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Is Housing Really Ready to Go Digital? Three major barriers to change
by Matt Leach - on 06/12/2016Yesterday, I blogged about the five main failure points in UK housing’s approach to going digital. Today, I’m focusing on the three main barriers to change. Over the rest of the week, I’ll be be setting out a manifesto for sector-wide change, explaining how housing businesses can rise to the challenge and digitally transform itself in 2017.
Comments: 0Is Housing Really Ready to Go Digital? Five big reasons why housing is failing to meet the challenges and opportunities
by Matt Leach - on 05/12/2016The UK housing sector is stuck in a technology rut. Ubiquitous connectivity, machine learning and automation are transforming businesses across the economy. But social landlords remain wedded to systems which in too many areas have failed to move on.
Comments: 0What's the future of Community Investment?
by Sally Thomas - on 27/10/2016Community Investment strategies are now changing considerably. HACT's Director of Communities talks to 15 housing associations to see what's going on in the sector and what needs to be done to succeed in these challenging times.
Comments: 0End of an innovative era
by Matt Leach - on 26/10/2016In December, I’m going to be leaving the housing world to join community funder Local Trust, after five amazing and enjoyable years heading up HACT, the housing sector’s in-house ideas and innovation agency.
Comments: 0Better inform your service planning decisions with new data on the prevalence of loneliness
by OCSI - on 06/09/2016Loneliness affects over 1 million older people in the UK, with very high associated health costs. Reducing loneliness among older people can result in fewer visits to the doctors, lower use of medication, fewer days in hospital and fewer admissions to nursing homes. The new data from Age UK helps focus resources to those areas known to have a higher prevalence of loneliness.
Comments: 0The problem with housing and data
by Matt Leach - on 11/07/2016In an adapted version of his Housing Conference 2016 presentation on housing and data, our Chief Executive Matt Leach tries to pin down why the housing sector is so indifferent to the power of big data.
Comments: 0How to investigate the bottom line
by Christina Knudsen - on 28/06/2016As our Community Investment and Bottom Line research project concludes, our Data Scientist Christina Knudsen reflects on the project and the initial key findings.
Comments: 0Mapping your assets
by David King - on 23/06/2016HACT's Social Impact Adviser David King talks about how Community Insight can be used to effectively identify and map assets.
Comments: 0A basic need: affordable housing and mental health
by Ian Bradshaw - on 08/06/2016In this blog, originally published on the Centre for Mental Health website, Ian Bradshaw reflects on the role of affordable housing for people with mental health problems and presents the findings from two works recently published by the Centre: the ‘More than Shelter’ report and the ‘Briefing 49: a basic need’.
Comments: 0Are we doing the right thing to help people with Hoarding Disorder?
by Peter Molyneux - on 03/06/2016Hoarding is now recognised to be one of the most common mental health disorders affecting between 1% and 5% of the adult population. Peter Molyneux, our partner from Common Cause Consulting, invites housing providers to engage in the discussion addressing Hoarding Disorder in a more comprehensive and innovative way.
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