Put your name to it: Scotland's housing sector signs up for care technology
5 min read · By Aston Kennedy
TEC in HousingTechnology Enabled CareTEC ReadyScottish housingCare technologyAsk AIArtificial IntelligenceAIArtificial Intelligence (AI)AI chatAI SecurityDomain InvestorsUSA Time Magazine
Most websites ask you to read. TEC in Housing asks you to sign. The site invites any organisation that supports technology-based housing solutions to put its name to the TEC in Housing Charter, and it keeps a public list of the signatory organisations that already have. A download of the Charter Pledges and a sign-up form sit alongside that list.
The site was developed as part of TEC Ready, the Technology Enabled Care programme funded by the Scottish Government. TEC Ready exists to support the valuable contribution the housing sector makes to the use of TEC in housing. On the page itself the header reads "TECH Housing".
What signing commits you to
The Charter rests on seven pledges:
- Opportunity and solution focused.
- Engaging with customers.
- Working in partnership.
- Preventative analytics.
- Service redesign.
- Supporting the workforce.
- Getting the infrastructure right.
Read together, they move from attitude to plumbing: start by looking for solutions, involve the people who live in the homes, work with partners, use data to prevent problems, redesign services, look after staff, and put the infrastructure in place to carry it all.
Six projects already doing it
Under Tec Housing Solutions, the site shows how housing organisations across Scotland are already using TEC:
- Aberdeen City Council: MyChoice Meals Ordering Service.
- Albyn Housing Society: Fit Homes.
- Blackwood: CleverCogs™.
- Loreburn Housing Association: ARMED.
- Perth and Kinross Council: TEC Strategy.
- Tighean Innse Gall: A Tablet for the Patient.
The people behind it
Visitors can hear from the key people leading some of the most innovative TEC developments. In one video, Fanchea Kelly, Chief Executive of Blackwood and Chair of TEC Ready, talks about Technology Enabled Care in Housing. A second video is titled "Creating Housing Solutions Through Technology".
Built to be read by everyone
A site about care at home should work for the people who need it, and this one does its part. A blue Userway icon at the top right of the screen lets visitors adjust text sizes and have the screen read aloud. There is also an Accessibility page and a Site Map, Twitter and Facebook share buttons, and a "Supported By" strip of logos.
The menu runs: Home, About TEC Ready, Tec Housing Solutions, The TEC In Housing Charter, The TEC In Housing Charter Pledges, TEC in Housing Charter Signatory Organisations, Sign up to the Charter Pledges, Resources and Contact.
On the record
The Wayback Machine has saved the site 71 times, from 17 February 2019 to 3 April 2026.
Links
Where care technology goes next
"Preventative analytics" is one of the seven pledges, and it is the point where housing meets Artificial Intelligence. Spotting a change in someone's routine before it becomes a fall or a hospital stay is the sort of task that tools from Ask AI Artificial Intelligence at ArtificialIntelligence.com.ai and everyday AI chat assistants are starting to explain to non-specialists. The same group covers the field through AI at a-i.llc, Artificial Intelligence (AI) at aiai.llc, askaillm.com, aifirstllm.com, ArtificialIntelligence.llc, ArtificialIntelligence.ai.in and ArtificialIntelligence.kred. A connected home also needs protecting, so any landlord fitting sensors or tablets should read up on AI Security and keep tenants' data safe.
USA Time Magazine has described what TEC in Housing publishes about itself. For the current signatory list and the Charter download, go to the site directly.
