The Section 8 housing platform · Atlanta, GA

A housing platform and a portal, built for Section 8.

HousingChoice prescreens tenants and funnels them to the homes they’ll be approved for, onboards new landlords onto the program, and runs the paperwork in-portal: the tenant submits the RTA, the landlord signs, AI submits it, and both sides see the moment it’s accepted. Built to help housing authorities set their clients up for success.

700+
tenants served
100+
units filled
11
housing agencies
~10 days
to fill a unit that sat months

Why it matters

Today, the timeline fails the families it’s for.

HousingChoice exists to help housing authorities set their clients up for success — because right now the clock works against everyone in the process.

45–90 days
from RTA submittal to move-in, today
7 days
before a tenant even receives a contract
30+ days
for a single recertification
60 days
the entire window a porting family has to find a home, submit an RTA, and move
While that clock runs, families porting in are couch surfing, living in extended-stay hotels, or going without a home.
21days · the goal

RTA submittal to move-in in 21 days.

And for emergency moves, we place families with landlords whose first-time inspection pass rate is over 90% — so an urgent move actually clears inspection the first time, instead of restarting the clock.

What it does

The whole placement, on one platform.

Properties, people, and paperwork live in the same place — so nothing depends on someone remembering to follow up, and nobody is working from a separate spreadsheet.

Prescreens & funnels tenants

We prescreen every tenant up front, then funnel them to the properties they’re most likely to be approved for — so they only chase homes that actually fit.

Onboards new landlords

Walks owners who’ve never done Section 8 through getting on the program and their first placement — turning hesitant landlords into a steady supply of units.

Full phone support for tenants

A real person on the phone for tenants searching for housing — facilitating tour scheduling, applications, and every step from the first call through move-in.

Owns the tenant conversation

Manages every message with the tenant through placement — updates, reminders, next steps — so the process keeps moving without manual chasing.

Group text with landlord & tenant

Once the RTA is in, it spins up one group text with the tenant and landlord — a single channel that keeps everyone moving to the finish line.

Tracks which RTAs are expiring

Knows every RTA’s clock and surfaces the ones running out of time before the window closes — no expirations slipping by unnoticed.

Flags LIF eligibility

Identifies which tenants are eligible for LIF automatically, so the benefit gets used instead of missed.

Verifies property → authority

Confirms which housing authority each property falls under, so every submission routes to the right place the first time.

RTA, done in the portal

From signed to accepted — without the paper chase.

The RTA is where placements stall: wrong signatures, bad scans, packets sitting in an inbox. In the portal it’s digital end to end, and the status is visible to everyone the moment it changes.

1

Tenant submits

The tenant submits the RTA right in the portal — no printing, no scanning, no lost packet.

2

Landlord signs

The landlord signs digitally. No more incorrectly signed or poorly scanned RTAs bouncing back for a redo.

3

AI submits

AI checks the packet and submits it to the correct housing authority instantly.

4

Both see acceptance

Tenant and landlord watch the status live — the moment it’s accepted, everyone knows.

Placement engine

It brings the properties to the tenants.

Most tools hand a voucher holder a wall of listings. This one does the opposite — it surfaces the few homes they’ll be approved for and drives the move-in, so clients get housed as fast as possible.

STEP 01

Prescreen

We prescreen every tenant up front, then funnel them to the properties they’re most likely to be approved for — no dead-end applications.

STEP 02

Tour

Coordinated in person or by lockbox, with reminders sent automatically — same-day when possible.

STEP 03

Apply

The application goes out, gets checked for completeness, and the RTA is submitted right the first time.

STEP 04

Move in

It tracks inspection, rent, and contract through to keys — keeping every party moving.

What it matches on

  • Voucher size & housing authority
  • The area the tenant wants to live
  • Stairs, MARTA, pets, deposit

A home that fits

matched to what they qualify for

AI features

AI moves the paperwork. The authority keeps the decisions.

The repetitive, error-prone checks get automated. Every approval, determination, and recertification still belongs to the housing authority.

AI · No double submitting

Duplicate RTAs caught automatically

When the same unit and tenant arrive through more than one channel, AI flags and merges them — so an RTA is never submitted or processed twice.

AI · Recertification

Recertifications that don’t slip

AI tracks each tenant’s recert timeline and prepares the paperwork ahead of the deadline, so families don’t lose a voucher to a missed date.

AI · Porting between agencies

The 60-day port, handled

A family porting in has only 60 days to find a home, submit an RTA, and move. AI manages the transfer between agencies — paperwork, routing, follow-up — so the window isn’t lost to red tape.

See it in action

Want a closer look?

Book a walkthrough and we’ll show how HousingChoice runs placement end to end — the platform, the portal, the RTA flow, and the AI behind the paperwork.

Based in

Atlanta, GA