{"id":108324,"title":"Tire Swing - AI Compliance for Affordable Housing","tagline":"The AI platform for Affordable Housing operators to review and qualify applicants and residents","body":"Hi! We are Lucas and Paul, cofounders of Tire Swing: the AI compliance platform for Affordable Housing.\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/x4qyhXXz38I\u003e\n\n## **The Problem**\n\nEvery Affordable Housing move-in and recertification requires applicant income verification and a strict eligibility review. In addition to the high labor costs and regulatory burden, delays in reviewing applications and thoroughly screening applicants can cause weeks of lost rental revenue.\n\nLost revenue on a single move-in can accumulate to thousands of dollars, and penalties for non-compliance can cost millions in credit recaptures and fines.\n\n## **The Solution**\n\nTire Swing uses AI to bring compliance expertise to the point of leasing. It turns weeks of reviews and approvals into a minutes-long process. The platform:\n\n* **Reviews evidence as it is collected.** Tire Swing processes documentation in minutes, allowing problems to be addressed before the applicant leaves the office.\n* **Performs the eligibility analysis.** It calculates household income, applies all applicable property, state, and program eligibility rules, and links every finding to its supporting evidence.\n* **Automates certification compliance.** Tire Swing flags missing, inconsistent, or incorrect information with steps to resolve the problem from a library of thousands of deterministic and AI driven compliance checks.\n\n**Tire Swing means faster move-ins and recertifications, reduced consulting budget, and more consistent, audit-ready files.** \n\n## **Looking ahead**\n\nWe believe Affordable Housing is the first application of a much larger needs-based eligibility opportunity. Federal, state, and local governments distribute more than $1.5 trillion annually through needs-based programs including Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, utility assistance, and tax credits.\n\nThese programs share a common underlying workflow: collect documents, convert them into structured facts, apply eligibility rules, and resolve missing or contradictory information.  The administration costs for these services are approximately $20B annually.\n\n## **The Team**\n\nTire Swing is founded by Paul and Lucas, college friends and Princeton computer science graduates. Prior to founding Tire Swing, Lucas worked as a software engineer at Instacart and Capital One, and Paul worked as a cybersecurity consultant at Stroz Friedberg.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=108324\u0026key=user_uploads/990814/102ac484-df2c-4314-a766-c778a91c6b50)\n\n\n## **The Ask**\n\nWe would appreciate introductions to Affordable Housing property managers, developers, public housing authorities, and state housing agencies.\n\nPlease feel free to reach out at [**paul@gettireswing.com**](mailto:paul@gettireswing.com).","slug":"SBA-tire-swing-ai-compliance-for-affordable-housing","created_at":"2026-07-30T06:17:34.365Z","updated_at":"2026-09-19T08:49:33.977Z","total_vote_count":4,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/SBA-tire-swing-ai-compliance-for-affordable-housing","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":30290,"name":"Tire Swing","slug":"tire-swing","url":"https://gettireswing.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/954a6e03dc3be9737df64c792b63e036b1c580cf.png","batch":"Fall 2026","industry":"B2B","tags":["GovTech","Real Estate","Housing","Compliance","Legal"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30290"}}