How many local authorities use Home Connections choice enabling ICT solutions?

Home Connections provides CBL services for more than a third of local authorities in London across all 5 London sub regions.

4 of the top ten highest performing authorities in the country (published 2009 Audit Commission results) use our choice based lettings service.

• North London sub-region – Camden, Westminster, Islington, Haringey, Enfield, Barnet (entire sub region)
• West London sub-region (shared with Locata) – Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• East London sub-region (shared with East London Lettings Company) – City of London Corporation
• South-West sub-region – Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London Borough of Merton and London Borough of Lambeth.
• South-East sub- region – London Borough of Bromley,  London Borough of  Greenwich
• Bedfordshire Homefinder – Bedford, Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, South Bedfordshire, Aragon HA, Bedfordshire Pilgrims HA
• Hampshire sub-region – Southampton City Council
• Bracknell Forest

Home Connections also provides CBL in the Midlands  for of Birmingham City Council (Europe’s Largest Social Landlord) and RSL’s including Midland Area and Birmingham Family.

How many Local Authorities and RSL’s use your visual and digital media and marketing services?

Home Connections works with 40+ Local Authorities and RSL’s providing visual services:

• High Definition (HD) Film and Audio Production
• Computer Generated Imagery (GCI)
• Virtual Tours and Virtual Neighbourhoods
• Architechtural Visualisation
• Web design
• Interactive 3D
• Serious Games
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Do you provide an accessible housing register?

Yes we delivered the project which developed the  “Accessible Housing Register Toolkit” for London. We also provide AHR’s for:

• Wallsall Aadapted Housing Service
• Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• Bedfordshire Homefinder sub regional scheme

Do you work with any RSL’s?

Yes. Home Connections has advertised properties for over 100′s of RSL’s over the years. However we work directly with the following RSL’s and provide CBL or choice enabling services directly to the transfer tenants of:

• Peabody Housing Trust
• Circle 33 Housing Trust
• Metropolitan Housing Trust
• Southern Housing Group
• Origin
• Innisfree HA
• Community Housing Group
• Soho
• Family Birmingham
• Midland Heart
• Christian Action Housing
• Kensington Housing Trust
• Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association

How long does it take you to implement a fully functional choice based lettings service for a new partner?

Depending on your needs we can have you up and running and delivering choice to your customers within 4-6 months.

How much do you charge for your services?

We have individually tailored packages customised to fit your needs some of our products and services are stand alone and others form part of the core CBL package.

Do you provide Project Management?

We have a proven track record of assisting organisations to design, develop and implement choice based lettings services. We work according to PRINCE 2 project management principles, building on our extensive business knowledge in the CBL field. We have PRINCE 2 trained staff, who have led and implemented choice based lettings services for a variety of local authorities and RSLs. Our project managers will work with all levels of your organisation to meet your needs and help fulfill your expectations.

PRINCE 2 provides benefits to the organisation and to project owners, through the controllable use of resources and the ability to manage business and project risk more effectively. PRINCE 2 enables projects to have:

• A controlled and organised start, middle and end
• Regular reviews of progress against plan and against the Business Case
• Flexible decision points
• The involvement of management and stakeholders at the right time and place
• Clear communication between the project, project management, and the wider organisation.

We will not over specify or recommend technology you don’t need, but we will provide reliable advice based on our wide experience gathered during numerous successful projects.

Do you provide Consultancy?

• Training, technical support and project management
• Choice based lettings seminars and masterclasses
• National XML lettings standard – advice, consultancy, support.

We have delivered public sector business change solutions and significantly improved the housing allocations service throughout our partnership.

The service has generated a culture of continuous improvement and business process redesign, enabling the release of resources to the ‘front line’. Gershon efficiencies have been achieved through the evolution of housing options services. We can advise on a range of issues from delivering and implementing choice based lettings, engaging residents with employment services through to introducing digital media into the delivery of your housing services.

We have the insight, experience, and tools to work with you to meet your business needs.

Where else can we find you online?

• You can follow us on Twitter (opens new browser window)

• We’ve been posting our virtual panoramas and photography on our Flickr Photostream (opens new browser window) since 2007

How do I find out more or discuss possible options?

Call Joe today 0207 974 6367 or send email to arrange a demo or find out more.