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Note: this panel was part of the 2020 Good Tech Fest.

Many of us have heard of the benefit of the minimum viable product (MVP) concept in software development. In the social sector, a digital product alone can have a limited impact. We believe in the importance of a minimum viable community, or "MVC." In this session, Exygy will talk about our open source, affordable housing software tools that we are scaling from San Francisco to 7.7 million residents in the Bay Area, and how the concept of an MVC has been critical in this expansion.

California is in the midst of a housing crisis. Across the state, more than 40% of residents spend more than 30% of their income on shelter. Working closely with city government, we created a one-stop shop for affordable housing called DAHLIA (Database of Affordable Housing Listings, Information, and Applications)—a streamlined online portal that helps jurisdictions manage a process for residents to search and apply for affordable housing units.

Since its launch in 2016, DAHLIA has led to the following results:

Over 3.7 million site visits and 400,000+ online applications
97% of applications completed online in ~15 minutes, replacing an in-person/on-paper process that used to take hours
100+ households placed in affordable housing every month

DAHLIA’s success demonstrated that our approach to improving the management of affordable housing could be applied elsewhere. Starting with an MVC to building a broader coalition across the state and country, Exygy is changing the landscape of affordable housing one jurisdiction at a time.

More info on Exygy's affordable housing work: https://housing.exygy.com/.