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Make Data Work
21–22 May 2018: Training
22–24 May 2018: Tutorials & Conference
London, UK
Tom Harrison

Tom Harrison
Digital Transformation Manager, Housing Services, Neighborhoods and the Housing Directorate, Hackney Council

Tom Harrison is digital transformation manager for housing services, neighborhoods, and the housing directorate at Hackney Council.

Sessions

16:35–17:15 Thursday, 24 May 2018
Predicting rent arrears: Leveraging data science in the public sector
Data science and machine learning, Emerging technologies and case studies
 Location: Capital Suite 10/11 Level: Beginner
Secondary topics:  Financial Services
Jonathan Leslie (Pivigo), Tom Harrison (Hackney Council), Maryam Qurashi (Pivigo)
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One major challenge to social housing is determining how best to target interventions when tenants fall behind on rent payments. Jonathan Leslie, Maryam Qurashi, and Tom Harrison discuss a recent project in which a team of data scientist trainees helped Hackney Council devise a more efficient, targeted strategy to detect and prioritize such situations. Read more.