Housing Demand Intelligence Desk · Raleigh & Wake County
Tell us who you're having trouble housing.
We are building housing in Raleigh and Wake County around real, documented demand — not around assumptions about what the market wants. The most useful thing an agency can tell us is where placements fail.
Where demand actually is
Which counties and neighbourhoods keep failing.
Who is hardest to place
By population and circumstance — never by name.
What shapes a placement
Budget, room type, features and approval steps.
The nine questions
What we ask agencies — and why each one changes what we build.
Every question below maps to a decision about a property we might acquire or a partnership we might form. None of them asks you to share anything about a specific person.
- 1
Which populations are you having the most trouble housing?
Describe the groups — by need and circumstance, not by individual. Examples: adults leaving hospital without a safe address, people returning from custody, veterans, adults with mobility needs.
- 2
Which locations are most difficult?
Counties, cities or neighbourhoods where you consistently cannot find a placement. Specificity here directly shapes where we prioritise property partnerships.
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What independent housing arrangements are acceptable?
Private room in a shared home, shared adult-household room, or something else. If it varies by population, tell us which arrangements work for whom.
- 4
What monthly housing budgets are realistic?
Give a range. This is what the housing actually needs to cost per person per month, including what's typically covered — not what you wish it cost.
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Are private or shared rooms appropriate?
And whether that differs by population. Shared rooms suit some arrangements and not others, and knowing which is which matters more than a single answer.
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What property features are needed?
Ground-floor access, proximity to transit, proximity to a specific service, laundry, storage, a particular number of bathrooms. Anything that repeatedly rules a property out.
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What program approvals are required?
What your process must confirm before a placement can proceed, who holds approval authority, and roughly how long it takes.
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What are the usual placement timelines?
How far ahead you typically know a placement is coming, and how long the approval step takes once a housing option is identified.
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Would you like future verified housing updates?
We send availability only when a property has been verified. If you would rather not hear from us, that is a perfectly good answer.
What not to send
Before we acquire property
Demand first. Buildings second.
Most housing providers find a property, then look for who might live there. We would rather hear from the people whose placements keep failing — so the property we seek is the one that answers a need that already exists.
Your answers are reviewed by a person
Demand input is read and summarised for property decisions. It is not collected into an advert audience.
You will hear back
Every submission gets a reference, an owner and a follow-up date through our Partnership Desk.
You decide how far it goes
Documenting demand commits your organisation to nothing. From there you can ask for an introduction, a briefing or a 10–15 minute appointment.
Tell us who you're having trouble housing
The questionnaire takes about five minutes.
Nine questions about populations, locations, budgets, room types, property features, approvals and timelines. You can answer only what you know — an incomplete answer is far more useful than a guess.
Free · No obligation · No client information required
Prefer a conversation? Request a 10–15 minute appointment
Agency partnership
Understand demand before we acquire a property.
A partnership with Preferred Housing Network starts with what your agency cannot place — not with a building looking for occupants. These are the six things available to a partner agency, in the order most organisations use them.
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Agency introduction
A short conversation about your team, the populations you serve and where housing is the bottleneck.
- 02
Housing demand questionnaire
The nine-question desk above. Documented, dated and reviewed by a person.
- 03
Professional follow-up
A named owner and a next-update date. Your input is answered, not filed.
- 04
10–15 minute appointment request
A short, scheduled conversation with the right person — not a sales call.
- 05
Provider requirement review
We review your documented requirements against the housing we develop as it comes online.
- 06
Future availability notifications
Verified housing updates for your region, only when a property has been checked and confirmed.
Two lists, kept separate
Agency relationships are not a resident list.
Mixing professional contacts with people seeking housing is how organisations end up with data they cannot explain, retain or delete. We keep them apart — different forms, different purposes, different consent.
Agency professional relationships
A list of professionals we stay in contact with about housing demand and supply.
Who belongs here
Case managers, discharge planners, reentry coordinators, veterans' housing staff, navigators, Continuum of Care partners and shelter staff.
What it means
- Housing-needs conversations, by county and population
- Verified availability updates for your region
- Agency briefings and introductions
- Follow-up on requirements you have documented with us
What it does not mean: Being on this list does not reserve housing for your clients, and it does not commit your organisation to anything. It means we will contact you about things that are genuinely relevant.
Join as an agency professionalVoluntary resident housing interest
A voluntary list of people who would like to hear when suitable shared housing becomes available.
Who belongs here
Adults seeking independent shared housing themselves, or a family member or advocate acting with their agreement.
What it means
- One short message when shared housing is verified near you
- Nothing else unless you ask to hear more
- You can ask to be removed at any time
What it does not mean: Adding your name does not guarantee housing, does not reserve a room and does not confirm eligibility. It means we will let you know when something suitable is verified.
Register housing interest