Exygy’s Post

I'm excited to share a report we published back in June in collaboration with Exygy and Housing Navigator Massachusetts, Inc -- "Equitable Affordable Housing in the Digital Age". If you are interested in learning more about the process for building a unified search platform for affordable housing in your region, I encourage you to check it out. Loved working with Jennifer Gilbert & Vu-Bang Nguyen on this! 😁 https://lnkd.in/g2nuiAEA // The current system for finding affordable housing in the U.S. is broken (and in many cases, doesn’t exist). For families and individuals that can afford market rent, platforms like Zillow and Trulia facilitate the housing search process. However, subsidized “capital A affordable” units are typically not included on these sites, meaning low income renters are left to navigate multiple government and property-specific websites. How can we use technology to enhance and streamline access to affordable housing? This report details the lessons learned in building affordable housing search platforms. The report lays out eight “ingredients for success” for how government, technology, and nonprofit leaders can utilize technology to make the search for affordable housing easier and more transparent, with a focus on user experience, stakeholder engagement, racial equity, and data quality. Ivory Innovations