Pay Your Rates
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Residents can pay rent from the comfort of their living rooms
Tenants living in a property leased by the Harvest Housing Group will soon be able to pay their rent directly through their TV sets. Sky digital TV viewers can access Harvest’s prepay menu by searching through the interactive Sky EPG.
Tenants press the interactive button on their remote control, navigate to the appropriate menu option, and then enter Harvest’s ‘Sky Key’. After keying in a reference PIN via the remote control, the tenant is guided through a couple more steps to complete payment transactions using a credit or debit card.
A confirmation number is provided as proof of every transaction. Paul Warburton, a spokesperson for Harvest, said, “We feel strongly that it is our role to make paying rent as accessible as possible to our tenants and are always looking for ways to improve our service in this area.”
Previously we featured an article on our blog about residents in West Yorkshire being able to search for jobs through a partnership with the local Jobcentre and the Kirklees council. It is entirely possible that in the near future, tenants and homeowners will be able to pay utility bills, council taxes and vote for local candidates all through their TV sets.
