Plentific is launching its Data Governance Guide at Housing 2026 as a practical framework supporting social landlords to navigate regulatory reform, achieve compliance and build resident trust.
Facing intensifying regulatory pressure, including the implementation of the second phase of Awaab’s Law, the Building Safety Act and the forthcoming Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements (STAIRS), the Guide includes expert voices from across the UK housing sector and champions a continuous digital audit trail connecting procurement, repairs and asset management.
A blueprint for Board-level assurance, Plentific’s Data Governance Guide for Social Housing providers: Building compliance, control and confidence in an era of regulatory reform establishes well-governed data as the bedrock for resident safety, investment planning and responsible AI.
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Cem Savas, CEO of Plentific, said:
“Data governance is no longer a back-office consideration. It is the operational and regulatory foundation on which everything else depends – compliance, investment, planning, resident safety, Board assurance and the responsible use of emerging technology.
“The future of the UK housing sector will not be built from disconnected systems forced to work together. It will be an integrated operational model where data, workflows and intelligence are functioning as one coherent system – not bolted together after the fact but built from the ground up to support the kind of transparency, traceability and accountability that regulators, residents and funders now expect as standard.
“What technology can and should do is remove the administrative friction that currently consumes so much of human capability – the manual reconciliations, the retrospective logging, the time spent chasing information that should already be available. When teams are freed from that burden, they can focus on what actually matters: service quality and resident satisfaction.”
The framework empowers housing providers to build credible 30-year business plans and accurate risk assessments, with well-governed data acting as a connective tissue between procurement, repairs, resident engagement, asset management and Board oversight.
The Data Governance Guide will be launched on the Insight Stage at Housing 2026 by Plentific’s VP of Strategic Clients Henrik von Bahr, who will be addressing the massive cost to the sector of wasted time and effort from disconnected and inaccurate data in his session From Good to Great: Why data governance is the new competitive edge in social housing.
AI adoption across the sector has been widespread, although the bigger task according to many experts now is establishing the understanding that can help the sector use AI to it’s full potential. Data in particular is an area of social housing that has been a key focus over recent years, as residents expect higher standards and greater understanding from their landlords, and landlords attempt to deepen their understanding over a growing number of residents and homes.
Stewart Davison, Founder of the PropTech Peer Group, said:
“The sector now spends upwards of £10 billion on repairs. A proportion of that will have been spent doing things twice, sending the wrong person, chasing information that should have been available from the start, or managing complaints that would not have existed if the first response had been right. That’s not a technology problem in isolation, but it is a problem that better data, flowing through connected systems, would significantly reduce.
“The providers who recognise data governance as a leadership responsibility, not an IT function, will be the ones best placed to meet what’s coming.”
