See more across your homes. Act earlier when something changes.
Bring IoT sensors, real-time housing insight and resilient connectivity together to help reduce avoidable repairs, improve services and create safer, healthier homes.
THE PRESSURE ON HOUSING IS GROWING
Housing providers are managing rising repair and maintenance costs alongside increasing pressure around damp, mould, property condition and tenant experience. At the same time, large housing portfolios can make it difficult to see what is happening inside individual homes until a problem has already been reported.
Disconnected systems make that harder. Information about damp, leaks, air quality, energy use and property condition may sit in different places, leaving teams reacting to issues rather than spotting them earlier.
Digital Housing brings connected sensors, real-time data and housing insight together, helping your teams see changing conditions sooner, prioritise the right response and make more informed decisions across the wider portfolio.
Spent on repairs and maintenance across UK social housing in 2024.
Emergency damp and mould issues must be investigated and resolved within 24 hours.
Phase-one cost of introducing Awaab’s Law.
Tenants reported as dissatisfied with current housing services.
THREE OUTCOMES. ONE CONNECTED APPROACH
Digital Housing brings information from homes and buildings into a clearer operational view. That can help your teams identify problems earlier, respond more consistently and use better information when planning maintenance, services and future investment.
Identify damp, mould, leaks, environmental changes and other property risks sooner, helping reduce avoidable damage and support more proactive maintenance planning.
Earlier identification of damp, mould and leaks
Reduced avoidable repair costs
Real-time environmental monitoring
Property risk and damage alerting
Better visibility across housing portfolios
Give housing teams clearer information about what is happening across properties, helping them respond faster, communicate better and deliver a more consistent service.
Faster response to emerging issues
Better visibility for housing teams
More responsive maintenance
Clearer reporting and operational insight
Better tenant communication
More consistent service across properties
Use environmental insight, connected technology and resilient digital access to support healthier living conditions, greater safety and improved tenant wellbeing.
Healthier living environments
Care and alarm integrations
Improved safety alerting
Support for digital inclusion
More connected and resilient homes
Better visibility of environmental wellbeing
SEE DIGITAL HOUSING IN ACTION
Digital Housing connects property data, environmental monitoring and intelligent alerts so housing teams can see more of what is happening across their homes without relying only on reactive reports.
That can mean earlier alerts around damp, leaks, smoke or damage, better visibility across housing portfolios and more evidence to support maintenance and service decisions.
The aim is simple: help teams act sooner, protect homes and improve the experience for the people living in them.
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FROM INDIVIDUAL HOMES TO A WIDER PORTFOLIO VIEW
The Digital Housing ecosystem combines IoT sensors, environmental monitoring and an AI-powered insights platform to give housing teams a clearer, real-time view across their properties.
Information around damp, mould, leaks, air quality, energy use and other conditions can be brought into a single dashboard, helping teams identify emerging issues and decide where attention is needed first.
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Collect information from supported sensors and connected property systems.
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Present key housing and environmental data through one operational view.
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Surface changes, risks or unusual conditions that may need attention, helping teams respond sooner.
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Use the insight to prioritise repairs, support tenants and plan maintenance more proactively.
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Use trends and recurring issues to improve maintenance planning and future investment decisions.
Guide
Digital Housing can go beyond monitoring property conditions. Reliable connectivity can help residents access online services and digital support, while connected technology can create a foundation for care, safety and healthier, more resilient homes.
Download the guide to explore how connected housing technology can help reduce avoidable repair costs, support compliance, improve tenant wellbeing and give teams greater visibility across their property portfolio.
FRAMEWORK-APPROVED PROCUREMENT
Public-sector procurement shouldn't create another barrier to improving services. dbfb is an approved supplier through Crown Commercial Service, Procurement for Housing and WM5G frameworks, giving housing providers and public-sector organisations established routes to procure relevant digital services.
The Digital Housing proposition was also launched alongside acceptance onto Procurement for Housing’s Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED5) and Network & Telecoms frameworks.
That can help reduce procurement complexity while giving organisations a clearer route to connectivity, IoT and wider digital transformation services.
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Social housing procurement route supporting digital housing, connected care, tenant wellbeing and smart-property projects.
Public-sector framework covering services, including connectivity, communications, IoT and smart infrastructure.
Public-sector procurement route offering a broad range of framework solutions across technology and service requirements.
Health and care innovation supporting connected care, digital wellbeing, virtual care and community health technology.
WHY DBFB
Digital Housing works best when sensors, connectivity and data work together rather than sitting in separate systems.
Bringing those elements together, dbfb can help housing providers spot issues earlier, improve visibility across their homes and manage property, maintenance and tenant services in a more joined-up way.
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Shape the solution around the property risks, tenant needs and operational pressures you want to address.
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Use IoT, WiFi, full fibre, 5G and other connectivity options to support different properties and environments.
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Reduce fragmented reporting by bringing supported property and environmental information together.
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Start with priority homes or use cases, then expand as the service demonstrates where it can add value
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Whether you are tackling damp and mould, looking to reduce reactive maintenance or exploring a wider connected-housing programme, we can help you understand where better data and connectivity could make the biggest difference.