Find strategies, tools, and best practices that help case managers and participants navigate the housing search process. Topics include map search, client choice, screening criteria, and trauma-informed approaches to supporting people exiting homelessness.

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 |2026-01-08T15:05:34-07:00December 4th, 2025|Unlocked Series (Community Success Stories)|Comments Off on Unlocked: How Cincinnati’s CoC Centralized Housing Navigation and Opened More Doors for Households in Need

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 the Map Search feature, participants and their case managers can work together—within one secure platform—to find housing that truly fits their needs, supports, and goals.

This isn’t just about finding an available unit. It’s about finding the right home in the right place, faster and with less […]

By |2026-01-13T16:23:59-07:00November 24th, 2025|Housing Search & Client Choice|Comments Off on Empowering Client Choice with Padmission Connect

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 |2026-01-08T15:09:56-07:00October 16th, 2025|Unlocked Series (Community Success Stories)|Comments Off on Unlocked: How Partnership Home Uses Padmission Connect to Strengthen Landlord Engagement

New Map Search for Desktop and Mobile

We’re excited to launch a fresh look and map search functionality for our Padmission users.  The enhanced search mode will make it easier for Housing Locator users to identify gaps in housing opportunities for their programs in specific areas of their community.

Case Manager and housing program participant users will love being able to zoom into neighborhoods and areas where they would like to live.  The mobile view starts on the […]

By |2026-01-13T16:23:25-07:00April 6th, 2022|Product Updates & New Features|Comments Off on New Map Search for Desktop and Mobile

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 […]

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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 |2026-01-13T16:22:46-07:00March 31st, 2020|Product Updates & New Features|Comments Off on Re-Order and Delete Images Update

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 “proactive, affirmative landlord […]

By |2025-12-16T10:54:07-07:00March 8th, 2020|Housing Search & Client Choice, Landlord Engagement & Partnerships, Program Administration & System Design|Comments Off on Property Engagement and Housing Search Assistance
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