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housIT is a virtual community of people interested or involved in housing to share knowledge and skills about best practice and innovation relating to housing and IT.

Our latest article (July) has more about online repairs logging with Swan HA (www.swan.org.uk) allowing tenants' repairs requests to go straight to contractors.

Check out our previous features about Knowsley Council and South Staffordshire HA's pioneering work in the same field.

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July saw a DLTR / CIH - run seminar on IT issues around choice-based lettings. Remember Hal Pawson's article about the pilot schemes (May), and our very own Ann Martin's article on Choice-based lettings from 'Inside Housing'.

Now our snippITs from the specialist press bring you up-to-date with current developments.

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We're taking a break for a couple of months now that our original year's funding has ended. We're exploring with the Housing Corporation ways of renewing the impetus of the site, including the involvement of user groups and the possibility of linking to other projects.

Meanwhile explore our year's worth of articles, submissions and ideas along the toolbar at the top. Or send us your own suggestions for development of the site.