Step 01 · You
Tell us about the unit.
Short form: address, size, rent, voucher acceptance, availability. Takes about 5 minutes.
For Property Owners & Landlords
Qualified tenants, packaged up. You inspect, you decide, you sign.
We source and pre-qualify renters — voucher and market-rate — and hand them to you. Fee only on lease execution. Zero retainer.
Scope
What we do — and what we don't.
We deliver qualified tenants. We are not a broker, lessor, inspector, or property manager. The unit, rent, and lease stay with you.
01The process
How it works.
Four steps. We source, screen, and handle voucher paperwork. You inspect, decide, and sign.
Step 02 · Us
We send pre-qualified candidates.
Each packet includes the application, screening summary, and voucher status if applicable.
Step 03 · You
You run the lease.
You approve the tenant, run the inspection, handle corrective work, and sign the lease.
Step 04 · Lease
Lease signs → fee due.
One month's rent, invoiced on signing. No retainer, no hourly, no monthly fee.
Pricing
One fee, success-only.
One month's rent, due on lease signing. Clean invoice and W-9 on request. You set the rent; we don't advise on pricing.
If a placement falls through pre-execution — for any reason — you owe nothing.
02Stays on your plate
Birdie's House is a paperwork-and-people coordinator, not a property manager.
Anything that touches the physical unit stays with you. Anything that touches the tenant, the voucher, or the case manager moves to us.
| Task | Landlord | Birdie's House |
|---|---|---|
| HQS inspections, pre-inspections, re-inspections | Landlord | — |
| Corrective / punch-list work | Landlord | — |
| Setting rent | Landlord | — |
| Signing the lease | Landlord | — |
| Property management & maintenance | Landlord | — |
| Sourcing qualified applicants | — | Birdie's House |
| Applicant pre-qualification & screening | — | Birdie's House |
| HAP paperwork coordination with DCHA | — | Birdie's House |
| Case-manager / caseworker liaison | — | Birdie's House |
| Tenant application intake | — | Birdie's House |
Our Screening Standard
How we qualify.
Every applicant is pre-qualified against a published, Fair Housing-compliant standard: income relative to the tenant portion of rent, eviction history, and criminal history under HUD guidance.
What we don't screen for: source of income, family size, age of children, marital status, voucher status, or any other protected class. Same standard, voucher or market-rate.
You receive the screening summary with each candidate. Final approval stays with you.
03Landlord documents
Direct PDF downloads.
Reference docs for property owners working with Birdie's House. Print, share with your team, or read on screen — every PDF downloads instantly.
01
Landlord Placement FAQ.
The honest list of questions we hear from owners. Cost, timing, screening, what we won't do.
Download PDF ↓02
HQS Pre-Inspection Checklist.
HUD's Housing Quality Standards as a room-by-room walk-through. Helps you pass HQS first time.
Download PDF ↓03
HAP Contract Walkthrough.
Section-by-section guide to the HUD HAP contract (HUD-52641). Educational, not legal advice.
Download PDF ↓
Ready to fill your unit
Send us your vacancy.
Five-minute form. We respond within one business day with a sourcing plan and an estimated time-to-lease.