Affordable Housing Infrastructure
Affordable Housing
Deserves Affordable
Energy.
We deploy bundled solar, battery storage, and EV charging inside affordable housing — and automate the entire predevelopment process with our Infrastructure Readiness Index (IRI). No tenant fees. No manual feasibility studies.
The Industry Problem
Affordable housing is not just rent.
It's rent plus utilities.
For low-income households, rising and unpredictable energy costs are the difference between financial stability and financial stress. For housing owners, they are a volatile operating expense that threatens long-term preservation economics.
"Reducing a household's utility bill by $75/month returns $900 per year to that family's budget — often the difference between stability and financial stress."
— EveryHour Energy Impact Framework
Energy Burden Comparison
Energy burden = annual energy costs ÷ annual household income
Energy Burden as Hidden Rent
In high-cost utility markets, electricity bills function like a second rent payment. Low-income households in our pilot portfolio carry an average energy burden of 7.6% of income — more than double the California average of 3.5%.
Predevelopment Friction Kills Portfolios
Evaluating 100+ sites for solar, storage, and EV infrastructure requires manual feasibility studies costing $10K–$50K per site and taking months to complete. Most housing developers simply can't afford to do it at scale.
One-Off Installations Don't Scale
Most energy providers treat affordable housing as a single-site installation exercise. Without portfolio-scale tools, owners can't access the economies of scale, bundled financing, or AHSC funding that make projects viable.
Rising Costs Threaten Preservation
For LIHTC developers and nonprofit owners, volatile utility costs pressure operating reserves, delay maintenance, and weaken long-term asset performance — threatening the very affordability they were built to protect.
The deployment barrier is predevelopment friction.
Traditional feasibility studies cost $10K–$50K per site and take 3–6 months. For a portfolio of 100 properties, that's up to $5M in soft costs before a single panel is installed.
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Our Solution
Bundled infrastructure.
Portfolio-scale deployment.
EveryHour Energy integrates clean energy infrastructure at the predevelopment stage — translating energy performance into housing finance metrics that owners, developers, and lenders can act on.
IRI Screens Your Portfolio
Our Infrastructure Readiness Index evaluates every property in your portfolio across solar resource quality, grid proximity, utility territory, and socioeconomic equity — generating a composite readiness score (0–5) in hours, not months.
Capital Structuring Brief Generated
IRI automatically produces a standardized Capital Structuring Brief for each site — validating DAC status, calculating enhanced ITC rates (up to 50%), and preparing documentation for AHSC funding applications and lender underwriting.
Bundled Infrastructure Deployed
We contract directly with housing owners through long-term Energy Service Agreements (15–25 years). Solar, battery storage, EV charging, and shared mobility are deployed as a single integrated package — with no tenant fees and contractual benefit-lock provisions.
The Bundle
Four assets. One integrated package.
Deployed together at predevelopment, evaluated as a single asset class through IRI.
Solar PV
Rooftop and carport solar sized to anchor load. Up to 1.2 MW per community.
Battery Storage
BESS systems (up to 2.5 MWh) for peak shaving, resilience, and TOU arbitrage.
EV Charging
Level 2 and Level 3 charging stations integrated into parking infrastructure.
Shared Mobility
Shared electric mobility options that reduce transportation burden for residents.
The IRI Platform
Infrastructure Readiness Index.
Feasibility in hours, not months.
IRI synthesizes twelve quantitative indicators across four domains — generating a composite readiness score (0.0–5.0) and standardized Capital Structuring Briefs that support AHSC applications, lender underwriting, and compliance documentation.
IRI evaluates each site across four equally-weighted domains, producing a composite score from 0.0 (lowest) to 5.0 (highest readiness).
Solar Resource Quality
25%Grid Infrastructure Proximity
25%Utility Territory Characteristics
25%Socioeconomic Equity Factors
25%IRI vs. Traditional Feasibility
Try IRI on Your Portfolio →Sites screened per month
Feasibility cost per site
Time to Capital Structuring Brief
Census tracts screened (CA)
IRI Platform — Coming Soon
Our full IRI screening tool is currently in pilot with three California housing partners. Interested in early access? Screen your portfolio below.
Traction & Impact
700+ units in pilot.
Three California partners.
We are in active predevelopment with three housing partners spanning ground-up development and preservation projects across California. IRI has been validated through 15+ demonstration Capital Structuring Briefs using real census tract data.
Partner 1 — Multifamily Developer
Sacramento County, CA
Partner 2 — Nonprofit Developer
Grass Valley, CA
Partner 3 — LIHTC Developer
Fremont, CA
Equity & Environmental Justice
Higher Black/African American representation than CA average in Sacramento pilot
Portfolio units in or adjacent to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
Enhanced ITC rate available for DAC-located projects (vs. 30% standard)
Of annual income returned to families through $900/yr utility savings
Screen Your Portfolio
Ready to evaluate your portfolio for bundled infrastructure?
Tell us about your organization and portfolio. Our team will use IRI to run a preliminary screening and reach out with a summary of your portfolio's readiness — at no cost.
Portfolio screening in hours
IRI evaluates every property across solar, grid, utility, and equity dimensions — generating readiness scores and tier classifications.
Capital Structuring Brief included
Receive standardized documentation ready for AHSC applications, lender underwriting, and compliance review.
No tenant fees. Ever.
Our model is structured around owner agreements with contractual benefit-lock provisions that protect resident savings.
Currently in pilot with
3 California housing partners · 700+ affordable units · 15+ IRI demonstration briefs validated