For Housing Agencies
- Replace paper workflows with a modern voucher management system
- Automated compliance checks and HUD reporting
- Inspection scheduling and case management in one place
- Supports HCV, VASH, CityFHEPS, and local programs
Every family handed a rent check should get a home.
The government gives millions of families money to pay their rent. Almost half can't use it because landlords won't deal with the process. Keyway fixes the landlord side so families actually get housed.
I'm a family looking for housing →101
families housed
96
landlords onboarded
15
PHA partnerships
75 to 14
day placement reduction
The problem
A $12.2 billion system failure.
47%
of rent checks go unused
$12.2B
wasted annually
Every year, the federal government spends $26 billion giving families rent checks through the Housing Choice Voucher program. But nearly half of those checks go unused. Not because families don't need housing, but because the process of accepting a rent check is so painful for landlords that they would rather leave units empty. Inspections take weeks. Paperwork is manual. Payment timelines are unpredictable. Landlords walk away. Families lose their check and end up back in shelters.
In March 2026, a New York appeals court struck down the state law requiring landlords to accept housing vouchers, ruling it violated landlords' Fourth Amendment rights. The state is appealing, and New York City's separate local protections remain in place for now. But the direction is clear. Legal mandates are eroding, and the only durable way to keep landlords in the system is to make accepting a voucher easier than turning it down. That is what Keyway does.
The solution
One platform. Three stakeholders. Everyone moves faster.
Keyway connects landlords, housing agencies, and families in a single workflow. Families never pay.
For Landlords
- Property management built specifically for affordable housing
- Real-time payment visibility. Know exactly when the check arrives.
- Pre-screened tenants with verified, active rent checks
- Fill units in 14 days, not months
For Families
- Search properties that accept your rent check in one place
- Apply with no fees. Keyway covers application costs.
- Track your case from application to move-in
- Never lose your rent check to a broken process
Results
Built in under 12 months.
Time to placement
Industry avg
75+ days
→
Keyway
14 days
Families lose their voucher after 60 to 120 days. Speed isn't a feature, it's survival.
Cost per placement
Industry avg
$27,500
→
Keyway
under $500
Traditional placement costs include caseworker time, admin overhead, and lost voucher value. We automate 90% of it.
Voucher utilization
Industry avg
53% success rate
→
Keyway
0% voucher loss after placement
Every family we place through Keyway stays housed.
101
Families housed to date
96
Landlords onboarded
80%
Converted from market-rate
1,170+
Families on waitlist
Founders
Built by the community we serve.
Gabriel Leavell
CEO & Co-Founder
Grew up on Section 8. First-generation college grad. 20 years in real estate with $40M+ in portfolio management across the US and South Africa. Serves on LACAHSA's Investment Review Committee and Citizen Oversight Committee, helping shape $300M in LA County housing funding. Built Keyway because he has been the voucher kid, the landlord, and the person in the room with the housing authority.
Keyaria Rhodes
COO & Co-Founder
10+ years in tenant rights and fair housing advocacy. NYC Housing Preservation & Development. Microsoft. NEC. Built Keyway because the system she spent a decade navigating from the policy side needed technology to actually work.
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