Equifax Solutions for Housing Agencies
Equifax can help with The Work Number® database, a HUD identified Level 5 verification source and Social Service Verification (SSV) solution which gives your PHA instant access to the most up-to-date wage information to help optimize your eligibility determination and recertification processes. These automated solutions help agencies quickly conduct verifications to better process application and recertification backlogs. Doing so also enables staff to focus on more complex cases and expedite eligibility decisions, whether for initial admission, annual recertification, or interim income changes — which helps promote program integrity and improved resident experiences.
Employment and Income Verifications for Public Housing
Discover how near real-time access to up-to-date income and employment information can help you optimize your determination and recertification process with The Work Number® database.
The Data Driven PHA: Empowering Your Agency with Insights
Public Housing Agencies rely on data to make eligibility and rent determination decisions. Equifax solutions like The Work Number® help PHAs replace other more manual, outdated processes with automated verifications and actionable insights. This infographic shows how leveraging data - current as of the last time payroll was processed by a contributing employer or payroll provider - can help streamline workflows, conduct effective eligibility determinations, promote transparency in the process, and free up valuable staff time—empowering PHAs to better serve their communities with efficiency and confidence.
Modernizing Your PHA: A Guide to How Data-Driven Solutions Can Help You Provide Equitable Affordable Housing
Outdated legacy systems limit efficiency, decision-making, and your PHA’s mission. This guide explores the challenges of legacy systems, the benefits of modernization, and practical steps to become a more data-driven agency—freeing up time for case workers to focus on your mission rather than routine, manual tasks.
Data in Social Services: Why Automated, Instant Income Verifications are Essential
Determining eligibility for social service safenets is becoming increasingly complex, as agencies face rising demand, resource strain, and heightened expectations for speed and accountability. Equifax offers data solutions to help address these challenges by streamlining the eligibility determinations and verifications process, reducing manual processes, and providing agencies with access to data. Utilizing modern solutions and data - data current as of the last time a contributing employer or payroll provider processed payroll - can help agencies make efficient, effective eligibility determinations so that appropriate benefits can go to eligible applicants.