Eligible tenants will have an easier time finding available units
Investment and property management software developer Yardi has announced new features to be included into its next-generation solution for Canadian social housing providers, facilitating much-easier access to this vital resource.
Launched in February 2019, the RENTCafé Social Housing portal is intended to transform paper-based social housing transactions into what the company assured would be “an intuitive online workflow.”
“New functionalities are scheduled to be released in 2020 and will add even more beneficial services,” Yardi stated in its announcement.
The platform makes “easier for eligible tenants to find available housing units, sign up for waiting lists and submit household information to meet social housing program requirements,” the developer added.
Users can complete and submit application forms online, either through a mobile phone or a desktop computer.
“RENTCafé Social Housing proactively stops incomplete applications from being submitted by ensuring that applicants do not skip any required steps in the process.”
To date, RENTCafé has facilitated the creation of more than 57,000 online unit listings and more than 475,000 tenant applications.
“Our goal in developing this technology is to improve how social housing providers manage their properties and deliver units to their clients. It's an evolution of social housing that will simplify the application process for housing providers, service managers, waitlist administrators and applicants,” Yardi vice president and general manager Peter Altobelli said.
