July 22, 2026
Summer Spotlight: BuildingBlocks
A practical guide to running housing programs in BuildingBlocks, organized around three phases: Identify, Execute, and Report.
Tools for Managing Institutional and Complex Ownership
January 30, 2026
Understanding who owns property at scale is critical. Enforcing accountability at scale is essential. Slate is where that shift happens.
Slate operationalizes oversight for municipalities, land banks, rental registries, vacant and foreclosure programs, rent stabilization offices, and code enforcement teams through structured, repeatable workflows built to manage real volume. Whether overseeing institutional investors, bank-owned properties, public entities, short-term rentals, long-term rentals, rent-stabilized units, or vacant and foreclosed assets, Slate centralizes registrations, renewals, inspections, notices, fee collection, enforcement actions, acquisitions, and dispositions in one consistent system.
Complex ordinances often make compliance difficult to put into practice. Distinctions between short-term and long-term rentals, layered vacant property requirements, foreclosure timelines, rent stabilization eligibility rules, petition processes, fee schedules, and ownership opacity in non-disclosure states can create operational friction. Tolemi simplifies this complexity by embedding ordinance logic directly into workflows, ensuring requirements are applied consistently, transparently, and defensibly across ownership types and property conditions.
Portfolio-level management ensures rules are enforced uniformly while maintaining parcel-level accountability. Identity, stage, and task-based tracking provide clear visibility into status and next steps. Field inspections can be completed in real time or offline, ensuring continuity without connectivity. Automated notices and targeted mailers help drive outreach and compliance at scale. Built-in and custom reporting generate defensible records for audit readiness, board reporting, and policy evaluation.
When paired with BuildingBlocks, every operational action feeds directly into analytics. Cities and land banks can measure compliance trends, evaluate institutional ownership behavior, and understand how portfolios intersect with vacancy, foreclosure activity, inspections, rent stabilization compliance, and broader housing priorities using live operational data. Reach out to our team to learn how to take full advantage of the continually evolving capabilities and features within Slate.
July 22, 2026
A practical guide to running housing programs in BuildingBlocks, organized around three phases: Identify, Execute, and Report.
July 22, 2026
Highlights from the 2026 CodeComply Summit, plus a quick guide to the data terms behind your Tolemi tools.
July 22, 2026
How Columbia, SC found 79 more short-term rentals than its registry had captured, then launched online registration with Slate.