Mike Shore, Author at Padmission

Why Continuums of Care Should Centralize Rental Assistance Administration

Why Continuums of Care Should Centralize Rental Assistance Administration

A Note on Continuity

In the previous article, Why Administering Housing Programs Has Become So Difficult — and What Needs to Change, I examined the growing complexity of rental assistance administration at the program level. Fragmented infrastructure, workforce strain, policy volatility, and unsupported complexity have turned one of the most effective homelessness interventions into one of the hardest to operate sustainably.

Those challenges are real inside individual agencies—but they […]

By Mike Shore|2026-02-19T12:11:42-07:00February 18th, 2026|Policy, Compliance & HUD Alignment, Rental Assistance Administration & System Design|2 Comments

Why Administering Housing Programs Has Become So Difficult — and What Needs to Change

Why Administering Housing Programs Has Become So Difficult — and What Needs to Change

Author’s Note: This article is written from my personal perspective as someone who has spent more than three decades administering housing programs and building systems to support them. My views expressed here reflect my experience and my conviction that the infrastructure supporting housing assistance programs must evolve.

This is not a product announcement. It is an invitation to examine how we organize and sustain this work.

By Mike Shore|2026-02-19T12:12:29-07:00February 18th, 2026|Policy, Compliance & HUD Alignment, Rental Assistance Administration & System Design|4 Comments

We’re Growing Our Team To Help Connect Customers Implement Landlord Engagement

We’re Growing Our Team To Help Connect Customers Implement Landlord Engagement

We’re excited to share some big news: Daniel Davis has joined Padmission as our first-ever Director of Product and Customer Experience!

This is a brand-new role at Padmission, created to strengthen how we support our partners, listen to feedback, and continually improve the Padmission Connect platform. Daniel’s experience in landlord engagement and housing programs makes him uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between technology […]

By Mike Shore|2026-02-18T16:01:37-07:00August 1st, 2025|Product Updates & New Features|Comments Off

Introducing Journey, the industry’s first homeless housing program administration platform

Introducing Journey, the industry’s first homeless housing program administration platform

Washington, DC, (July 8, 2024) – Padmission, the leading innovator in landlord engagement and housing search assistance software for homeless services systems, announces the availability of Journey, the industry’s first homeless housing program administration platform. Journey provides homeless services organizations with end-to-end housing program administration and the analytics to improve housing program performance and outcomes.

With over three decades of expertise managing housing programs within one of the largest U.S. homeless housing program […]

By Mike Shore|2026-01-13T16:23:35-07:00July 4th, 2024|Data, Reporting & Technology in Homeless Services, Policy, Compliance & HUD Alignment, Product Updates & New Features, Rental Assistance Administration & System Design|Comments Off

Manage Units, Inspections, Reservations and Signing Bonuses

Manage Units, Inspections, Reservations and Signing Bonuses

Housing search through strong landlord relationships is the core of the Padmission platform, but as promising approaches and practices emerge in the field, we want to give you added flexibility and functionality to enhance your efforts. We’re excited to launch this latest feature that provides new functionality to manage units, inspections, reservations and signing bonuses.

Manage Units

Housing Locators can now add and manage individual units on floor plans for properties in […]

By Mike Shore|2026-01-13T16:22:32-07:00November 1st, 2020|Landlord Engagement & Partnerships, Product Updates & New Features, Rental Assistance Administration & System Design|Comments Off

Landlord Incentives: HOM Survey Results

Landlord Incentives: HOM Survey Results

We’re seeing some amazing work around the country by leaders in homeless services systems around landlord engagement in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Fortunately, HUD Notice CPD-20-08, Waivers and Alternative Requirements for the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program Under the CARES Act, provides the field with alternative requirements and flexibilities under the CARES Act, including for landlord incentives. Incentivizing landlords to participate in housing programs, and […]

By Mike Shore|2025-12-16T10:51:22-07:00October 16th, 2020|Housing Search & Navigation, Landlord Engagement & Partnerships|Comments Off

Re-Order and Delete Images Update

Re-Order and Delete Images Update

Admiration and Gratitude

We just wanted to send a quick note to express our genuine admiration and sincere gratitude for the work that you and your colleagues are doing – always, but especially now. Please be safe and stay well.

Feature Update

We’ve rolled out some new functionality that gives property managers and housing locators more control in organizing images for properties. Click on the image below to launch a quick YouTube video […]

By Mike Shore|2026-01-13T16:22:46-07:00March 31st, 2020|Product Updates & New Features|Comments Off

Property Engagement and Housing Search Assistance

Property Engagement and Housing Search Assistance

As homeless services systems scale permanent housing interventions like Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) and Rapid Rehousing (RRH) in communities, there is a tremendous opportunity and need to strengthen and align efforts in landlord engagement and housing search assistance. On May 15, 2020, HUD issued guidance on the HUD Exchange to Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) recipients and Continuums of Care (CoCs) on developing a “

By Mike Shore|2026-02-18T16:50:43-07:00March 8th, 2020|Housing Search & Navigation, Landlord Engagement & Partnerships, Rental Assistance Administration & System Design|Comments Off

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Manage Units

Admiration and Gratitude

Feature Update