Continuum of Care Leadership

This collection of articles is designed for Continuum of Care leaders who guide system strategy, policy alignment, and the coordination of housing resources across their communities. Explore best practices in system design, centralizing rental assistance administration, data-driven decision making, and strengthening landlord engagement at scale. These insights support CoC leadership teams in improving housing outcomes, enhancing compliance, and building more efficient, equitable systems of care.

Centralized Landlord Engagement for Continuums of Care (CoCs)

Centralized Landlord Engagement for Continuums of Care (CoCs)

A Structural Guide to Building Scalable Housing Access

Landlord engagement is one of the least discussed but most consequential functions inside a homelessness response system. For Continuums of Care (CoCs)— the regional systems responsible for coordinating federal homelessness funding and housing programs — the ability to recruit, maintain, and coordinate relationships with property owners and operators ultimately determines whether rental assistance programs translate into real housing placements. When landlord engagement […]

By Daniel Davis|2026-03-13T09:17:24-07:00March 12th, 2026|Landlord Engagement & Partnerships|0 Comments

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|Comments Off

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|Comments Off

Enhanced Unit Reservation and Case Manager Inquiry Process

Enhanced Unit Reservation and Case Manager Inquiry Process

In many homelessness response systems, housing locators identify and hold units before a household is ready to submit an application. These unit reservations—sometimes called unit holds, or master contracted units—sit at a critical junction between landlord engagement and case manager action. They are time-bound, relationship-sensitive, and often governed by informal norms rather than shared records.

Because of that, reserved units are frequently the most actionable housing options […]

By Daniel Davis|2026-02-18T16:36:51-07:00February 10th, 2026|Product Updates & New Features|Comments Off

Unlocked: How Indianapolis Centralized Rehousing Through HomeNow Indy

Unlocked: How Indianapolis Centralized Rehousing Through HomeNow Indy

Breya Birdsong (fourth from the left) and the RDOOR team receive formal recognition for the impact they have had creating and implementing HomeNow Indy. Birdsong, VP of Rental Assistance Programs, shares her expertise and experience in this article.

Building trust, system capacity, and faster rehousing through shared infrastructure

In our Unlocked series, we highlight communities that have rethought how housing systems operate—moving away […]

By Daniel Davis|2026-02-18T16:52:40-07:00January 28th, 2026|Housing Search & Navigation, Landlord Engagement & Partnerships|Comments Off

Building Shared Understanding in Housing Search: New Help Center Guides in Padmission Connect

Building Shared Understanding in Housing Search: New Help Center Guides in Padmission Connect

Housing search and landlord engagement workflows rely on shared understanding across roles. When guidance lives in disconnected documents, inboxes, or institutional memory, systems become vulnerable to staff turnover and inconsistent practice.

Padmission Connect includes built-in Help Center Guides that sit alongside landlord engagement and housing search workflows, providing role-specific guidance without removing local ownership over process or policy.

When Guidance Is Fragmented, Systems Slow […]

By Daniel Davis|2026-02-18T16:47:07-07:00January 14th, 2026|Housing Search & Navigation|Comments Off

Unlocked: How Cincinnati’s CoC Centralized Housing Navigation and Opened More Doors for Households in Need

Unlocked: How Cincinnati’s CoC Centralized Housing Navigation and Opened More Doors for Households in Need

In communities across the country, decentralized landlord engagement has long created bottlenecks: duplicated cold calls, missed unit opportunities, siloed relationships, and clients stuck with too few options. Cincinnati and Hamilton County decided to change that.

In this second installment of Unlocked, our series highlighting communities that are expanding housing access by centralizing landlord engagement, we spoke with Strategies to End Homelessness (STEH) and their RentConnect Manager, Tiffany Gehrlich, […]

By Daniel Davis|2026-02-18T16:55:08-07:00December 4th, 2025|Housing Search & Navigation, Landlord Engagement & Partnerships|Comments Off

Empowering Client Choice with Padmission Connect

Empowering Client Choice with Padmission Connect

In communities across the country, Padmission Connect is helping housing programs put choice back into the hands of the people they serve. With interactive housing search tools, participants and their case managers can work together—within one secure system—to identify housing that truly fits a participant’s needs, supports, and daily life.

This isn’t simply about locating an available unit. It is about helping people find the right home in the right […]

By Daniel Davis|2026-03-16T17:08:00-07:00November 24th, 2025|Housing Search & Navigation|Comments Off

Unlocked: How Partnership Home Uses Padmission Connect to Strengthen Landlord Engagement

Unlocked: How Partnership Home Uses Padmission Connect to Strengthen Landlord Engagement

At Padmission, we know that every step toward ending homelessness matters. Across the country, our partners are unlocking new opportunities for landlords, providers, and participants to connect, collaborate, and create stable housing solutions.

That’s why we launched Unlocked—a blog series highlighting how communities are putting Padmission tools into action. Each feature celebrates lessons learned, partnerships strengthened, and doors opened for people seeking housing.

Our first Unlocked story takes us to Texas, where […]

By Daniel Davis|2026-02-18T16:45:47-07:00October 16th, 2025|Housing Search & Navigation, Landlord Engagement & Partnerships|Comments Off

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