We unify public and private leaders around a shared, data-backed diagnosis of what is driving their community's most urgent social challenges — and connect them to the technology, capital, and proven solutions that actually move the needle. Homelessness is where we start. Every social determinant of health is where we are going.
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Pull the levers. Watch the ladder move. Every rung is causally connected to the next — housing instability does not sit beside homelessness, it leads directly to it.
These figures are directional v1 estimates from a Center for Family Flourishing econometric model running on real Polco/GPAL community data and HUD point-in-time and Fair Market Rent figures for your community — a planning aid, not a forecast or guarantee. Read every number as "this scenario versus doing nothing," not as a precise prediction. Not financial, legal, or policy advice. Powered by Polco GPAL Data.
“Housing instability is not a separate problem from homelessness. It is homelessness — three rungs earlier, when it is still cheap to fix.Every $1 spent at Rung 3 saves $4–$5 in downstream public cost. Most cities are spending at Rung 4.”
Urban Institute, 2023 · Notre Dame LEO RCT, MIT Press 2023 · GPAL Longitudinal AnalysisIn 2018, a coalition of civic leaders in Atlanta recognized that dozens of housing organizations were working in silos with no shared diagnosis and no coordinated plan. They called 200 people into the same room, built a shared data-backed agenda, and produced 23 actionable housing recommendations.
HouseATL understood that non-medical social determinants of health require a public-private partnership. City budgets control zoning and public investment. Community foundations, CDFIs, banks, and employers control the private capital that flows alongside it. Neither side can solve it alone.
“More than 200 civic leaders came together to develop a bold plan with 23 actionable recommendations — a call to action to all of Atlanta.”
— HouseATL founding statement, 201815 years of GPAL longitudinal data across 40,000 cities. The precise origin of your community’s cascade — rigorous causal analysis — in 60 days.
Puts city government, foundations, CDFIs, banks, and developers in front of the same data simultaneously. Every actor sees how their lever moves the cascade.
CFF tracks cutting-edge policies, technologies, and capital innovations across every peer city and delivers them to each local coalition.
30% construction cost reduction. AI permitting acceleration. Off-market land. Pre-development loans at 8%. Interim housing at 9%.
Once a public-private coalition has a shared diagnosis, CFF connects it to the specific solutions the evidence shows will move its indicators.
Offsite modular development platform. Delivers multifamily housing faster with greater cost predictability.
AI-powered permitting platform that automates plan review workflows and shortens approval timelines.
Off-market church, diocesan, and nonprofit land — typically 10–30% below open-market price.
National marketplace connecting developers to vetted modular manufacturers to lower per-unit costs.
Helps homeowners unlock land value through lot splits and small-scale infill development.
Streamlines affordable housing applications and eligibility verification for residents and agencies.
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