{"id":2452744,"date":"2019-12-30T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=318467"},"modified":"2019-12-30T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T05:45:00","slug":"apcha-takes-big-step-into-modern-future-with-funding-for-interactive-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/apcha-takes-big-step-into-modern-future-with-funding-for-interactive-database\/","title":{"rendered":"APCHA takes big step into modern future with funding for interactive database"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For most of the five years he\u2019s been executive director of Aspen\u2019s affordable housing authority, Mike Kosdrosky has focused on dragging the agency into the modern world.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, that effort took a significant step forward when the Aspen City Council approved a nearly $680,000 contract to build an interactive database that will provide real-time information for the public and housing officials about the program\u2019s more than 3,000 units, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken a long time to get to this point,\u201d Kosdrosky said Monday. \u201cIt is gratifying. I\u2019m excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

City council members approved the contract with Hexaware, an information technology provider, two weeks ago to build the custom database for the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority, he said. The project \u2014 to be known as \u201cHomeTrek\u201d \u2014 will begin soon after the beginning of 2020 and take about 10 months to build and two months to test before it\u2019s available to the public, Kosdrosky said.<\/p>\n

Once complete, the database will function a bit like online databases for the Pitkin County Assessor and Clerk\u2019s offices, where public information about properties is available, he said. It also will allow APCHA participants to apply to the program, submit compliance documents and perform other tasks. Participants will have their own logins and private information will not be available publicly, Kosdrosky said.<\/p>\n

During his tenure, Kosdrosky repeatedly has cited APCHA\u2019s lack of knowledge about its own program as a reason for inefficiency in the system. The implementation of the database will allow the affordable housing program \u201cto be transparent and accountable to everybody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It also will allow housing officials to better track the individual units and residents\u2019 compliance with APCHA rules and guidelines, Kosdrosky said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAPCHA\u2019s current systems are mostly outdated, unautomated and paper-based, which makes it difficult and confusing for many customers,\u201d according to an APCHA news release Monday. \u201cHomeTrek will eventually give customers and decision-makers 24\/7 access to information and data concerning APCHA\u2019s inventory of over 3,000 units, including real-time information about housing availability, prices, rents and affordability.\u201d<\/p>\n

The yearlong process of building the database will include input from program participants, elected officials and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n

The contract is part of a $1.4 million effort to improve the technology that governs the APCHA program, Kosdrosky said.<\/p>\n

jauslander@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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