Losing Your Affordable Compliance Expert? Here’s How to Fill the Gap Without Hiring

Your long-time compliance pro is retiring, or has already made their way out, and suddenly your team’s most experienced resource is no longer there to double and triple-check the details. Feeling familiar? You’re not alone—affordable housing operators across the country are facing the exact same challenge.

The New Reality for Affordable Housing Teams

For many years, affordable housing operators have relied on these seasoned compliance specialists, people who understood the nuances of HUD, LIHTC, and RD programs by heart, but that institutional knowledge is now harder to come by.

According to a study by Affordable Housing Finance, over 83% of affordable housing operators are 45 or older, and 61% see themselves staying in the industry for only 3 more years. This signals to us an aging workforce and an impending wave of retirement requests. Meanwhile, "’Over the past year, the most common compliance challenge we’ve observed at affordable housing properties has been the inconsistent implementation of key compliance policies and procedures—largely due to staffing shortages, high turnover, and limited training,’ [industry veteran, Shannon] Bodnar says.” (AHF, 2025).  

In other words, the people who have been your compliance “safety net” for all these years are departing the industry much more rapidly than new experts can be trained to fill their shoes.

Bridging the Experience Gap with the Right Guardrails

Knowing the challenges that affordable properties face, ResMan Affordable is designed to help less-experienced team members maintain compliance confidence, even in the absence of veteran experts. Our affordable platform provides the guardrails your properties need to minimize errors, streamline workflows, and protect your compliance operations even when your most seasoned team members leave.

Here’s how:

• Ease of Use: Built by property managers, ResMan’s workflows are intuitive and efficient, reducing training time for new staff and preventing mistakes that stem from confusing processes. When teams are stretched thin, simplicity and clarity help ensure critical tasks don’t get missed. ‍
• User-Level Permissions & Customizable Approval Workflows: Every organization structures compliance a bit differently. ResMan allows you to define who can view, edit, or approve sensitive information so that the right people always review critical actions before they’re finalized. ‍
• Instantaneous Error Checking: Even experts make mistakes, but new staff are especially prone when juggling multiple responsibilities. ResMan’s built-in error detection prevents issues like moving in an ineligible household or missing a required deduction validation. ‍
• TRACS Voucher Validation Before Submission: ResMan cross-checks your data against TRACS before submission and flags issues in real time, which saves time, rework, and costly resubmissions. ‍
• Unlimited Electronic Document Storage: Paper files are risky and inefficient. ResMan provides unlimited, secure cloud storage that keeps compliance documentation organized and accessible, ensuring continuity through turnover, audits, or even natural disasters.

Why It Matters

Compliance risk doesn’t pause when your compliance veterans walk out the door. As turnover increases and expertise gaps widen, your software must be the bridge for that gap. With ResMan, we ensure your team maintains confidence and doesn’t miss a mark, whether they’ve been in the industry for 20 years or 20 days.

With ResMan, your compliance process doesn’t depend on who’s in the chair, it depends on the system you have in place.

👉 Schedule a walkthrough to see how ResMan Affordable helps you protect compliance, no matter who’s on your team.