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Housing, Health and Data: Lessons from Richard Harding

21/10/2025

Matt Chenery

When Richard Harding describes himself as a “digital enabler,” it is less about technology and more about people. His career has spanned fintech, social care, and now high-performance computing at the Hartree Centre. Along the way, he has carried one consistent belief: innovation only matters if it changes lives.

“Most of the people we worry most about in care live in social housing houses,” he reflects. “If housing isn’t at the table, you simply can’t see enough of someone’s life to support them well.”

This conviction has shaped his work in health, care and housing sectors that, he argues, need to stop working in parallel and start operating as one system.

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