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OpinionPooja Nair

Why more residents' associations are going digital: payments, notices and complaints in one app

A sample survey of 120 associations finds 78 percent use a messaging group, only 31 percent a dedicated app.

Why more residents' associations are going digital: payments, notices and complaints in one app
Photo: Illustration: Kindhand Community (synthetic)

The survey was run by the fictional Association of Residents' Bodies. Respondents named dues tracking and complaint tracking as top needs.

Sample survey.
ToolShare of associations
Messaging group78%
Spreadsheet64%
Dedicated app31%

Half the associations surveyed had changed their treasurer in the last two years and lost data in the handover. Apps with an audit trail made that easier.

Privacy matters too: members said they wanted control over who sees their flat number and phone.

This is a demo story: every name, place, organisation and figure in it is fictional.

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