Housing Technology’s annual Data Matters one-day event is returning for its fifth consecutive year. After four years in London, we’re thrilled to be moving Data Matters to…
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Karbon Homes’ in-house service-charge platform
Karbon Homes’ service charge automation and management platform Karbon Homes was Commended in the Digital Transformation category at the Housing Technology Awards 2026. Karbon Homes has around 34,000 homes and almost a third of its customers are leaseholders, paying annual service charges for the running and maintenance of their building and communal areas. Spreadsheets everywhere…
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The Housing Technology Awards 2026
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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Income under pressure
Why financial resilience depends on intelligence, not instinct The social housing sector is under huge financial strain. Across the sector, increased repairs spending, interest-cover ratios and regulatory expectations around safety, quality and responsiveness are all rising. None of that is cheap and none of that is optional, and all of those elements depend on having…
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Mobysoft partners with Lightning Reach
Mobysoft has teamed up with Lightning Reach to connect at-risk tenants with tailored financial support. The partnership brings together early risk identification and proactive financial support to help housing providers reduce arrears and improve tenant outcomes. More than 125 housing providers use Mobysoft’s RentSense, covering around 2 million tenancies, to identify tenants at risk of…
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