AI-Powered Underwriting

Score every application,
every time

Habitus replaces the weeks of manual spreadsheet review behind California LIHTC applications. Upload a workbook, get scored in seconds, and ask an AI grounded in 10 years of CTCAC data.

Trusted by affordable housing developers and consultants across California

7,439

Applications analyzed

92

Funding rounds

10+

Years of data

app.habitus.ai/projects/riverside-terrace/scoring

Riverside Terrace Apartments

Scoring Analysis2026 9%
96/ 102

Application Score

6 of 6 categories reviewed

Lowest Income
50 / 52
Site Amenities
15 / 15
Service Amenities
8 / 10
Cost Containment
5 / 5
Housing Needs
8 / 10
Readiness to Proceed
10 / 10

Why Habitus

Stop leaving points on the table

Manual underwriting is slow, inconsistent, and expensive. One missed scoring detail can cost your team an entire allocation.

Without Habitus

  • Weeks of manual spreadsheet review per application
  • Scoring inconsistencies between analysts
  • No systematic way to compare against past winners
  • Regulatory changes buried in 200+ page QAPs
  • Evidence for scoring decisions scattered across files

With Habitus

  • Full application scored in under 30 seconds
  • Consistent, evidence-backed scoring every time
  • Instant benchmarking against 7,439 historical applications
  • AI trained on every CTCAC regulation and guidance notice
  • Every score linked to the exact workbook input and formula

The Platform

From workbook to
underwriting in minutes

Habitus replaces the manual spreadsheet review that takes analysts weeks. Upload, score, compare, and get answers — all backed by real data.

30 sec

Instant Scoring

15 categories scored from a single workbook upload, with evidence for every point.

Cited

AI Analyst

Ask questions about your deal. Every answer cites your workbook or CTCAC regulations.

10 yrs

Benchmarking

Compare against 7,439 historical applications across 92 funding rounds.

RAG

Document Intelligence

Upload supporting PDFs. The AI indexes and retrieves them for grounded answers.

How It Works

Three simple steps

01

Upload

Drop your CTCAC application workbook (.xlsx). Habitus parses it in seconds — units, financials, scoring inputs, team, readiness, everything.

02

Review

See scores across all 15 categories with the evidence behind each. Compare against historical winners. Adjust scores manually if needed.

03

Ask

Chat with an AI analyst about your deal. It answers from your workbook, supporting docs, CTCAC regulations, and 7,400+ past applications.

What Teams Are Saying

Built for people who
win allocations

We used to spend two weeks reviewing each application workbook. Habitus does it in under a minute — and catches scoring details we missed.

Director of Underwriting

California LIHTC Developer

The AI chat is like having a junior analyst who has memorized every QAP and every past application. It cites everything, so we can trust the answers.

VP of Development

Affordable Housing Sponsor

Being able to benchmark against 92 rounds of historical data completely changed how we position our applications. We know exactly where we stand before we submit.

Senior Project Manager

Housing Consultancy

Built for LIHTC Teams

What analysts do in weeks,
Habitus does in minutes

4% and 9% Scoring

Parses both bond and competitive workbook variants across 2024, 2025, and 2026 application years.

Category-Level Evidence

Every score includes the inputs used, the formula applied, and a plain-English explanation.

Score Editor

Manually adjust any category. The total and competitive position update in real time.

Historical Intelligence

Browse 7,439 applications from 2015–2026 with award status, scores, tiebreakers, and project details.

Competitive Benchmarking

See where your score ranks against winners and losers from the same round, pool, and housing type.

Cited AI Chat

Every answer references your workbook data, supporting documents, or official CTCAC regulations. No hallucination.

Ready to win more allocations?

Join the teams already using Habitus to prepare stronger LIHTC applications, faster. See it in action in a 30-minute demo.