The Approach
Housing is the through-line. Everything else connects to it.
Health, justice, and climate are studied in silos everywhere else. We trace how each one feeds back into housing instability — and we build the tools that make those connections actionable for the people who need them.
We Create What Doesn't Exist
Most agencies don't have the data they need — and many don't know the difference between a visualization and an underlying dataset. We build from scratch: court record scraping, rental registries, linked administrative records, survey design, population estimation. The HPRM started with 600+ variables and distilled them to actionable insight. When the data you need doesn't exist, we build it.
Pie Chart With a Bayesian Chaser
Advanced statistics that others aren't using — BART, Bayesian inference, machine learning — but outputs so clear a city council member can act on them in the next budget cycle. We translate complex research for legislators, agencies, and advocates without losing rigor.
We Protect Instead of Extract
Privacy beyond compliance. Community trust as the foundation, not an afterthought. We deploy AI tools locally for privacy — non-cloud LLMs for case notes, deterministic matching that stays on-site. This isn't about checking boxes — it's about earning the right to work with sensitive data.
We Build With, Not For
We leave partners more capable than we found them. Training, capacity building, and knowledge transfer are built into every engagement. The goal isn't dependency—it's distributed expertise.
Our Capabilities
The tools and methodologies we bring to every engagement.
Data Engineering
We build the datasets that don't exist yet — court record scraping, rental registries, linked administrative records across housing, health, and justice systems.
- Court record collection & OCR
- Cross-agency data linkage
- Survey & registry design
Predictive Modeling
Risk models that identify where crises will emerge — from eviction hotspots to climate-displacement corridors — before they happen.
- BART & Bayesian ML
- Climate-housing risk overlays
- Migration flow analysis
Policy Translation
Research that doesn't stay in journals. Expert testimony, interactive dashboards, and reports designed so decision-makers can act in the next budget cycle.
- Legislative testimony
- Interactive dashboards
- Jurisdiction-level reports
Capacity Building
We leave partners more capable than we found them — with sustainable skills, documented systems, and data infrastructure that outlasts the engagement.
- Data science training
- CRM & database engineering
- Ongoing mentorship
We work with cities, counties, legal aids, and nonprofits.
From one-time data assessments to multi-year research partnerships — every engagement starts with a conversation about what you need.