Two new enhancements ready for delivery
Locata has launched two new enhancements designed to make the management of housing applicants even more efficient and effective. Both enhancements were flagged up and discussed at the Virtual National Users Group earlier this month and are now available to order. Document Uploads The document upload enhancement is already being used by several schemes across […]
New weekly TA reports
We have deployed an update to the Temporary Accommodation dashboard within HPA2 that gives councils the ability to see information that is required by the MHCLG. This update covers these two items: How many total households in your local authority are single person households in Temporary Accommodation under Housing Act 1996 duties? How many total […]
Virtual NUG attracts officers countrywide
Locata’s first Virtual National User Group was attended by housing and homelessness officers from across the country. The view that participants will have seen on their screens, with Peter Riley talking against his first slide The online meeting was held on the morning of Friday, July 3, allowing participants to join the proceedings from their […]
More schemes keen to use document upload module
Locata’s document upload enhancement is being used by increasing numbers of schemes across the country. The councils forming the West London Locata scheme is the latest to take the update to their CBL system. They follow hot on the heels of other schemes nationwide, including Kent, New Forest and North Herts. There are also several […]
Repeatable tasks in HPA2
The latest update to HPA2 allows tasks to be repeated simply and quickly. This new function also works for tasks that already exist within the system. This should be a big help for entries that may require repeated answers or updates. This might include: Previous Addresses Risk Assessments Tenancy Certificates etc The ability to perform […]
Recording and reporting COVID-19 TA cases
Next week HPA2 will be updated to allow COVID-19 Temporary Accommodation cases to be recorded and reported by H-CLIC. Local authorities have been using their discretionary powers to place cases in temporary accommodation as part of the safeguarding response to the pandemic. Once the deployment has been rolled out, you should record all temporary accommodation […]
Working from home with HPA2
Many homelessness officers are now working from home. However, some officers have had one or two problems logging into HPA2. We have also had reports of officers being suddenly logged out of the system while working on cases. It would appear that the problem is with the Microsoft platform we use for HPA2. So, we […]
Eight new videos on Housing Related Support
Locata has created eight videos demonstrating how our Housing Related Support (HRS) module works. We filmed the videos after receiving many requests for access to the Housing Related Support system following the module’s recent launch in Cheshire East. Locata’s Corinne Copeland and Andy Glaves wrote the scripts for the videos that all feature Corinne as […]
More exciting developments from Locata
We are currently working on many interesting new products and innovative business tools. For instance, we are now putting the MHCLG data quality reports into HPA2. Each quarter the MHCLG send you, the local authorities, the following five QA reports: 1. Initial assessments 2. Prevention 3. Relief 4. Main duty 5. Temporary accommodation These reports […]
Tidying up some loose ends
We have made some small changes to aid navigation between areas of the system in HPA2 for those local authorities that also use one of Locata’s letting systems. Locata run many Choice Based Lettings (CBL) systems, but we have also developed Property Pool and Direct Letting systems for councils. We have therefore dropped the “CBL” […]