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The United States has a housing shortage of approximately 5 million units.
The goal of Elyse AI is to enable fully autonomous buildings where core operations can run without human intervention.
Analysts predict that the pipeline for new housing development in the U.S. will shrink by approximately 50% for 2026 and beyond.
Since Minneapolis eliminated single-family zoning in 2019, the city's housing supply has grown three times faster than the national average.
In the period following the 2019 housing reform in Minneapolis, rents have remained flat, while the rest of the country experienced an average increase of 31%.
Using Elyse AI's technology, Equity Residential has achieved an operational efficiency of 200 housing units per employee.
Brookfield Properties is using Elyse AI to build a centralized operational model where a single employee in a specialized role can manage a portfolio of 10,000 units.
A long-term goal for Elyse AI is to help reduce the percentage of household income spent on housing and healthcare from 42% to the low 20s.
Housing and healthcare expenses account for approximately 42% of a typical US household's income.
The housing and healthcare sectors combined make up approximately 40% of the United States' GDP.
The United States needs to add 1.8 to 2 million new housing units annually to prevent the current housing shortage from worsening.
The United States developed approximately 1.5 million new housing units last year.