New interactive website for River Clyde Homes now LIVE!
We are excited to announce we have partnered with River Clyde Homes to launch a brand new interactive website using Drupal technology. With an improved look and attractive design, the new River Clyde Homes' portal follows the re-branded corporate site design to improve the customer's experience. Fully integrated to Choice Based Lettings system, the new portal makes it easier for applicants to register online, search and bid for properties that matches their needs.
The re-branding brought also some new additions to offer a better service & more information for the home seekers: a section for recent News and a new Housing Advice section.
We have also collaborated with City of London and Bedfordshire Homes to launch easy-to-use, sophisticated and responsive portals.
Interested in good quality webdesign, that is responsive and have great usability? Check here how we can help you to revamp your website & contact us now for a free initial consultation.
Find out more about our web design services and hosting here
Mobile app developed in partnership with Leicester City Council is now LIVE
The MyHOME app aims to provide you with the right help, advice and information for those who are at risk of homelessness or are having housing difficulties. The app has been created in partnership between Leicester, Rutland, and the districts and boroughs of Leicestershire.
The app can be downloaded to a smartphone or tablet from the Apple Store or Google Play Store, using the links below:
Download MyHOME for iPhone
Download MyHOME for Android
For more info, access: MyHOME self-service housing advice
Homefinder UK: national mobility scheme rehoused over 500 homeless households
Our national mobility scheme, Homefinder UK, has reached a new milestone this year: over 500 homeless households found social housing across the UK through the scheme. This success was only possible because of a strong partnership maintained with the local authorities and housing associations who are members of our scheme and who are equally driven by the goal to reduce and prevent homelessness.
"Through the scheme, which is voluntary, our aim is to reduce homelessness and offer support to applicants through Case Management to ensure the property matches the applicant’s needs. As a result, we have a tenancy failure rate of less than 1%”, says Ninesh Muthiah, our CEO.
Check testimonials of those who have been rehoused through the scheme to know how Homefinder UK changed their lives.
Interested to know how Homefinder UK can support you to prevent and relief homelessness? Find out more here.
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Reducing homelessness, one household at the time
Our HOPE seminar is coming to London this October!
Fed up with your current Homelessness Reduction Act software and looking for a better alternative? Need faster processing and interview times? Want an intelligent system to guide your staff? Then you are invited to attend our FREE hope seminar to learn more how our software can transform homelessness reduction services.
Where?
Westminster City Council (Room 18.07 and Room 18.08), 64 Victoria Street, London,
SW1E 6QP
When?
11th October 2019, 10am - 12pm
Contact us to book your FREE place.
* Please note this event is for Local Authorities only *
You will have the chance to see how our software can help you meet all the HRA challenges, create easy-to-manage Personal Housing Plans and provide:
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Full case management from approach to main duty
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Online paperless Personal Housing Plans available 24/7 and on the smartphone APP
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Instant chat service
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Reporting to meet management needs and H-CLIC compliant
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Dashboards bursting with gadgets to help you manage your workload and team
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Flexibility and bespoke configuration to support your local service
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and many more features
UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to speak at our Connections Forum in Glasgow
We are excited to announce our Connections Forum is returning to Glasgow this 23rd August. The seminar will happen from 14:45 until 16:30 at Lipton House, 170 Crown Street, Glasgow G5 9XD.
The programme is open to all housing professionals, who want to know how to innovate their services through innovative housing solutions, such as our Homelessness Case Management software, hope, which can help you assess, record, provide advice as well as automated output of statistical returns (such as HL1, 3 and PREVENT1).
You will have the unique opportunity to hear from our special speaker, Ms Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, who joins our Forum to talk about the global shortage of housing via Skype. She will screen the trailer of "Push - The Film", the new and upcoming documentary by WG Film and Fredrik Gertten, which follows Leilani Farha as she travels the globe trying to understand why we can't afford to live in our cities any longer.
The programme will also include a presentation about Homefinder UK's newest specialist case management service, Revive, which supports domestic abuse survivors relocate to permanent social housing in a safe environment, in a different part of the country.
To register for this event, please email ildiko.mezo@home-connections.co.uk.
Home Connections at the International Social Housing Festival
This year, Home Connections was invited to the International Social Housing Festival in Lyon to share the experience of introducing Choice-Based Letting system across the United Kingdom. Our CEO, Ninesh Muthiah, and Quality Assurance Officer, Catherine Jones, delivered a CBL presentation (in French) on 5th June in Grenoble to an audience of housing managers and lettings officers from across the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Catherine spoke on how our CBL system gives more control and transparency for applicants and how local authorities and housing providers can use smart restrictions during the bidding process to filter applicants to their requirements. She also explored other services provided by us and how our innovative solutions, such as HOPE (the HRA software) and Homefinder UK, can support local authorities in homelessness prevention and relief.
