Enhancements update
We have recently updated the system with several enhancements that were built following recommendations from the HPA2 Development Group. As you may know, part of those updates included the launch of our “People in TA on a Particular Day” report from our last news update. For those using the HRS (Housing Related Support) system we […]
Development Group helps decide new HPA2 enhancements
Three new enhancements have now gone live on the HPA2 system. These enhancements were built following recommendations from the HPA2 Development Group, which met earlier this year to consider a series of proposed improvements to the system suggested by users all over the country. Each enhancement requires investment, so the Development Group ranked the suggestions […]
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. […]
Locata launches its pre-Christmas Roadshows
There is enormous interest in how Locata will help local authorities fulfil their new duties and responsibilities under the Homelessness Reduction Act. We have had scores of requests for further information and demonstrations of our upgraded Homelessness Prevention and Advice system. After all we have had a decades worth of experience and we are prepared. […]