New Locata Lettings system on show for first time
Locata’s National Users Group (NUG) saw the first demonstration of the new Lettings system at its Autumn meeting.
The development work on the new module for the Locata Pro Platform, which is designed to be a replacement product for our current Choice Based Lettings product, has been undertaken by Locata’s strategic partner, Sector, throughout 2022.
Sector’s Luke Hatfield explained that the new Lettings system is not completely built yet, but already looks “much more modern, clean and fresh.”
“Over the last couple of months we have focused on the property shortlisting cycles and being able to set up a property, advertise that property and then pushing it through into a shortlist and then working that shortlist,” he said. “We are now trying to finish that process and get it into test.”
Luke showed how the new system offers the user much more control – for instance, allowing property fields to be configured by the officer.
It also introduces the concept of an “Advert Instance”, where a new advert is created automatically whenever a property is being prepared to be advertised.
“The idea is that you will have a history of the property each time it is advertised.” said Luke. “Currently you have to over-write the current advert with new information, such as hand over dates, and you lose that history, although it is in the audit trail.”
Other new functionalities include a cropping tool for photos and configurable fields and rules on the property wizard meaning you can build your own property wizard as simple or as complex as you like.
We expect the new Lettings system to be fully built and ready for you to use from April 2023 onwards.
To find out more about the new Lettings system, including links to a recording of Luke’s demo, please click here.
Or, alternatively, come and meet us at our stand at the rescheduled NHC Northern Housing Summit on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 in Manchester. We would be delighted to have a chat with you.
Sector’s Luke Hatfield delivering the first public demo of the new Lettings system at the virtual NUG
Locata progresses to G-Cloud 13
Locata has been successful in applying to join the Crown Commercial Services latest iteration of its digital marketplace – G-Cloud 13.
The latest version of the G-Cloud framework went live last month and offers the very latest cloud technology and digital support to organisations across the public sector.
This means that Locata continues to be an official Crown Commercial Service supplier and our products and services can be bought by local authorities through the Digital Marketplace without needing to go through a full tender process.
Public sector organisations that buy services through the Digital Marketplace save significant time and money as the process is faster and cheaper than entering into individual procurement contracts.
You can find out more about G-Cloud 13 and the digital marketplace here.
