New User Verification process to start next month
A new Staff Validation process is to be rolled out during November for all HPA2 users. It means that each user account must be verified every 90 days by a manager. If the account is not verified within 30 days of the manager being notified, the user will be locked out and receive an account […]
New Housing Related Support system launched
Locata is ready to roll out its new Housing Related Support (HRS) system across the country. The new launch was created in partnership with housing practitioners from Cheshire East who wanted a way to link applicants directly to support services. The system went live in Cheshire East four weeks ago and acts as a referral […]
The “pick ‘n mix” PHPs on a computer near you
Homelessness officers using the Locata HPA2 system have a new facility that should make it quicker and easier to create well-constructed Personal Housing Plans. We have uploaded into every partner’s system a set of possible actions an officer could include in an applicant’s plan as well as actions for the relief duty split by single […]
What’s best for mobiles – Apps or Responsive Websites?
Just under nine out of ten people (86%) use a mobile device for accessing housing and homelessness services run by Locata for local authorities across the country. Analysis of the hundreds of thousands of interactions each year by customers of Locata’s 135 local authority partners clearly shows the importance of a good mobile strategy to […]
Locata’s new SNUG and NNUG
The first meetings of Locata’s two new National User’s Groups have been held in Manchester and London during September. More than 50 delegates from scores of local authorities attended each of the meetings. The original National Users Group (NUG) has met twice a year for more than 10 years. However, following the recent success of […]
HPA2 Validators will cut down H-CLIC upload errors
New HPA2 Validators have been developed to help local authorities eliminate errors when trying to upload homelessness data to the MHCLG’s Delta Schematron. Many local authorities have suffered hundreds of errors as they attempted to upload their H-CLIC returns for Quarter 1. The Delta Schematron has not been particularly stable since launch and the validation […]
Locata progresses to new G-Cloud 10
Keeping costs down as an official Crown Commercial Service supplier on the Digital Marketplace The latest version of the G-Cloud framework has been launched offering the very latest cloud technology and digital support to organisations across the public sector. The new G-Cloud 10 services became available on the Digital Marketplace from Monday 2 July 2018. […]
New AdviceAid service delivers expert HRACT advice
A new service has been launched that delivers tailored, quality advice for local authorities meeting their duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. The on-line tool provides an easy to use online database of advice snippets covering tenant rights and rights of occupation, benefits, harassment and illegal eviction, S21 notices, debt, rent and mortgage arrears, […]
The Homelessness Reduction Act – The first 100 days will set the culture for a generation
Homelessness staff across the country are generally very enthusiastic about the changes the new legislation will bring when it goes live in April, but many aren’t ready to apply the new law to actual cases, according to Andy Gale, Housing Consultant. Speaking at Locata’s annual housing event in Bristol on March 23, he told delegates […]
New and exciting HPA2 innovations highlighted in Locata’s 2018 webinars
Locata’s first two webinars of 2018 have focused on recent developments to HPA2 – our homelessness system that has been improved and upgraded to meet all the requirements of the Homelessness Reduction Act. The new system is currently being rolled out to more than 100 local authorities. Locata is now more than halfway through training […]