Three years after MRI Software bought Orchard Systems, Castleton Technology and Housing Partners, Housing Technology interviewed Deborah Matthews, the company’s managing director of social housing. What have been the biggest changes at MRI Software over the past three years? Since MRI’s acquisitions all took place in a single year, we initially needed time to consider…
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Combating mould – Linking ‘feet on the ground’ with IT
Black mould is nothing new to housing providers and local authorities, but rises in the cost of living and high energy costs over the past year have seen its damage to homes and the accompanying health hazards skyrocket. A UK government report, ‘Damp and mould in social housing: initial findings’, published earlier this year stated…
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MRI Software partners with Aareon
MRI Software is now partnering with Aareon UK to make selected MRI applications available to housing providers using Aareon’s core platform, starting with MRI Allocations for managing tenant application processes. Lee Burke, chief revenue officer, Aareon UK, said, “The partnership with MRI Software underlines our customer commitment by identifying best-in-class solutions that are the right…
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Barnet Homes combats homelessness with MRI Housing Options
Barnet Homes is now using MRI Software’s Housing Options to manage its homelessness cases, allocations, referrals and reporting alongside compliance with the Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) and Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC). Sonia de la Orden, data integrity project manager, Barnet Homes, said, “We needed a robust validation tool that identifies all H-CLIC errors…
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MRI Software launches Safer Communities
MRI Software has launched MRI Safer Communities, a cloud-based case management solution to report, manage and monitor cases of anti-social behaviour and domestic abuse in social housing. Safer Communities provides an efficient way for housing providers’ ASB- and DA-focused teams to record incidents, as well as actions and interventions taken to support victims and deal…
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Cambridge City Council’s 25 years with MRI Software
Cambridge City Council’s new digital portal is its latest MRI Software implementation after over two decades as a customer. Starting from the council’s earliest Unix solution, which ran via DOS-style command prompts, the team at Cambridge City Council now uses MRI Software’s Housing Enterprise (formerly Orchard Housing) alongside Accuserv for repairs, asset management and income…
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