Revelo’s Economic Impact SaaS for Public Housing Authorities is built on the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) RIMS II multipliers, the federal gold standard for regional economic impact analysis. While REMI and IMPLAN are established proprietary models often used for broader forecasting, they typically require expensive licenses, external consultants, and extended turnaround times.

Revelo offers a streamlined, cloud-based alternative tailored to public housing and community development agencies. The platform integrates housing program data (e.g., operations, capital investments, resident services) with regional multipliers to generate auditable, defensible, and easy-to-communicate impact estimates. Powered by Agentic AI and supported by expert validation, Revelo automates every step,  from data ingestion and quality assurance to dashboard visualization and Section 508–ready reporting.

In short:
Revelo combines the credibility of BEA RIMS II, the efficiency of automation, and the expertise of housing-focused analysts. It’s a responsive and affordable solution that enables PHAs to demonstrate the economic and social value of their housing programs, without the high costs or lengthy delays associated with consultant-led studies.

To get started, your Public Housing Authority will provide readily available operational and financial data; no new data collection or specialized modeling is required. The Revelo Economic Impact SaaS platform is designed to work with the information you already maintain for HUD, state, and local reporting.

Typical inputs include:

• Operating expenditures (by category, such as maintenance, administration, utilities, and resident services)
• Capital investments (modernization, rehabilitation, and construction projects)
• Employment and payroll data (PHA staff and contractors)
• Resident metrics (households served, demographics, supportive services participation)
• Vendor and procurement records (especially local contracting activity)
• Other local or grant-funded initiatives tied to housing or community development

The platform automatically aligns these data with BEA RIMS II regional multipliers to estimate jobs, earnings, and value-added impacts, while flagging any missing or incomplete inputs through built-in AI quality checks.

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If your PHA can share its standard financial, operational, and resident service data, Revelo will handle the rest, transforming it into credible, auditable economic impact results ready for presentation to funders, policymakers, and the public.

Revelo’s Economic Impact SaaS is fully compatible with HUD’s Financial Data Schedule (FDS) and related reporting formats. The platform is designed to read and map the standard FDS line items, including operating, capital, and administrative expenditures, directly into the corresponding economic impact input data elements.

Using the data your PHA already submits to HUD, Revelo automatically:

1. Parses FDS files or exported spreadsheets into standardized categories.
2. Aligns expenditures with BEA RIMS II multiplier sectors for accurate job, earnings, and value-added calculations.
3. Flags anomalies or gaps (e.g., missing cost centers, inconsistent totals) using Agentic AI quality-assurance checks.
4. Generates audit-ready linkages, allowing each reported impact to be traced back to a verified FDS source entry.

Revelo’s system also accepts Capital Fund Program (CFP) and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) financial data in compatible formats. This means your PHA can move from HUD compliance reporting to impact reporting without extra data preparation.

In short:
Revelo transforms the data you already report to HUD into credible, defensible impact metrics, minimizing administrative burden while maximizing transparency and value.

Revelo’s Economic Impact SaaS for Public Housing Authorities uses Core and Supplemental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to quantify the economic and community value of public housing investments.

Core KPIs measure the fundamental, federally recognized economic outcomes derived from PHA operations and capital activities. These include:

• Output Impact ($): Total economic activity generated by PHA spending.
• Employment Impact (Jobs): Jobs supported directly and indirectly in the local economy.
• Earnings Impact ($): Household income generated through PHA-related expenditures.
• Value Added Impact ($): Net contribution to the regional economy (similar to GDP).
• Public Subsidy Leverage Ratio: The economic output generated per public dollar invested.

Supplemental KPIs provide a deeper understanding of social and community outcomes linked to PHA operations, such as:

• Homelessness Rate Reduction (%),
• Resident Employment and Wage Growth (%),
• Local Vendor Participation Rate (%),
• Capital Investment Leveraged ($), and
• Housing Stability Duration (months or years).

These KPIs are aligned with HUD performance objectives and BEA’s RIMS II economic modeling standards, ensuring that results are both credible and comparable across programs and jurisdictions.

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Core KPIs capture the essential economic impact, while Supplemental KPIs illustrate broader community and social value, helping PHAs demonstrate measurable outcomes to stakeholders and policymakers.

Yes. Revelo’s Economic Impact SaaS enables scenario-based forecasting using the same Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) RIMS II multipliers that underpin its baseline impact calculations.

When a PHA enters a reduced funding level, program suspension, or capital deferral scenario, the system recalculates the direct, indirect, and induced economic effects, showing how potential cuts could affect:

• Local jobs supported,
• Household earnings generated,
• Value added to the local economy, and
• Broader community outcomes tied to PHA operations.

Using agentic AI orchestration, Revelo can also compare multiple “what-if” cases side by side, for example, a 10% operating subsidy reduction versus a capital program freeze, allowing decision-makers to visualize trade-offs instantly in the dashboard.

In short:
Revelo helps PHAs and local governments quantify the real-world consequences of funding reductions in clear, defensible economic terms, empowering leadership to advocate effectively for sustainable, equitable housing investments.

Revelo’s Economic Impact SaaS is built on the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) RIMS II multipliers,  the federal standard for regional economic modeling. Every calculation is documented through automated audit trails, cross-referenced with source files (e.g., FDS data, expenditure records), and validated using Agentic AI quality checks.

All results are replicable and traceable, giving PHAs a credible foundation for communicating outcomes to HUD, local officials, and community stakeholders.

PHAs can request interactive dashboards, brief reports, PowerPoint slide decks, or audit-ready documentation that align with HUD, city, or state reporting needs.
If desired, third-party QA reviewers can validate findings, and Section 508–compliant deliverables can be generated for public-facing reports.

Revelo follows federal-grade data security protocols, including encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access controls (RBAC), and secure cloud hosting.
Client administrators control who can upload data, review results, or access reports, ensuring that sensitive financial and operational data remain fully protected.