After almost 20 years and 112 editions of this magazine, Housing Technology is finally running a geospatial technology-themed event with our launch of Spatial Matters 2026 in November. Given the fundamental importance of ‘place’ to every housing provider’s operations, assets and tenants, Housing Technology has long been bemused by the low adoption of geospatial systems…
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Beyond the map
Why housing needs to think differently about ‘place’ I arrived at the Ordnance Survey Innovation Festival 2026 235 years to the day after the organisation was founded. Like many people, I had assumed that Ordnance Survey was, quite simply, Britain’s mapmaker but I soon realised that I’d been looking at it completely the wrong way….
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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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Editor’s Notes: Housing Technology 2026 in review
The next 18 years start here… Something shifted at our recent Housing Technology 2026 conference. And before I get into what that means for the next chapter of Housing Technology, I want to thank our team behind the scenes who made it happen as well as our partners, speakers, moderators and guests. “A truly excellent…
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Ctrl Alt Delete
Rethinking technology leadership in housing It happens in board meetings every week. Someone asks a reasonable question: could we survive a ransomware attack? What happens if our housing management system goes down for three days? Who has access to our residents’ data, what is the quality of that data, and what impact is poor data…
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Editor’s Notes: Our not-so-secret superpower
The Housing Technology team often talks to people who’ve just joined the social housing sector, typically from the commercial sector, either with a housing provider or with an IT/business provider focused on social housing. In every instance, the one thing we always emphasise to them is the lack of competition between housing providers and therefore…
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