New & improved
Public portal | My account | Updated the My account page to provide customers with the ability to process their Housing Register renewal when requested. |
| Property adverts | The information on the Local area page of the Property advert has been expanded to include Childcare, Schools, Colleges and other Places nearby. |
Back office | Infrastructure | An Enable housing register renewals option has been created under the Housing register system settings. This option enables housing register applications to be renewed according to a specified routine. The time allowed to complete the renewal, the forms needed to be renewed and what happens if the renewal is not completed in time are all configurable. |
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| The Jobs list has been updated to only show jobs related to the current users Organisation. |
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| The Jobs list has been updated to show details of any renewals that have been created when the overnight process runs. |
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| A new Enable comms centre SMS option has been created under the General system settings. This option allows the reminder messages to be sent via the Gov.Notify SMS service as well as email. |
| Comms templates | Added a new message sub type Housing register renewal, used for starting a renewal and closure following renewal expiry. |
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| The Public portal account summary/reminder email template has been updated with a new SMS section to allow the content of the SMS reminder to be configured, if it has been enabled. |
| Housing Register applications | A new group has been added to the Housing Register application on the Portal page, entitled Renewals. New standard fields have been added to the Housing Register application to manage the renewals process: Has active renewal? Active renewal start date Active renewal target date Active renewal days until target Active renewal needs review? Last renewal date Next renewal date overridden Next renewal date override This group is only displayed if Renewals have been enabled. |
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| Updated the system to remove any outstanding pending changes associated with an application when it is moved into the Closed state. |
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| The Requests and reviews group of the Portal page has been updated to show requests made on the Housing register application, as well as the My profile, My family and My addresses forms. Both Active and previously completed requests can be viewed. A Renewal column identifies those requests that have been made as part of the renewals process. |
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| The Online changes group of the Portal page has been updated to show pending changes on the Housing register application, as well as the My profile, My family and My addresses forms. Both Active and previously completed changes can be viewed. A Renewal column identifies those changes that have been made as part of the renewals process. |
| Person | The Requests and reviews group of the Portal page has been updated to show requests made on the Housing register application, as well as the My profile, My family and My addresses forms. Both Active and previously completed requests can be viewed. A Renewal column identifies those requests that have been made as part of the renewals process. |
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| The Online changes group of the Portal page has been updated to show pending changes on the Housing register application, as well as the My profile, My family and My addresses forms. Both Active and previously completed changes can be viewed. A Renewal column identifies those changes that have been made as part of the renewals process. |
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| If the Enable comms centre SMS option is switched on then SMSis displayed as a contact preference if a Mobile telephone numberis entered. |
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| The Communication preference field has been renamed Communication preference (primary). If a person only has a single Comms preference set then this field will display that value. If a Person has more than one Comms preference set then the priority order is set as follows; SMS, Email, Post. This field will be deprecated in a future release. |
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| A new field, Communication preference, has been added to show all of the comms preferences that have been set for a Person. Currently this field is not searchable when added to a list but this will changed in a future release. |
| Bids | The Homeless table has been included in the Bids list so columns from the latest Homeless application can be added to the list. |
| Permissions | A new permission has been added to the System jobs folder, Housing Register Renewals jobs. |
Fixed
Back office | Bids | Fixed an issue where the Bedroom assessment fields were not populated when added to the Bids list as columns. |
| Housing Register applications | Fixed an issue where the Requested by field was not always populated with the user who had requested a form review |
Public portal | Property adverts | Fixed an issue where a Missing image error could be displayed on the public portal if a photo was deleted. |
| Housing Register applications | Fixed an issue where unsubmitted changes could be displayed on the public portal for applications that had been closed. |
| Property alerts | Fixed a bug where the Preferred areas displayed all Local authorities instead of the filtered list shown in the back office. |
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| Fixed an issue where an error could be displayed if applicants did not set what properties they wish to be alerted to; All or Eligible only, before pressing Save. The wording of the field title has also been updated. |