Interested in upgrading your Choice-Based Lettings system? Contact us to arrange a demo.
Free seminar: helping Domestic Abuse survivors find new homes
We are organising, through our national mobility scheme, Homefinder UK, FREE seminars to discuss domestic abuse within the housing sector. Starting in Luton, this event will focus on Homefinder UK's latest specialist case management service, Revive, focused on helping relocate domestic abuse survivors to a different area of the country to start a new life without fear.
Attend this seminar to learn how the housing relocation scheme works, how to support and refer complex and sensitive instances of domestic abuse, learn from example households whom Revive/Homefinder UK have assisted in the past. It will also be discussed how projects like Revive work in the context of the forthcoming domestic abuse legislative framework and with national initiatives like DAHA.
FREE Seminar - Domestic Abuse
Date & Time: 11th of June 2019, 10:30 – 13:30
Address: UK Centre for Carnival Arts, 3 St Mary's Road, Luton, LU1 3JA
Home Connections CEO shortlisted as ‘Inspirational Leader of the Year’
We are excited to announce that our CEO, Ninesh Muthiah, has been shortlisted for the Housing Heroes Awards 2019, which is jointly organised by Inside Housing and the Chartered Institute of Housing. Ninesh is one of the finalists in the Inspirational Leader of the Year category.
Ninesh established Home Connections nearly 20 years ago and since then he has led the development and expansion of the company. Possessing in-depth knowledge of Social Housing Issues, Information Technology, Social Services and Social Enterprise on a European level, his expertise helped to shape Home Connections as a European Award winning customer-focused service with an emphasis on access for vulnerable home seekers.
The Housing Heroes Awards showcase the people who help housing organisations do the vital work they do. The ‘Inspirational leader of the year’ award recognises an individual capable of truly inspiring others through their leadership, who leads by example and produces the best results by getting the best out of the people they work with.
To see the full lists of the finalists, click here.
New Homefinder UK's project supports domestic abuse survivors relocate to safer areas
We are excited to announce that Homefinder UK, the national mobility scheme delivered by Home Connections, launched a brand new project to help domestic abuse survivors find new homes and start a new life in a safer environment: the Revive project. Supported with a grant from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's (MHLCG’s) Fund for Domestic Abuse Services, Revive works alongside many different agencies, including specialist Domestic Abuse organisations, such as DAHA (Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance) and Women’s Aid.
Ninesh Muthiah, Home Connections’ CEO says: “Currently, survivors of domestic abuse compete against other high priority groups seeking affordable social housing. Revive will provide a brand-new and faster route to safe and secure social housing".
Through Homefinder UK's extensive national network, Revive can access immediately available social housing properties for rapid relocation of domestic abuse survivors. Over recent years, more than 400 households have been rehoused into permanent social housing nationwide, with some of those being domestic abuse survivors. "We have a proven model with an established national network of social housing organisations keen and willing to help”, Ninesh adds.
Brenda Fraser, the project manager for this new project, explains that Revive will go beyond providing a safer home for domestic abuse survivors. "Increased financial stability, strong support networks, awareness from cross-sector professionals and most importantly the belief that domestic abuse survivors can live free from violence will be at the forefront of scheme’s case management services", she says.
According to Women’s Aid 2018 report, domestic abuse accounts for around one in ten of all homeless applications. Meanwhile, waiting times for social housing for families across local authorities in England and Wales can range from between 3 and 10 years.
To find out more about how a partnership with Homefinder UK can benefit your organisation and your tenants, contact our team on 0207 619 9705 or email landlords@homefinderuk.org. For more information about the new Revive project, click here.
Join Home Connections at the Housing Festival in Glasgow
The biggest housing event in Scotland will return to Glasgow on the 12th and 13th of March. Bringing you expert keynotes, top-level debate, hands-on knowledge, innovation and focused on the biggest issues in the housing sector today, the Housing Festival will provide something that suits everyone from the sector.
Home Connections is excited to participate in this event once more, so join us & Homefinder UK at the stand 35 to learn about Rapid Rehousing Transition Plans, the best housing solutions on the market and relocation options in the UK.
Scotland's Housing Festival 2019
When: 12th & 13th March 2019
Where: Scottish Event Campus Ltd (SEC), Glasgow, Scotland, G3 8YW
This event has now ended
Revive Launch
Visit our stand 35 to also find out how we can better support victims of domestic abuse through the new Homefinder UK's project: Revive. This new project will focus on helping domestic abuse survivors find new homes and start a new life in a safer environment. Supported with a grant from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's (MHLCG’s) Fund for Domestic Abuse Services, the Revive project is proud to be working alongside many different agencies, including specialist Domestic Abuse organisations, such as DAHA (Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance) and Women’s Aid. In addition, Homefinder UK have also partnered with organisations such as the National Probation Service, ACCM UK, and attended MARAC (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences).