Explore guidance, tools, and best practices for Rapid Rehousing programs, including landlord engagement, housing search strategies, rental assistance workflows, and participant stabilization. These articles support communities working to reduce the time families and individuals spend unhoused by improving efficiency, coordination, and program design.

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

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 […]

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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