IT and technology benchmarking and support for housing associations

In collaboration, we have developed a comprehensive survey for SFHA members to pilot. The survey is web-based and will take approximately 40 minutes to complete, with options to save and return and options for multiple colleagues to complete sections at the same time. Any SFHA member interested in completing the survey can also get support from Altair to complete it.

On completion Altair is offering a no-charged 1-hour IT consultancy to evaluate individual participant findings.

How will you and your organisation benefit from participating in this survey?

To better inform future IT and technology decisions for your organisation
To generate data-driven insight for IT decisions
To understand the specific problem statements within the technology sector in your region
To analyse what issues there are in the sector
To provide technology-related advice and guidance based on a broad set of sector and region-specific data
To establish any trends, shared challenges, and good practices to benefit SFHA members
To benchmark against other SFHA member organisations
SFHA members will have the opportunity to influence questions and approaches ahead of the wider survey launch

Who is Altair?

Altair delivers high-quality consultancy services to the housing sector.

As a leading housing consultancy, it brings together sector experts with a wealth of experience with clients covering a range of organisations working within the housing sector, including registered providers, local authorities, ALMOs, private developers, contractors, the HCA and representative bodies.

Altair provides leading-edge strategic advice and support at a senior level to clients across the UK, Africa and Asia.

What are the benefits?

Altair will analyse outputs from the completed surveys and present them back to the pilot group as a written report for participants.

In addition, and to thank you for your time, Altair is offering a no-charged 1-hour consultancy to walk through sector and individual pilot participant findings.

Lastly, there is an opportunity to gain early sight of the survey findings via round table events to discuss problem statements and emerging trends and a post-pilot review consultation ahead of wider survey rollout and analysis.

What support is available?

Altair will:

Provide one-to-one support with the completion of the survey (As required)
Specific and tailored post-review support based on survey findings (Included in the no-charge consultancy offer)
On-going support, post-findings (Costs may apply)

How your data will be managed and protected

All information shared from the survey results will never be shared outwith SFHA and Altair, and the data will only every be used for the purposes of building up a better understanding of IT and technology usage in the Scottish housing sector. Any personal information included will be managed in line with our privacy policy to ensure your data is managed properly.

Get involved in the pilot

If you would like to get involved or find out more about the survey and benchmarking please contact Gary Dickson by email: gdickson@sfha.co.uk