The DC playbook. The Baltimore opportunity.A defensible verification engine at half the price.
DC's RFP tells us exactly what public housing authorities need: secondary verification, e-sign consent, banking records, credit checks, MFA-delivered decisions. Polemarch delivers all of it — provider-agnostic, audit-ready, and priced to cut agency spend in half.
What the RFP conversations revealed
Direct from the strategy sessions with Brandon Briscoe (public housing), Tommy Bateman (landlord ops), and Deon Jenkins (Polemarch founder).
The Work Number pricing is bleeding HABC
Estimated ~$720K/yr in third-party verification fees at ~$40/verification. Polemarch delivers the same defensible verification at ~$20 — an immediate 50% cut.
Baltimore isn't asking — but they need it
DC's RFP tells the playbook: secondary verification, e-sign consent, banking records, credit pull, MFA delivery. Baltimore's workflow has the same gaps.
Caseworkers are the bottleneck
Individual caseworkers log into EIV manually with passwords. One size does not fit all — some applicants self-serve, others need a caseworker liaison. The platform supports both.
Knowledge walks out the door
When employees leave or go on vacation, case knowledge is lost. Agent shadowing keeps every case detail intact — the beat never drops.
Landlord → Decision
Two-step verification: HUD EIV first, then Polemarch's secondary verification with e-sign consent and MFA delivery.
Polemarch vs. The Work Number
The team behind the findings
Learn from the experts who understand Baltimore, housing authority operations, landlord workflows, and the vision behind this project.
Former consultant with 20+ years in public housing operations and HUD compliance. Guides the RFP strategy and eligibility workflow — from EIV to secondary verification.
"I've spent over twenty years consulting inside public housing authorities. What Polemarch does is give my caseworkers real time back — the secondary verification runs itself, the audit trail is defensible, and applicants move from waitlist to unit without the paperwork bottleneck. It's the kind of tool that makes an authority more proficient without adding a single seat."
Owns and operates units across DC. Represents the landlord side of the workflow: vacancies, inspections, and voucher payments.
"As a property owner, my units sit empty every day an applicant waits on verification. Polemarch closes that gap — vacancies get posted, tenants get cleared, and vouchers hit faster. My residents stay housed, my properties stay occupied, and the whole process runs cleaner for everyone involved."
Architect of the Polemarch verification engine. Builds the AI orchestration, Diana and Maria agents, and the audit trail.
"I built Polemarch to connect the moving parts — EIV, banking records, consent, MFA delivery — into one streamlined verification the authority actually owns. It plugs into what you already run, keeps your data in your tenant, and makes every case more efficient. The result is a leaner operation with a defensible paper trail."