Blog

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September 25, 2023
8 min read
Increasing Affordable Housing Opportunities and Resources Available Online
A guide for housing departments on getting housing resources and opportunities online, using Bloom Housing's one-stop-shop affordable housing portal.
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May 2, 2023
8 min read
Inclusive Design in Action: How Design, Engineering, and Product Collaboration Can Enhance Website Accessibility For Everyone
Without collaboration, individual efforts may overlook important aspects of accessibility and may not fully address the needs of people using our products.
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April 24, 2023
3 min read
Housing California Summit 2023: 3 Takeaways on the State of Affordable Housing
A recap from this year’s Housing California Summit on funding, Housing First, and the continued need for innovation in affordable housing.
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February 7, 2023
5 min read
Press Release: BAHFA, Google.org, and Exygy Partnership on Doorway Housing Portal using Bloom Housing
Bay Area Housing Finance Authority to Simplify Search For Affordable Housing
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August 31, 2022
5 min read
How Bloom Housing’s Technical Architecture Can Adapt from Regional to Independent Systems
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.
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April 6, 2022
55 min read
Housing California Conference: The Checklist, Are Preferences Right for your Jurisdiction?
We virtually participated in the Housing California Conference 2022 to discuss the what, why, and how, with regard to housing preference policies.
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March 29, 2022
Detroit 2022 State of the City Address Highlights Affordable Housing Website Powered by Bloom Housing
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s 9th State of the City Address on March 9, 2022 highlights Exygy’s partnership
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January 10, 2022
7 min read
Scaling Affordable Housing Digital Products
With affordable housing in high demand, and home seekers having a variety of needs, how do we decide the direction of the platform?
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October 6, 2021
7 min read
Accessible Affordable Housing: A Bloom Housing Case Study
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.
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September 28, 2021
It's All in the Data: Driving Affordable Housing Solutions
Affordable Housing Webinar Series discussing how to uplift data when creating affordable housing solutions.
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July 20, 2021
We’re Not Moving Out: Building Inclusive Communities Across America
Affordable Housing Webinar Series
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June 16, 2021
6 min read
Economic Development and Affordable Housing
State of GovTech 2021
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May 18, 2021
How Might We Equitably Scale Affordable Housing Solutions?
Exygy and the Justice Collective discuss the role that equity plays in the affordable housing space at Good Tech Fest 2021.
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3 min read
How Bloom Housing Digitizes Implementing Housing Preferences
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.
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March 30, 2021
8 min read
Digitizing Government Services: A DAHLIA Case Study
Office of Civic Innovation’s Learning Lab: Digitizing Government Services
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March 24, 2021
6 min read
Breaking Barriers to Innovation in Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing Webinar Series
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May 23, 2018
6 min read
Bridge SF City Spotlight | City of San Francisco & Exygy
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.
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February 11, 2020
5 min read
A Modern System for Affordable Housing
Roshen Sethna, Exygy’s Civic Partner, gives a demo of DAHLIA, San Francisco’s affordable housing portal in 2018.
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May 22, 2020
6 min read
Bloom Housing: The Value of a Minimum Viable Community
Scaling regional affordable housing solutions
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June 8, 2021
4 min read
Lessons from Mapping the Affordable Housing Process with Participatory Methods
Journey mapping is a design tool used to better understand the overall process the user is experiencing while using a product.