The Housing Corporation has signed a three-year managed IT infrastructure deal with Steria worth £7.5m.

The government agency funds and regulates housing associations. Its infrastructure will serve 520 Housing Corporation staff across nine offices and 2,000 external users from registered social landlords and local authorities who have access to housing investment and regulatory systems.

Under the terms of the deal, Steria will manage core infrastructure services, including servers, storage security and applications. The IT services firm will also manage and upgrade the corporation’s desktop infrastructure.