Housing-authority document management

Records that pass a HUD audit.

The transaction-based tenant records platform used by HCV, LIPH and NSPIRE teams since 2000.

Purpose-built for HUD compliance since 2000.

Built for the frameworks housing staff work in every day

HUDCompliance NSPIREInspection ready SEMAPCFR 985 LIHTCTax credit HCVSection 8 Microsoft 365+ SharePoint
The purpose-built difference

Generic document management was not written for a HUD monitoring visit.

FileVision is designed around the transactions that fill a housing authority's day: waitlist to move-out, HCV recertification to NSPIRE evidence. Every record lives inside a participant and event, not a folder tree. So the answer an auditor asks for is one search away.

The platform

Three surfaces, one housing-authority spine.

HCV specialist reviewing tenant checklists across two monitors with a FileVision workstation
ETR

Electronic Tenant Records

Transaction-based tenant, HCV and LIPH files. Recertifications, notices, evidence and inspections tracked in one household file. Complements your existing HMS.

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ALFO

Content and Workflow Automation

Enterprise records governance, digital forms, e-signatures, workflow routing and contract lifecycle management. Runs standalone or as a layer on Microsoft 365 and SharePoint.

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InvoPay

Accounts Payable Automation

Capture invoices from email or upload, extract data with OCR, route for approval by department or amount, and keep supporting contracts and audit history connected to every transaction.

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Transaction-based file organization

Files that mirror the housing lifecycle, not the folder tree.

Housing work is a sequence of transactions: an application, an eligibility review, a lease-up, an annual recertification, an inspection, a notice, a move-out. Traditional document systems store paper by type, forcing staff to hunt across folders when an auditor asks for a moment in time.

FileVision organizes every record around the participant and the event. Open the household file, see the whole story, close the loop.

  • Structured HCV and LIPH participant files with lifecycle events in place
  • Recertification, grievance and reasonable-accommodation evidence tied to the household
  • One-click retrieval for HUD monitoring, NSPIRE and SEMAP reviews
See how ETR organizes a file
Numbers customers report

Measured outcomes across housing authority teams.

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Productivity gain
2000
In service since
<15m
Reply time
11h
Daily support
The capabilities behind the platform

Compliance, access and search, tuned for housing work.

FileVision inspection search results screen displaying photo evidence and status tags

Audit-ready in one search

OCR, metadata indexing and full-text enterprise search across every tenant file. Ask a household name, a unit, a form ID; the evidence surfaces in seconds.

Field inspector completing an NSPIRE pre-inspection checklist on a tablet inside a unit kitchen

HUD monitoring readiness

Checklists, exception flags and completeness scoring keep every household file review-ready between monitoring visits.

Compliance officer reviewing a permission-restricted HCV compliance dashboard in FileVision

Role-based access to sensitive files

Grievance, reasonable-accommodation and other confidential records are visible only to the roles that need them.

Recertification queue in FileVision showing tenant names, inspection dates and status columns

Deadline and recertification alerts

Reminders and escalations tied to each household file so an annual reexamination is never a surprise.

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Microsoft 365 and SharePoint layer

Housing-specific metadata and workflows on top of the Microsoft environment your staff already uses.

Who we serve

Written for HUD-regulated housing organizations.

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Public Housing Authorities

PHAs running LIPH, HCV / Section 8 and mixed-finance programs, with the SEMAP, NSPIRE and EIV obligations that come with them.

See the PHA fit
Three affordable-housing staff comparing two FileVision Electronic Tenant Records screens during a case review

Affordable Housing Providers

LIHTC, PBV and RAD portfolios where eligibility evidence, annual recertifications and inspections travel with each household file.

See the provider fit
Records manager cross-checking a paper tenant file against the FileVision Dashboard on a desktop monitor

Community Housing Organizations

Community development agencies managing grants, eligibility-based assistance and program records across multiple funding streams.

See the CHO fit

"Saved us time and space; auditing is easy. Can't imagine paper again."

HA
Executive Director and staff
Housing Authority in the Northwest
Common questions

What housing authorities ask before requesting a demo.

Generic DMS platforms store documents by type in folder trees. FileVision organizes every record around the participant and the transaction, so a HUD monitor's question about a specific household at a specific moment is answered in a single search, not a folder hunt across multiple shared drives.
No. FileVision complements your existing HMS or rent-ledger platform rather than replacing it. It handles the document, evidence and workflow layer where those systems fall short, syncing real-time data where useful. Staff keep the systems they already know for rent tracking; they use FileVision for the compliance and document side.
FileVision is available as cloud, hybrid or on-premises deployment. Housing authorities choose the model that matches their IT and data governance requirements. The cloud option requires no on-site server; hybrid and on-prem options are available for authorities with specific data-sovereignty policies.
FileVision keeps every household file review-ready between monitoring visits through configurable completeness checklists, exception flags, and full-text enterprise search. When a HUD monitor arrives, staff can retrieve any document, evidence photo, or approval trail in seconds rather than pulling physical folders.
Yes. FileVision can run standalone or as a housing-specific layer on top of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, adding HUD-aligned structure and compliance controls to the environment staff already use.
Ready when you are

See FileVision on your files.

A 30-minute walkthrough of ETR, ALFO or InvoPay, tailored to your HCV, LIPH or mixed-finance portfolio.