In May 2024, Exygy hosted a panel on Berkeley’s displacement-focused housing preferences, implemented through Bloom Housing's digital portal. The policy prioritizes vulnerable households based on historical and socio-economic factors like eviction and redlining. Developed with Healthy Black Families, it aims to address systemic issues and ensure fair access to affordable housing. The panel discussed challenges, lease-up coordination, and plans for future improvements.

Our partnership with Doorway and BAHFA — our instance of Bloom Housing in the Bay Area — and our subsequent extensive research revealed the need for a more equitable affordable housing selection process. Beginning in late 2024, Doorway will include lottery functionality, expanding the ways Bloom helps make affordable housing more accessible to housing seekers.

Important updates on San Francisco's DAHLIA portal create a more intuitive and empathic experience for San Francisco housing seekers. The launch brings vital improvements to the Listing Detail pages, Get Assistance pages, and improves the security and accessibility of the entire application.

A guide for housing departments on getting housing resources and opportunities online, using Bloom Housing's one-stop-shop affordable housing portal.

Without collaboration, individual efforts may overlook important aspects of accessibility and may not fully address the needs of people using our products.

A recap from this year’s Housing California Summit on funding, Housing First, and the continued need for innovation in affordable housing.

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority to Simplify Search For Affordable Housing

In the last year, Exygy’s Bloom Housing engineering team has adapted and learned how to develop in two different modes: regional and independent systems.

We virtually participated in the Housing California Conference 2022 to discuss the what, why, and how, with regard to housing preference policies.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s 9th State of the City Address on March 9, 2022 highlights Exygy’s partnership

With affordable housing in high demand, and home seekers having a variety of needs, how do we decide the direction of the platform?

Our Lead Designer, Jesse James, presents for California's Department of Rehabilitation Virtual Vendor Fair Bloom Housing's journey to work together with local community partner to make that our product as accessible as possible.

Affordable Housing Webinar Series discussing how to uplift data when creating affordable housing solutions.

Affordable Housing Webinar Series

Journey mapping is a design tool used to better understand the overall process the user is experiencing while using a product.

State of GovTech 2021

Exygy and the Justice Collective discuss the role that equity plays in the affordable housing space at Good Tech Fest 2021.

Affordable Housing Webinar Series

Office of Civic Innovation’s Learning Lab: Digitizing Government Services

Bloom Housing works with jurisdictions to simplify the application process for affordable housing. This blog unpacks use cases for housing preferences, and how digital implementation can lead to higher claim rates when implemented.

Scaling regional affordable housing solutions

Roshen Sethna, Exygy’s Civic Partner, gives a demo of DAHLIA, San Francisco’s affordable housing portal in 2018.

Roshen Sethna, Exygy’s Civic Partner, and Barry Roeder, at the City of San Francisco, share the story of creating DAHLIA, San Francisco’s affordable housing portal in 2018.