Your voice. Where does your board need the most support right now?
In a world where innovation, data, and digital transformation are reshaping how housing providers operate, your voice matters. At Tech Housing, we’ve launched this short poll to invite leaders, boards and operational managers across the housing sector to share their priorities, concerns and focus-areas over the next six months and beyond.
Here’s why the questions we’re asking are so important — and what your responses help uncover.
1. Supporting Boards in Times of Change
One of our first questions asks: Where does your board need the most support right now? with options such as:
Understanding emerging technologies (AI, IoT)
Using data for strategic decision-making
Cybersecurity and risk oversight
Building digital culture and capability
These reflect the key areas where governance and leadership in housing are under pressure. The pace of technological change is fast. The risks (cyber threats, data breaches, digital exclusion) are real. And boards are being asked to understand groundbreaking fields like AI and IoT while maintaining oversight.
By asking this question, we aim to capture which dimension is most urgent across the sector — so we can tailor future resources, guidance, case-studies and support accordingly.
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2. Turning Priorities into Tangible Tools
Our next question asks: Which of these would be most useful to your board in the next 6 months? with response options such as:
A non-technical guide to AI use in housing
A board-level cybersecurity checklist
A data governance and ethics framework
Why ask this? Because recognising a challenge is one thing — having the tools to act on it is another. Boards often say “yes, we know we need to improve our data governance” or “we’re aware of cybersecurity risk” — but fewer times have they got a bespoke, sector-specific resource ready.
By gathering your responses, we intend to find out which tools the sector most urgently wants. That means we can publish the right guides, checklists and frameworks — so you don’t have to start from scratch.
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3. Choosing the Next Deep-Dive Topic
Finally, we ask: If we were to publish a deep-dive next, what should it focus on? with options including:
AI in housing: risks, ethics, and opportunities
Integrating digital into board governance
Case studies of successful digital transformation
Horizon scanning: what’s coming next?
This question helps us understand where the appetite lies. Do you want to understand the future (horizon scanning)? Or do you prefer practical case-studies of what has already been done well? Or fundamentals like governance and ethics?
Your choice shapes our editorial agenda — so that the content we publish is relevant, timely and tailored to your needs.
4. Why Your Input Makes a Difference
Here’s how your participation helps:
It benchmarks current priorities across the sector: We’ll be able to map which challenges are most urgent, and how they vary by organisation type/size/region.
It informs resource development: We can create materials that reflect real-world demand, rather than guesswork.
It provides sector visibility: Your responses help build a collective view of where housing + technology as a field is headed, which is valuable for boards, executives, policymakers, funders and suppliers.
5. How to Take Part
It only takes a few minutes. If you’re a board member, executive, or senior manager in a housing organisation (or a supplier/partner working with housing providers) — your perspective is valued.
The intersection of housing and technology is both exciting and challenging. With digital, data and emerging tech increasingly central to how housing providers deliver services, manage risk, and drive efficiencies — being well-informed and well-equipped matters more than ever.
By taking part in this poll, you’re helping ensure that the sector’s future-facing resources align with real need. That makes a difference.
Take the poll now and help shape the agenda for housing tech leadership in the months ahead.