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Release Date: September 06, 2007
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Steve Rector
Public Affairs Director
(208) 331-4725
Lisa Davis
Public & Media Relations Officer
(208) 331-4858 |
Finding or listing the perfect rental just got easier
Click your way home at housingidaho.com
(BOISE) Idaho Housing and Finance Association announces the launch of housingidaho.com, a new, free statewide listing service for rental housing.
Easy. Fast. Powerful.
Easy. With the click of a mouse, this service allows renters to search up-to-date, detailed listings to find rental housing that fits their needs and budget. Fast. Users will see move-in costs, features, and current vacancies in seconds. Powerful. Photos and maps of prospective units can also be displayed on demand.
Looking for a place that allows pets? Search housingidaho.com for current listings. What about an apartment close to your child's school? Visit housingidaho.com to find a great apartment in the perfect location.
The bilingual, fully ADA-compliant site efficiently links tenants and landlords throughout the state, and creates accurate and timely tracking data for Idaho's changing housing markets. This data supports housing and economic developers in strategic planning efforts, market analysis and needs assessment. The site also provides helpful tools for renters, including an affordability calculator, rental checklist, information on landlord-tenant rights and responsibilities, and other general resources. Spanish-speakers can visit viviendaidaho.com to access this same up-to-date, useful information in their native language.
"Housingidaho.com is a great tool for consumers to locate rental housing and for providers to list available housing units," said Gerald Hunter, IHFA President and Executive Director. "Housingidaho.com connects individuals and families with a direct link to housing across the state."
Beyond the advantages to landlords and tenants, the site provides emergency responders with instant access to available housing in the event of a natural or other disaster.
Accessible. User-friendly.
Accessible. While this Web site is an invaluable resource for renters across the state, housingidaho.com also allows property managers and owners, including providers of critically needed affordable and special-needs housing, a place to list properties, describe amenities, provide photos and list eligibility requirements, all at no charge. User-friendly. Housingidaho.com offers 24-hour access to managing, adding and updating rental property listings and company information. Landlords can also use the property search feature as a tool to manage their inventory of properties, as well as to conduct neighborhood and price comparisons.
In addition to the Web site, a toll-free, bilingual call center is available at 1-877-428-8844 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. MST weekdays to assist renters and landlords.
Housingidaho.com is sponsored by Idaho Housing and Finance Association and was designed in conjunction with Socialserve.com, a not-for-profit organization that develops and maintains web applications to help agencies, property owners and the general public offer and find affordable housing in 20 states across the country.
The Web site is supported by a statewide advisory committee comprised of: Boise City/Ada County Housing Authority, Idaho Care Line/2-1-1/Health and Welfare, Idaho Department of Corrections, Northwest Real Estate Capital Corporation (NWRECC) - AHMA, Thomas Development, National Association of Rental Property Managers (NARPM), City of Boise, City of Nampa, Idaho Legal Aid Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), USDA Rural Development, Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS), Nampa Housing Authority, and Southwestern Idaho Cooperative Housing Authority (SICHA).
Housingidaho.com was designed so that renters, property owners, housing professionals and social service providers can have easy access to real-time rental housing information. The free Web site quickly and easily connects renters with available rental properties across the state.
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The Idaho Housing and Finance Association, a financial services and housing business organization, provides funding for affordable housing in communities where it is most needed and when economically feasible.
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