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Business Wire
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
RealPage Continues to Redefine the Resident Experience with Acquisition of Livble, a Leader in Flexible Payment Solutions
RICHARDSON, Texas & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RealPage ®, a leading global provider of AI-enabled software platforms to the real estate industry, continues to redefine the resident experience through its acquisition of Livble, a leader in flexible payment solutions for the multifamily industry. Integrating Livble into LOFT™, RealPage's fully integrated multifamily resident experience platform, and into Buildium ®, RealPage's all-in-one property management software for mixed portfolio and HOA managers, will provide residents with a flexible, transparent, and convenient way to split their rent payments, unlocking real value for both renters and property managers alike. With the Livble solution, qualified residents can pay rent on their terms, splitting payments into up to four installments per month to better align with their cash flow. In return, property managers benefit from guaranteed on-time rent, real-time ledger reporting, and enhanced financial visibility—all through a single, seamless platform that eliminates the need for multiple third-party vendors. RealPage assumes 100 percent of the non-payment risk and manages all collections, reducing administrative burden and enabling property teams to focus on higher-value activities that enhance the resident experience. Expanding LOFT with Livble is another step in the ongoing evolution of the platform. Today, more than three million units have access to LOFT, the multifamily industry's leading resident experience platform that brings leasing, moving, payments and rewards together in one seamless app. With the addition of Livble, residents will have greater payment flexibility supporting their ability to build financial wellness. 'This strategic acquisition underscores RealPage's commitment to enhancing the resident experience,' said Dana Jones, RealPage CEO and President. 'Offering more financial flexibility for renters while enabling our customers to operate more efficiently is exactly the type of innovation we strive to deliver at RealPage. Integrating Livble builds on the remarkable momentum we've achieved with LOFT in such a short period, and we're equally excited to bring this powerful solution to our Buildium customers.' 'RealPage and Livble have a shared vision to redefine the rent payment experience. By joining forces, we will accelerate the adoption of flexible payment options at scale for both property managers and residents,' said Josh Ehrlich, Co-founder and CEO, Livble. 'We're incredibly proud of what we've built, and this acquisition is a powerful validation of our vision and innovation. Together, we'll accelerate our mission to make financial wellness a reality for millions of renters. We are just getting started.' About Livble Livble is transforming the rent payment experience by providing renters the ability to split their rent into smaller, more manageable installments over the month to align with their income, avoid fees, and build meaningful credit in the process – all through their trusted Property Management Software platform. Livble is pioneering financial freedom and convenience in housing, making rent payments a user-friendly process. Our goal is to become the default way people think about rent, fostering a world where housing is accessible, manageable, and equitable for all. Livble is headquartered in New York with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. About RealPage, Inc. RealPage improves the business of living. RealPage is the leading global provider of AI-enabled software platforms to the real estate industry. The company offers the multifamily industry's first agentic AI platform, Lumina AI Workforce, with a coordinated network of intelligent AI agents that work across leasing, operations, facilities, finance and resident engagement. By using RealPage solutions for operational excellence in the front office and throughout property operations, many leading property owners, operators and investors gain transparency into asset performance with data insights, enhancing experiences with customized tools and improving efficiencies to generate incremental yield. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Richardson, Texas, RealPage joined the Thoma Bravo portfolio of market-leading enterprise software firms in 2021 to realize faster growth and innovation to serve more than 24 million rental units from offices in North America, Europe and Asia. In 2024-2025, RealPage has been recognized as: one of America's Best Employers by Forbes, one of America's Best Employers for Women by Forbes, one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women by Newsweek, one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families by Newsweek, and has been certified as a Great Place to Work™ in India, the Philippines, the UK and the U.S. RealPage's resident experience platform, LOFT, earned gold in the TITAN Innovation Awards.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Women's caucus pushes access to child care, health care as legislative priorities
The Women Legislators of Maryland released their list of priority bills for 2025. From left: Del. Teresa Woorman, Del. Michele Guyton, Del. Dana Jones, Del. Nicole Williams, Del. Lesley Lopez and Del. Jessica Feldmark . (Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters) Prerelease services for incarcerated women, grant funds for abortion access, cancer screenings and tax credits for child care facilities are just a smattering of the legislative priorities for the Women Legislators of Maryland. The women's caucus on Monday evening announced a priority list of 15 bills for the 2025 legislative session, with the possibility of more to come. Almost all the bills deal with access to child care or health care, amid potentially disruptive policies from the Trump administration. 'In November, we knew to believe the President-elect, that women's health care would be under attack,' Del. Dana Jones (D-Anne Arundel), president of the women's caucus, said Monday evening. 'It became clear to us that the caucus's … priority must be to do everything in our power to support and defend women's health care in Maryland. 'We're not going to sit idly by and watch women get hurt, and we are going to do everything in our power to fight back,' she said. The caucus is currently comprised only of Democratic lawmakers, as Republican women no longer participate. The caucus' priorities list includes six bills related to health care access and eight for child care. The priorities also include a bill that would help incarcerated women have an easier transition back into private life. Black Caucus lays out legislative priorities for 2025 session One of the top priorities is a renewed effort to tap into funds that are required to be collected by insurance carriers that cover abortion services. The Affordable Care Act requires those insurers to collect $1 premium per member per month and hold it in a 'segregated fund,' according to bill sponsor Del. Lesley Lopez (D-Montgomery). HB 930 would use those dollars to create a Public Health Abortion Grant Program Fund that would be used to expand access to abortion in the state. Lopez said that there is about $25 million available, though the official fiscal analysis has not yet been released. But it's not just abortion access — the caucus is pushing to improve women's health care overall, prioritizing several bills that call for expanding access to various screenings and testing for cancer. The caucus also supports a bill to do away with the sunset date for a health care subsidy aimed at helping young adults more easily afford health care. Del. Karen Toles (D-Prince George's) sponsored HB 1251, which would allow certified doulas into the birthing room, in addition to a patient's authorized guests, among other measures. She said that allowing a doula into the birthing room will provide 'extra eyes, ears' during labor, especially as other guests, such as a spouse, may not feel comfortable. 'The men that are the fathers want to be able to … [protect] the mothers that are giving birth to their child, but they may also be a little nervous as well,' Toles said. 'So having that additional person in the room will be extra eyes and ears and protection for the mothers.' On the child care front, several of the caucus' priority bills would make it easier to start a new child care facility. It comes at a time when families are struggling to find child care. 'Marylanders lack access to affordable, or any, child care services, which has women and families facing serious economic disadvantages,' Jones said. HB 389, sponsored by Jones and Del. Julie Palakovich Carr (D-Montgomery) would let local jurisdictions provide a property tax credit for child day care facilities. 'At the end of the day, this is about money,' Palakovich Carr said. 'Most of these providers are small businesses. They are often women-owned businesses who are struggling, and by providing them some relief on their property taxes, we can help make their businesses viable.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Del. Michele Guyton (D-Baltimore County) sponsors a bill aimed to help those starting a new child care facility. She said that 'one of the primary barriers to starting a licensed family child care center is that often landlords prohibit it.' Under HB 911, landlords would no longer be able to ban or prohibit the operation of a child care facility on their property, so long as the child care center adheres to established state and local regulations to operate the facility. The landlord would be able to require a security deposit up to two months' worth of rent from a tenant who wants to operate a child care facility on the property. At the end of the news conference, Jones said the 15-bill priority list is still growing, and that other bills could be added as session continues. 'This is our list so far, that doesn't mean this is the end of the list,' she said.
