PHA Employee Training

Communication Features for Success

By Niki Kolisch on Feb 19, 2025 in Technology

Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) are constantly evolving, whether it’s bringing in new talent or refining the skills of seasoned employees. There’s always more to learn, and fresh perspectives can bring valuable insights to your organization.

But this ambition to enhance your team comes with the challenges of keeping training materials and employee development organized. That’s exactly where Yardi Aspire steps in.

With Aspire, there’s no need to juggle multiple storage systems for training resources and employee documents — it’s all housed in one centralized employee hub. Let’s look at how Aspire simplifies communication and training for PHAs.

Personalized dashboards

With Aspire, PHA employees get a personalized experience with:

• Interactive leaderboards: Motivate and engage employees with badge and point rewards
• Important announcements: Keep your team in the know with training recommendations and policy updates at a glance
• Training assignments: Assign role-specific courses and easily track progress
• Interactive training catalog: Provide employee access to a full catalog of PHA-specific courses to ensure compliance and growth  

Document management

Storing and accessing PHA training materials shouldn’t be a challenge — and it shouldn’t even require many clicks or logins either! Aspire’s central hub provides a single source of truth for all essential documents, including:

• Policy acknowledgment: Track employee acknowledgment with eSignatures and version control
• Onboarding resources: Simplify new hire onboarding with centralized forms, skills and development checklists
• Performance reporting: Gain insights into employee performance and training progress with automated tracking

Social learning and collaboration tools

Collaboration is key to a thriving PHA. Aspire makes team-based learning simple with:

• Built-in chat tools: Foster peer coaching, group discussions and interactive online training projects.
• Microsoft Teams integration: Connect Aspire with Teams for a connected training and communication platform  

Notifications and reminders

You can easily help your employees stay on track with automated alerts for:  

• Upcoming training, certifications and deadlines
• Supervisor updates on team progress
• Customizable messages that reflect your PHA’s unique culture, tone and communication style

(It doesn’t get much more personalized than this!)

Benefits of a centralized employee hub for PHAs

A well-trained and confident staff is one of your PHA’s greatest assets. Let’s look at some of the reasons why PHAs need such an innovative and collaborative training software:

• Boost efficiency: Reduce administrative burden with streamlined workflows and a single place to store information
• Manage resources effectively: Keep training materials up to date and eliminated outdated versions
• Provide instant access: Empower staff to quickly search for keywords related to HUD regulations and internal policies
• Foster an engaged workforce: Encourage collaboration, feedback and endless learning
• Enable mobile access: Allow employees to learn anytime, anywhere on their mobile devices

Your employees are the backbone of your agency’s success. Whether you’re onboarding new hires or developing existing staff, leave it to a dedicated training software to take you the finish line.

With intuitive communication tools and a centralized hub, Aspire makes PHA employee training more efficient and engaging than ever. Learn more about the Aspire difference!