FIRST electronic decorating voucher from Homebase
Homebase launches the first electronic ‘Decorating Voucher’ 
Homebase helps to fill empty properties more quickly and enable tighter control of budgets Homebase launches its new electronic ‘Decorating Voucher’ to assist public sector organisations that own and let properties, such as Housing Associations, Local Councils and other Registered Social Landlords. The first electronic decorating voucher on the market will help to maintain control of budgets, reduce misuse and fraud of local government funding and ensure that vouchers issued to tenants are used for the sole purpose of improving the fabric of homes.
There are often long waiting lists for Local Council and Housing Association homes due to the time it takes to prepare homes to a comfortable standard of living for tenants. By purchasing the electronic vouchers from Argos Homebase Business Solutions they will be able to speed up this process by allowing the tenants to do it themselves and so fill empty homes more quickly and efficiently. They will also have reassurance that the money provided will only be used for this purpose.
Social Housing providers will have greater control of budgets as they have access to weekly reports, generated by Argos Homebase Business Solutions showing how much money has been issued and loaded as well as how much has been spent on the card to date. Furthermore, since the vouchers are only loaded on receipt there is no longer the need to send them via secure post thus reducing the cost of postage.
The electronic “Decorating Voucher”, redeemable only at Homebase stores, reduces misuse as the value on the card is not visible to third parties, meaning they are less likely to be sold on. In addition, if the voucher is lost or stolen it can be cancelled immediately, therefore increasing security.
“Housing Associations and local councils will be able to make budgets go further by using this secure and efficient approach, whilst still allowing them to retain full control. It will also help fill empty properties and re-house those without a home more quickly,” says Steve Cooper, marketing manager at Argos Homebase Business Solutions. “The tenants will have a wide range of decorating goods available to them at competitive prices – they can purchase anything from paint brushes to wallpaper to improve their homes, using the new electronic voucher.”
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