Management Computer Services, Inc. (MCS) is now offering PHA-Web, a new Internet based software for housing authorities. The Waiting List Manager is a component of PHA-Web.

The Waiting List Manager provides the housing authority with the ability to define and create multiple waiting lists. It also has the flexibility to allow the user to set up an unlimited number of unique preferences for each waiting list. Point values may be assigned to preferences to facilitate correct ranking of applicants’ positions on the waiting list.  In a single entry an applicant can be placed on multiple waiting lists with different preferences for each list.

The Waiting List Manager is integrated to search the Vacated Tenant Manager component of PHA-Web for previous program participation for each member of the applicant's household.  If the applicant is found in the Vacated Tenant Manager database, a message will be displayed and details will be available.

A web page hosted on PHA-Web, can incorporate data from the Waiting List Manager into the web page.  The web page may be set up to allow potential applicants to apply on-line for the housing authority's programs and applicants could be allowed to check their position on the waiting list.

Registration may be completed by contacting a PHA-Web representative in our Wisconsin office at (608) 784-0354 or in our Rhode Island office at (401) 683-6133.