For many housing providers, replacing their housing management and finance systems is seen as a technical risk. Projects stall, costs escalate and go-live dates slip. As a sector, we’ve become used to the idea that implementations are painful and that long programmes are simply the price of complex systems. But when you look closely at…
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East Lothian Housing goes live with Aareon HomeMaster
East Lothian Housing has just completed its implementation of Aareon’s HomeMaster housing management system. Gary Alison, director of finance and corporate services, East Lothian Housing, said, “Our deployment of HomeMaster is a perfect reflection of our ‘digital first’ strategy. “HomeMaster integrates with our existing Aareon My Home digital services and strengthens our ability to deliver…
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The future of housing management systems
Amid ever-changing views on the role of housing management systems (HMS), Housing Technology interviewed a few experts on the ERP vs. HMS debate, when to replace your HMS, integration with other core systems and common mistakes to avoid when migrating to a new HMS. When is an HMS too old? Ben Charlton, head of migration…
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All change at Aareon
For years, Aareon and QL were almost synonymous in UK social housing. Our housing management system, QL, has helped thousands of housing professionals carry out essential work and underpinned the services that residents rely on, but that’s no longer the whole story. Through our acquisitions last year, Aareon brought HomeMaster, ActiveH, Housing Online and Help…
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Housing providers moving to Aareon HomeMaster
Following Aareon’s acquisition of HomeMaster earlier this year, the software provider has signed eight more housing providers as customers for the HomeMaster cloud-based housing and finance management system. The latest organisations to join the Aareon HomeMaster community since September include Abertay Housing, Albyn Housing, Mencap, MHA, Paisley Housing, Rosehill Housing, Shettleston Housing and Waverley Housing….
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Aareon launches Aidenn for AI-powered repairs
Aareon has launched Aidenn Repairs, an AI-based repair diagnostic and video triage platform. The launch of Aidenn Repairs follows Aareon’s acquisition in September 2025 of Help Me Fix, the original developer of Aidenn. Aidenn Repairs leverages agentic AI and real-time video diagnostics to triage repair requests, reduce unnecessary engineer dispatches and improve first-time fix rates….
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