We are sad to report the death of David Shelton, the founder and chairman of Shelton Development Services (SDS), at the age of 66. Shelton started SDS from a spare bedroom in 1994, helping property developers and housing providers with land acquisition, financial viability, and legal and planning issues. He created the development appraisal software…
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You’re hired – SDS takes on apprentices
SDS is celebrating the success of its four apprentices after two years. SDS is a great supporter of the apprentices programme as well as finding it the ideal way to lower the average age of the office. Thomas Hill is now fully employed as a junior developer, coding and testing software. He said, “Working in…
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How to help finance house building and fight the housing crisis
The Prime Minister may have committed to building one million new homes by 2020, but how will these be funded? The Welfare Reform Act announced in the summer forces deflation into business plans barely a year after the government ‘guaranteed’ 10 years’ worth of inflation. Over the last five years, politicians have been less concerned…
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Interview with SDS – IT, funding and politics in housing
After five years as CEO of Shelton Development Services, Housing Technology interviewed Phil Shelton about IT, funding and political changes in social housing. How has IT affected the housing sector since 2009 when you took over at Shelton Development Services? The technology has advanced considerably since 2009, when the iPhone 3 had only been out…
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How innovation and creativity can meet housing needs
Sir – Councils are looking beyond the HRA to develop their new building programmes for two reasons. First, yes, the HRA Self-Financing settlement has allowed 170 stock-owning councils to address investment in their stock, but, that said, a large number of these councils have reached their borrowing cap. Secondly, the new HCA affordable housing programme…
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Happy 20th birthday to SDS
SDS, the Surrey-based housing IT specialist, celebrated its 20th birthday at the National Housing Federation’s recent conference in Warwick with bunny ears, pink boas and fun photo booth that had the NHF’s delegates diving into the dressing up box after the conference dinner.
