Winners' Stories
To help you consider whether your project might be suitable for the Housing Technology Awards, we recommend reading a few of the stories below, detailing some of our winners’ stories from the previous Housing Technology Awards. If you would like to participate in the awards, please see our awards submission page.
2026
“Winning our award has raised the profile of our IT team across the business. It’s been great for the team; they’re proud of what they’ve achieved and are pleased to have been their hard work and professionalism.” - Rick Smith, Head of IT Systems & Data, Fairhive Homes
Fairhive Homes won the IT Team ofthe Year category of the Housing Technology Awards 2026.
- Guinness Partnership: Digitising lettings
- Link moves beyond compliance
- Monmouthshire Housing’s transformation with Housing Insight
- Newark & Sherwood District Council: The goddess of AI support
- Shine’s OneMap – Collaborative GIS-powered intelligence
- Transforming how we work, deliver and serve – Gentoo’s IT modernisation
- VIVID’s predictive AI for customer experience
- whg’s agile approach to CX & digital transformation
2025
“The award gave us external validation that we were on the right track. We highlighted the award as a ‘good news’ story to support our ethos that data governance was important and NHG staff should engage with it. The team all worked so hard and this recognition was a lovely boost for them.” - Adnan Khan, Head of Data & Analytics, Notting Hill Genesis
Notting Hill Genesis won the Artificial Intelligence category of the Housing Technology Awards 2025.
- Housing Solutions’ 2,000 home wi-fi network
- Mid Devon Housing tackles damp & mould with Aico
- Newark & Sherwood DC’s Copilot-powered efficiency boost
- On the front foot for cyber-security at Clanmil Housing
- Putting VIVID’s customers in control of their tenancies
- Raven Housing’s Modern Workplace project
- Rebuilding Selwood Housing’s IT infrastructure
- Swindon BC’s AI-powered HMS migration
- The Guinness Partnership transforms resident engagement with CCaaS
- The Hyde Group’s AI-powered income management
- Wythenshawe Community Housing’s Salesforce journey
2024
“Winning the award gave our team valuable external exposure and helped raise the profile of our work across both technology and the wider business. It was also a real boost for the people involved, giving them recognition that their effort, expertise and impact were valued beyond the immediate project team.” - Andrew Makinson, Head of Planning & Portfolio, Transformation & Change, L&Q Group
L&Q Group won the Data Management category of the Housing Technology Awards 2024.
- L&Q’s Bizappsteam
- Milton Keynes City Council’s holistic approach to arrears
- NHG’s approach to data governance
- Platform Housing’s innovation award
- Poplar HARCA’s smart devices to empower residents & beat mould
- Raven Housing’s award-winning Better Connected project
- Thirteen’s award-winning debt recovery programme
- Transforming compliance with AI at North Star
- Housing Solutions’ 2,000 home wi-fi network
- Mid Devon Housing tackles damp & mould with Aico
- Newark & Sherwood DC’s Copilot-powered efficiency boost
- On the front foot for cyber-security at Clanmil Housing
- Putting VIVID’s customers in control of their tenancies
- Raven Housing’s Modern Workplace project
- Rebuilding Selwood Housing’s IT infrastructure
- Swindon BC’s AI-powered HMS migration
- The Guinness Partnership transforms resident engagement with CCaaS
- The Hyde Group’s AI-powered income management
- Wythenshawe Community Housing’s Salesforce journey
