Haven Connect vs Kanso Public Housing

Haven Connect provides software for affordable housing owners and property managers handling applicant waitlists. Its tools track applicants, automate list processes, and support communication through texts, emails, and physical letters; Haven Connect handles printing, mailing, and USPS integration. Staff can filter applicants by AMI parameters and preferences, while a compliance audit log records application changes. Applicants use a portal to check status, update information, apply to other properties, and upload documents linked to their files. The service says document collection uses end-to-end encryption. Automated waitlist updates run every April and September, with reminders and a response dashboard. After an update period, staff can send removal communications to non-responsive applicants and remove them from the master list. The listed package includes custom pre-applications and full applications, duplicate detection, setup, and training. Pricing is on request. Haven Connect was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver.

Kanso Public Housing is software for public housing authorities managing applicant, tenant, inspection, accounting and reporting workflows. It follows households from application through the waiting list to tenancy. Staff can schedule inspections, track progress, create work orders from inspection results or requests, and manage costs and tenant billing. Tenant accounting calculates and posts rent or loan charges and records activity and payments in a ledger. For HUD reporting, Kanso prefills Form 50058 data and creates records configurable for IMS/PIC or HIP export. Its Multi-Site feature gives each agency a secure environment while designated users can access consolidated All-Site Reporting. Two iPad apps support mobile inspections and work orders; portals work in mobile and tablet browsers. Shofcorp supports household and property data workflows and voucher data transmission. RentWatch provides certified rent-reasonableness reports using real-time data from over 300 sources, but requires AffordableHousing.com’s Premium package. Pricing is available by contacting Kanso.