selection of wooden house shapes for housing association

Housing Associations: demonstrate your compliance progress

Social housing rents are to be capped at a 7% increase in 2023/24, as announced in the Autumn Statement on 17th November 2022, rather than the projected market increase rate of 11+%.

For Housing Providers this will represent an additional squeeze when they are already dealing with the pressures of improvements on the journey to reduced carbon emissions, meeting the necessary standards, and increasing costs of raw materials combined with the challenge of hard-to-find skilled labour.

Housing Associations, of course, also recognise that this capped increase will still represent real difficulties for tenants who are squeezed by cost-of-living increases, including inflation and energy bills.

Housing Associations – facing many pressures

The pressure is on with deadlines, including the government’s ambition to ensure halving the number of ‘non-decent’ rented homes by 2030 is met. As well as this, there is of course the pressure to meet decarbonisation targets.

To meet the challenge, step one is understanding the current housing stock situation and really getting to grips with the data.

Put monies to best use

All Housing Associations are on restricted budgets and must spend monies carefully.

Those who have been successful in bidding for grants from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, will be notified in the early part of 2023 when they will be able to plan how best to use the funding to improve the energy performance of the homes they manage.

Demonstrate your compliance

Demonstrating that plans for housing maintenance and repair are in place, that housing quality is being improved, and that steps are being taken to ensure that minimum EPC levels will be met, is essential.

An asset management system such as Integrator Housing Systems’ cloud-based ‘Integrator Plus’ can really help you get there!

And the Energy Toolkit module can show what improvements measures are necessary to achieve specific SAP targets across your stock and at what cost, as well as allow you to evaluate your own measures for specific improvement scenarios – applying roof insulation for instance. You can also view the before and after results!

Increase your chance of winning bid monies

Integrator Housing Solutions’ cloud-based asset management software ‘Integrator Plus’ together with its Energy Efficiency Evaluation module, are invaluable when completing bid tenders.

Find out more in our blog ‘Maximise your chances of successful bids for Housing Association upgrades and retrofit funds’. 

Next Steps

Find out more about our software, request a no obligation quote / demo / trial: https://integrator.solutions

And please come and meet us on 6th December to find out more!

  • Online at theNational Smaller Housing Associations Virtual Exhibition
  • In person at theScottish Federation of Housing Associations’ Energy and Net Zero Conference in Glasgow

Read more Housing Insights >>

Decarbonise your Housing Stock – 4 Powerful Features of our Integrator Plus Energy Toolkit

As we navigate the challenges of decarbonisation, Social Housing Providers face a unique set of obstacles. From budget constraints to ensuring equitable access to clean energy solutions, the journey towards a greener future demands innovative tools and strategies.

Decent Homes Standards: Ensuring Quality Housing for All

Over the last 24 years Integrator Housing Solutions have grown into a dynamic, technology-led company that’s leading the way in asset management software development. But we haven’t forgotten our family-business roots. A combination that means we’re incredibly proud...

Realising reduced carbon emissions through energy efficiency

The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy sets a target for social housing providers to achieve at least EPC Band C for rented properties by 2035 and the longer-term target of all homes being carbon-zero by 2050 in the UK.

Maximise your chances of successful bids for Housing Association upgrades and retrofit funds

Housing Association costs are rising faster than inflation, according to new research commissioned by the National Housing Federation*. Particularly badly hit are: Construction costs where inflation accelerated to 9.6% in June 2022 Repair and maintenance prices with...

A New Era at Integrator Housing Solutions

After 21 years at the helm, we are delighted to announce that our Managing Director and Founder, Vic Harrison has moved into the newly created role of Chairman. Passing the day-to-day management of Integrator Housing Solutions to his son and daughter-in-law, Paul and...

The top five software features for successful onsite surveys

An Interview with Glen Vardy, Qualified Surveyor. The average housing association spends thousands each year on surveys to ensure their portfolio of properties are safe, comfortable and energy efficient for their tenants. Asset managers are looking for detailed,...

SAP – the steeply rising road to 2050 and net zero housing emissions

Paul Harrison, Director of Energy, Integrator Housing Solutions, looks at the emerging challenges for social housing providers in the area of energy reduction now that the low-hanging fruit of easy efficiency upgrades have already been picked.

Energy calculations – Decades of experience in the right place

Find out why Integrator Housing Solutions can confidently say we’re specialists in energy calculations.

Looming gas boiler deadline puts energy data and modelling tools in the spotlight

With as few as 15 years left before a complete ban on new fossil fuel boilers, social housing providers face significant planning challenges, writes Paul Harrison.

What is SAP 10 and are you ready?

Change is coming – are you, your budgets, and your data ready? Climbing towards the top of our to do lists is the looming 2050 date. By which time Britain’s social housing stock needs to achieve net zero emissions across the country.