Committee reviews administration recommendation to host CityWise rental dashboard on city site

Chair Mark Jeffries said the administration recommends the city "leverage CityWise," a housing rental dashboard the company began in Madison, Wisconsin, and that the city could host the platform on a subdomain of its website. "It is free for the city," Jeffries said, adding the platform is free for landlords with 20 or fewer units.

The committee was told the platform could increase listing diversity by lowering barriers for small landlords and could include data useful to renters, such as properties that accept housing vouchers or, potentially, code-violation information. Jeffries said the administration27s review took place over the last year and recommended moving ahead with CityWise.

The committee "put that on file," according to Jeffries; no final ordinance or vote to adopt the platform was recorded at the meeting. The report recorded the administration27s recommendation but did not document additional implementation steps or a timeline.

Jeffries described search-value and user benefits: by hosting the platform on the city domain, he said it "increases the search value" for people looking for rentals and helps ensure smaller, often affordable properties are represented.

Discussion at the meeting was brief and limited to the administration27s recommendation; committee members did not record a formal vote adopting the platform during this session. Next steps, including any technical integration or data-sharing provisions, were not specified in the meeting record.