Subsidy cliffs hit hardest in tracts already gentrifying. Know 3 years before the lease rolls.

When affordable housing contracts expire in a neighborhood already under appreciation pressure, displacement is near-certain. ZipIntel scores every tract in your portfolio against the pre-appreciation signal — so you can prioritize contract renewals, preservation interventions, and relocation planning before the crisis becomes visible in rents.

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0.835
AUC at T+2 — displacement pressure signal
T+2–3
Primary signal horizon (years ahead)
67K
Census tracts scored
88
Metro areas covered

Where housing authorities deploy ZipIntel signals

Three workflows where advance trajectory scores change how you protect affordable housing stock.

Subsidy Contract Prioritization

Rank expiring affordable housing contracts by tract-level appreciation pressure score. Concentrate preservation resources where subsidy cliff risk and displacement risk compound each other.

Resident Displacement Planning

Score current tenant populations against a 3-year displacement pressure forecast. Support proactive relocation resources and mobility counseling before residents are priced out.

Preservation Acquisition Timing

Identify tracts where appreciation is still 2 years out — the window when preservation acquisition is feasible before land costs make it unworkable.

The problem

Affordable housing interventions require 18-36 months of procurement, financing, and political approvals. By the time displacement pressure is visible in rent data, the window for cost-effective preservation has closed.

What ZipIntel does

The pre-appreciation signal detects leading-indicator configurations that historically precede appreciation by 2-3 years — before the market prices in the trajectory change.

The outcome

Prioritize which contracts to renew and which tracts to acquire — with a 2-3 year runway before the pressure becomes a crisis.

Structural decline coverage

Not every at-risk tract is gentrifying. The structural decline signal identifies tracts showing multi-year demographic erosion — a separate and equally critical exposure for portfolio management.

Dual signal coverage

ZipIntel scores each tract on both displacement pressure (appreciation-driven) and structural decline trajectories — distinct signals for distinct intervention strategies.

30-day pilot structure

We score your portfolio tracts and deliver a ranked export within the pilot period. No integration required on your end.

Score your portfolio against the displacement signal

Bring your list of expiring contracts. We'll run the trajectory scores and show you the priority stack.

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