The initial emergency response relied on an existing supplier-owned platform. However, longer term, we wanted to replace the platform with a more flexible technology solution, enabling the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to save significant support costs, control the system data and code, and ensure the service met high standards of security, resilience and usability. In the summer of 2024, we started building our own system for managing Homes for Ukraine data. We needed a system that would provide service continuity and secure data sharing between central government, local authorities and devolved administrations, with more sustainable running costs. We chose to build 'Share Homes for Ukraine data' (or 'Share' for short) in-house, giving MHCLG full ownership to adapt the system based on user needs and expand to further use cases.
From emergency to sustainability: creating Share Homes for Ukraine data mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2026/04/09/f... from MHCLG Digital
Not identified in MHCLG's posts (for some reason) but I gather the replaced system was Palantir's Foundry platform
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