Podcast #1: Interview with Sarah McCallion, Onward Homes
The digital transition challenges for a housing provider.
Housing providers face several challenges as the analogue network is being switched off.
TECS Advisory’s Steve Smith talked to Sarah McCallion, Older Persons Manager at one of the UK’s housing providers, Onward Homes, about her view of the digital transition challenges.
Cuttings from the podcast:
“We have equipment from a number of the traditional manufacturers in the sector, and ideally a one bullet solution for all would be helpful.”
“It’s really challenging to future-proof our schemes. What are people going to want in 20-30 years’ time? We need to make sure it's fit for the future as well as it can be. It [analogue to digital solution] would give us time to look at long-term development!”
Listen to hear Sarah’s thoughts on:
The options that have been presented to get through the digitisation process
The challenges of having systems from many providers
The allocation of funding
The problem of finding information about what’s available on the market
The difficulty of knowing what will be needed in 20-30 years’ time
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