CLIENT SUCCESS STORY

The NRP Group

The NRP Group is a full-service developer, builder and manager of multifamily housing, with a portfolio spanning market-rate and affordable communities across the United States.

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    Being able to outsource our compliance has been very beneficial, especially with the integration between Compliance Manager and RightSource. We’re now able to communicate with auditors and see updates to our compliance files in real time.

    Ashley Field

    IT Business Solutions Project Manager, The NRP Group

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    ID Verify has drastically improved our team’s ability to catch fraud on the front end. That’s huge for us as an affordable housing operator.

    Ashley Field

    IT Business Solutions Project Manager, The NRP Group

The benefits

The NRP Group saves hours of staff time and shortens vacancy losses with multiple components of the Yardi Affordable Housing Suite. NRP’s affordable housing compliance workflows are more streamlined and instances of fraud on the front-end of certifications are far fewer, while applicants and residents gain the convenience of completing certifications online.

The company

The NRP Group is a vertically integrated real estate developer, builder and manager. Its portfolio includes more than 100 affordable housing properties. As an IT-forward organization, NRP continually evaluates software solutions to support its site teams and to operate with efficiency and compliance.

The challenge

Paper-heavy processes slowed compliance & burdened applicants

Before leveraging Yardi’s online tools, NRP’s affordable housing teams relied heavily on paper-based applications and manual processes. During lease-ups, construction delays meant applicants had to physically return to the office and restart the application from scratch, sometimes as many as four times for a single file. With certifications expiring every 120 days, the burden fell on both staff and applicants alike, while vacancy loss accumulated at over $30 per day per unit.

The solution

Yardi’s integrated affordable housing platform brings Compliance Manager, RentCafe, ID Verify and RightSource together into a single connected workflow. Applicants can complete and update their applications online from any device, while automated income verification eliminates the need to wait for manually submitted documents. ID Verify screens applicants on the front end, catching potential fraud before files are processed. RightSource integration provides real-time file status updates and direct communication with auditors.

The story

Working solely in the Yardi environment

For Ashley Field, IT Project Manager at The NRP Group, the most meaningful measure of a software platform is whether her site teams can do their jobs without ever leaving it. To achieve that level of efficiency, NRP has adopted Yardi solutions across its affordable housing operations. “Yardi provides an end-to-end product that fits nearly all of our daily operational needs. It’s rare that our site team members have to ever leave Yardi to complete a task,” says Field.

The impact has been felt most acutely in compliance. Before moving to Compliance Manager, lease-up delays forced staff to call applicants back to the office repeatedly. Ashley recalls one lease-up where nearly 100 families had to redo paper applications four times due to construction delays. Now, staff can simply reopen an application and direct the applicant to update their portal without having to come into the office.

Automated income verification shortens processing time & reduces vacancy loss

NRP estimates that vacancy losses can total more than $30 dollars per day, per unit, highlighting the need to find solutions that can accelerate the application processing timeline. Now, NRP uses ID Verify to automatically pull income verification rather than waiting on applicants to submit pay stubs manually. “It shortens that period of time from when we get an application to when we have it ready to go to RightSource,” Ashley explains. The integration between Compliance Manager and RightSource also gives site teams a real-time window into file status and auditor communication.

ID Verify flags fraud before it reaches the file

With ID Verify, NRP now is able to catch fraud attempts on the front end of the application process, before they progress through compliance. Ashley notes they’re seeing potential fraud flagged on roughly 30% of applicants, a figure that underscores the value of screening at the point of application rather than discovering issues later in the review process.

Aspire saves 40 hours of staff training development per rollout

Efficiency gains extend beyond the application process. Adopting the Yardi Aspire learning management solution helps NRP’s learning and development department reduce the burden of creating training materials from scratch. Developing such resources in the past could take more than 40 hours of staff time (or more) for a large rollout like Compliance Manager. “Aspire is giving time back to our trainers to focus on the more impactful parts of their job,” said Ashley.