Cadcorp has reported that many smaller housing providers are missing out on the benefits of using geographic information to help manage their housing stock because they are unable to justify the cost of employing a dedicated mapping expert. As a result, Cadcorp has launched a hosted, web-based GIS and mapping service designed specifically for housing…
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Five steps to delivering digital services in housing
The government has set out its ambition to reduce the number of people who are offline by 25 per cent this year and a further 25 per cent each year for the following two years. In addition, it is aiming for 80 per cent of universal credit applications to be made online by 2017. The…
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Castle Computer Services launches dedicated housing division
Castle Computer Services has created a dedicated housing solutions division to its business and appointed Paul Sutherland as its director of housing solutions. Well-known as a leading provider of SunSystems finance software and Qlikview business intelligence solutions to housing providers, the new division makes available a full portfolio of best-of-breed software and infrastructure solutions which…
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Kypera wins Community Gateway for service delivery
Community Gateway Association has bought Kypera Hometeam as its housing management system for its staff and 6,100 tenants. The first phase of the implementation is scheduled to go live in July 2016. Based on the latest Microsoft .Net technology, Hometeam will enable the housing provider’s staff to access tenant information including tenancy details, rents and…
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Digital – It’s all about data
As I write this article, I am reminded of Bill Clinton’s election speech for the 1992 US presidential election, “It’s about the economy, stupid”, which during his campaign, Clinton’s strategist, James Carville, posted this slogan on his office door as a way of motivating staff and politicians to stick to one of the key messages,…
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HMS – At the heart of your organisation
Housing Technology interviewed experts from Civica, Horton Housing Association and MIS-AMS on the future of housing management systems (HMS) in the context of new web-based services, the emergence of ERP systems in housing and welfare reform. The latest generation of HMS As everyone knows, technology is changing all the time, and although the housing sector…
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