Parma housing board approves Verify4 contract to check applicant income from state data

The Parma Housing Authority and council adopted an ordinance authorizing the executive director of North Coast Housing Connections to sign an agreement with Verify4 Incorporated to provide online verification of applicants’ and participants’ income and employment data using records from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The measure passed on a third reading after prior discussion at two earlier meetings. The council president said the director had explained the program at a prior meeting and described expected savings and no change in the service the authority uses. Council members had no further questions during the third-reading vote and the ordinance passed by voice and roll-call where required. The ordinance permits North Coast Housing Connections to access Verify4’s services to verify applicant and participant income and employment information with state data. The transcript records that the item has had “2 readings to date” and the request was for third reading and final adoption. No motion to amend or reserve an executive summary was recorded; council approved the ordinance and later formally adopted housing ordinance 25-25 as presented. The record does not include contract terms such as duration, per-transaction fees, or data-sharing safeguards; those details were not specified during the meeting.