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Housing · Navigation Technology
Building Now

Housing help that arrives before the crisis.

We're building the navigation layer that moves a family from at-risk to stabilized — and gives the frontline worker the workflow to drive it.

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The Stakes

One late notice from losing home.

12.1M
renters spend 50%+ on housing
Harvard JCHS
3.6M
eviction cases filed a year
Eviction Lab
770K+
experiencing homelessness
End Homelessness

Live today.

The diagnostic, detection, and context layers already run. The navigation layer is what we build on top.

01 Housing Calculator See the affordability gap — and what it takes to close it. Diagnostic + Intake 02 Rent vs. Buy Calculator Model the real cost of staying, moving, or buying. Diagnostic + Intake 03 Financial Health Barometer Real-time housing-stress signals across all 50 states. Detection 04 Housing Stories The human reality behind the housing numbers. Context
See all 25+ tools →
What's Next

From diagnosis to done.

01
The navigation layer. Eviction prevention · Rental assistance · Path to ownership

Today our tools tell a family where they stand. Phase 01 turns that into the specific next action.

  • Eviction PreventionLegal aid, rental assistance, and mediation — matched to your county.
  • Rental Assistance RouterEvery program you qualify for, with deadlines tracked.
  • Path to OwnershipDown-payment assistance and first-time-buyer programs.
  • Utility & Arrears HelpLIHEAP and back-rent relief before the shutoff.
02
Now Building Frontline-worker dashboard. One workflow for housing counselors & benefits navigators

30 minutes of paperwork. Becomes 3 minutes of routing.

  • Caseload DashboardEvery household, every barrier, in one view.
  • AI Intake → ActionA 5-minute intake becomes a ranked action plan.
  • Verified Program DatabaseReal local housing resources. Geo-matched.
  • Follow-up & StatusSubmitted applications and what comes next.
03
Feedback loop to policy. Every navigation becomes signal

Aggregated and anonymized, each navigation becomes a real-time housing-stress signal.

  • Hotspot AlertsEviction waves and rent spikes, as they emerge.
  • Policy DashboardWhere the housing system is failing, in real time.
  • Research APIOpen, aggregate housing-stress data.
  • Community BriefingsAuto-generated, hyperlocal.
Why FinMango

Built for this.

01
AI-native Claude already powers our work.
02
Trust by default Free. Open source. No data collection.
03
Proven 10M+ reached, with housing tools already live. Partners include Google Health, Harvard JCHS, UVA, and Kent State.
Build With Us

Let's talk.

We're building the housing navigation layer and the frontline-worker dashboard that ties it together — and partnering with employers, housing agencies, and researchers to put it in front of the families who need it.

Employers. Housing agencies. Frontline orgs. Researchers.

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