To help governments manage the distribution process of federal emergency rental assistance, Yardi has released Rent Relief powered by Yardi, an all-in-one platform it says will help get payments to households and landlords quickly and easily.
“We worked rapidly to create an easy-to-use and quick-to-implement platform that will make distribution of emergency rental assistance straightforward and equitable,” said Chris Voss, vice president of affordable housing and Public Housing Authority at Yardi. “This all-in-one platform will streamline the application, approval, distribution and audit process, without any needless integrations or long lead times. The goal is to help our government agencies as they deliver households and landlords the help they need.”
Managing more than 12 million U.S. residential units, Yardi processes monthly rental payments for eight million apartments, posts more than 40 million electronic invoices and administers more than $8 billion in payments.
Features of the cloud-based platform include: online applications, allowing households and landlords to easily apply for assistance; built-in communication functionality to communicate securely and seamlessly with applicants; case management for application tracking, status updates and approvals; payment distribution, delivering approved funds directly to households, landlords or utility providers; audit functionality to ensure accurate and timely dispersal of funds as well as compliance; analytics and reporting; an implementation process that can be completed in days, not months and 24-7 client support.
