Overview

We partnered with an affordable housing startup to strengthen how they use data to deliver homes more efficiently and transparently. By bringing together information that was previously spread across systems, we helped teams better manage costs, reduce delays, and make informed decisions that support their mission to build and deliver affordable housing faster.

This work focused on turning everyday operational data into timely, trustworthy insights for leadership, construction teams, and the communities they serve.

The Challenge

Affordable housing projects operate under tight budgets, complex timelines, and constantly changing costs. Teams were managing price fluctuations, scheduling dependencies, and manual reporting processes that made it hard to spot risks early or keep partners and customers informed.

Leadership and construction managers needed:

• Clear, timely insight into project costs and schedules

• More reliable ways to anticipate delays and cost changes

• A data foundation that could grow as the organization and its impact expanded

Our Approach

We worked in close partnership with executive leadership and construction teams to understand their day-to-day realities and identify where better data could have the greatest impact.

Our work included:

• Data discovery and prioritization: Aligning leadership and field teams on the most important questions data should help answer.

• Shared data foundation: Creating a cloud-based system that brings together data from across the organization and reduces manual reporting.

• Practical tools for operations: Developing tools to support lumber price forecasting, project scheduling and capacity planning, and clear, customer-friendly project updates.

Results & Impact

• Timelier insights: Teams shifted from quarterly, manual reports to up-to-date operational views.

• Stronger decision-making: Leadership could identify and address cost and scheduling risks earlier.

• Increased transparency: Customers and partners received more accurate, timely project updates through a self-serve portal.

• Long-term sustainability: The data foundation now supports incoming projects, organizational growth, and evolving data needs.