How Locata Academy is making Homelessness Training more practical, accessible, and effective
Behind the headlines about rising temporary accommodation costs and housing shortages, there’s another challenge playing out every day: the pressure faced by the people supporting those at risk of homelessness. If you work in homelessness services, this probably sounds familiar… heavy caseloads, new staff starting without much training, and experienced officers struggling to keep up […]
How Locata’s HRS Module Is Streamlining Support Pathways
When someone seeks support, the process should be straightforward – not a maze of referrals, spreadsheets, and delays. Yet for many councils and providers, coordinating housing-related support still involves disconnected systems, duplicated effort, and time-consuming manual work. That’s where Locata’s HRS (Housing Related Support) Module comes in – a digital tool designed to simplify and […]
How Locata’s Estates Module Is Supporting Frontline Teams
In housing, every day brings a new challenge. Whether it’s collecting rent, responding to damp and mould concerns, or keeping tenancies on track — housing officers are at the sharp end, balancing demands with the need to get things right. But too often, the systems they rely on just aren’t up to the task. Outdated […]
Helping you get the most from your Locata system
Locata’s Consultancy Services – Insightful, Practical, Proven At Locata, we understand that every council is different. No two services operate in quite the same way, and neither do the challenges they face. That’s why our consultancy services are designed to be flexible, responsive, and grounded in the realities of frontline housing work. Whether you’re embarking […]
A new Helpsite & home for Knowledge Base articles
We’ve begun the process of moving to a new “LocataPro Support Portal”, containing all our Knowledge Base articles. We are currently in the process of updating, improving and consolidating over 1,000 articles to better support our clients: Visual Updates (Branding, Consistency of Layout) Consolidation (Removal of Duplicate and outdated Articles, Combining related articles where appropriate) […]
H-CLIC API integration between HPA2 and DELTA
A new HPA2 update that will allow homelessness officers the ability to validate and upload cases to DELTA without leaving the system will be rolled out in the next few weeks. A well-attended webinar on January 16 set out the process officers will need to follow so they no longer have to upload XML files […]
HCLIC API and other great enhancements
We have rolled out several new enhancements to the system, most are already live and the others are coming very soon. The enhancements to the tasks and questions screens will make configuring your bespoke workflows simpler across the platform. Task Management Enhancements Add a Task to group from within a task See which tasks a […]
Praise for Locata as New Forest goes live with new HMS system
New Forest District Council has paid tribute to Locata for the work they have undertaken to create an integrated portfolio of housing modules for the council. In a post on LinkedIn, Richard Knott, New Forest’s Assistant Housing Director, said that Locata and its developers, Sector, brought a genuine collaborative and partnership approach to the design […]
May 2023 target for new rough sleeper returns
The reporting requirements for rough sleepers are due to change in May 2023 as part of the Ending Rough Sleeping Framework. DLUHC has been consulting with the Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI) and a set of early adopter local authorities to develop “a powerful set of metrics” to track how effectively rough sleeping is prevented […]
New Lettings system going live in Cheshire East
Locata’s new Lettings system is going live in Cheshire East, where it will intially run alongside the existing CBL system to doubly ensure the integrity of the system. The new system is designed to be a replacement for our current Choice Based Lettings product and is the culmination of more than a year’s development work. […]