Technology for regulatory compliance, reporting & audit-readiness Housing Technology interviewed regulatory compliance and reporting experts and practitioners from Asprey Solutions, DataBoots, Headland Solutions, Insite Energy, Plentific, Radec Technologies, Social Telecoms, South Liverpool Homes and Tunstall Healthcare on how housing providers and local authorities can use technology to make…
WHG manages a housing portfolio of over 22,000 homes across the Midlands, with damp and mould presenting ongoing challenges in a small number of complex properties. These homes often need repeated interventions, coordinated activity between teams and close monitoring over time. In some cases, residents might not report any ongoing problems themselves, increasing the risk... WHG on top of damp &…
Healthy Homes Hub has launched HousingAI, a new AI-powered knowledge platform built specifically for the social housing sector. Developed in collaboration with housing providers and sector experts, HousingAI has been designed to reflect the reality of how decisions are made across housing, often under pressure, across multiple systems and with significant regulatory and resident implications....…
Progress Housing has chosen Everon Group for the rollout of a digital telecare upgrade in around 500 of its independent-living homes. With the contract running until 2029, the rollout will ensure that the homes are ready for the analogue-to-digital switchover at the start of 2027. As a cloud-based wireless solution, Everon’s system works via a... Progress Housing switches to Everon for digital…
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... Editor’s Notes: This Must…
Greatwell Homes was Commended in the Digital Transformation category of the Housing Technology Awards 2026 after it partnered with Voicescape to transform its rent income recovery with AI-powered tools. Inadequate income recovery Managing approximately 5,500 homes across Northamptonshire, we were constrained by an inadequate rent income recovery system. With our arrears running at 2.5 per...…
Civica’s new research into financial resilience in social housing & local government The financial pressures facing UK housing providers have rarely felt more acute. Rising maintenance costs, growing demand for social housing, increasing regulatory requirements and constrained grant funding are all hitting at once. Mandatory compliance with Awaab’s Law, preparations for the Decent Homes…
Fostering an accountability culture & getting the basics right for residents “Repairs and maintenance are one of the most visible and important services a landlord provides – and when it goes wrong, residents feel it most.” These were the words of Dr Eve Blezard, policy lead at the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), on the... What matters to your residents? Read More → The post What matters to…
MHS Homes is now using IoT Solutions Group’s Cosie Homes platform to strengthen its approach to damp and mould. Using continuous in-home sensor data, MHS Homes can now identify the likely causes of damp and mould earlier, collect evidence of whether any remedial works have succeeded and maintain its visibility of their properties’ performance long... MHS Homes gets Cosie Homes for D&M monitoring…
What over 20 housing providers told us about AI Over the past six months, my colleagues and I have sat down with senior executives, spanning IT directors, heads of asset management, compliance leads and operations directors, from more than 20 housing providers for structured conversations about artificial intelligence, in addition to the countless meetings our... The gap nobody is closing, yet…