01
Idea or problem
Investigate affordability, availability, leasing access and housing stability across six campus markets.
2150-led · EDUrain Multi-University Consortium
College Housing Policy, Research & Economic Impact Lab
2150-led.
College housing research.Problems to Solutions.
Solutions to Startups.
Startups to Successful Companies.
Students and industry experts compare housing costs and access barriers across six campus markets. The team produces six campus profiles, a comparative policy brief, an economic-impact model, and a pilot design for improving housing stability.
IDEA OR PROBLEMSOLUTIONSTARTUPINVESTABLE & IMPACTFUL COMPANY
CURRENT STAGE / Proposed research & validation · Commercialization is evidence-dependent
COLLEGE HOUSING POLICY, RESEARCH & ECONOMIC IMPACTGLOBAL OPPORTUNITY / LOCAL TALENT ↗
2150-led initiative
EDUrain consortium
Academic alignment
Jarvis Christian UniversityMorgan State UniversityFort Valley State UniversityNorth Carolina Central UniversityGeorgia State UniversityNorth Carolina A&T State University
The thesis / Housing access as an innovation opportunity
Investing in comparable housing research across six university communities can turn fragmented evidence into practical solutions—and reveal where a validated housing-intelligence offering could create value for institutions, students and local economies.
Grant support would connect student participation, faculty expertise and industry insight to one focused pilot. The goal is to establish what works, who benefits and who would pay before advancing a commercialization opportunity.
01 / The opportunity
A place to live.
A foundation to succeed.
Housing access belongs in the student-success and local economic-development conversation. Comparable campus evidence can reveal how affordability, availability and leasing barriers affect students and surrounding communities.
02
Solution
Use comparable evidence to design and test one feasible housing-stability intervention.
03
Startup
Validate a housing-intelligence opportunity with EDUrain, institutions and housing operators.
04
Investable & impactful company
Advance only with demonstrated value, a viable revenue model, ownership clarity and measurable impact.
02 / Idea or problem → Validated solution
Where does housing access
break down?
How do housing costs and access barriers differ across the six campus markets, and which intervention can most feasibly improve housing stability in an initial pilot?
Research & validation
- 01Use one common six-campus survey and housing-cost framework.
- 02Examine deposits, leasing timing, transportation and available inventory.
- 03Interview students, housing staff and property operators.
- 04Assess local spending and potential displacement risks.
- 05Compare campus evidence and design one feasible housing intervention.
Test associations with persistence without claiming causation.
03 / Solution development — Fall case-study outputs
Research that becomes
something useful.
Four planned outputs. Six campus markets. A practical foundation for one housing-stability pilot.
Six campus profiles
A comparable view of housing costs, access barriers and market conditions at each campus.
Comparative policy brief
Practical findings on where housing access breaks down—and what institutions can address.
Economic-impact model
A transparent framework for local spending and displacement risks, with explicit assumptions.
One pilot design
A focused, feasible housing-stability intervention grounded in the six-campus research.
What we will measure ↗
Time to secure housing · Application completion · Student-reported stability · Landlord participation
04 / Solution → Startup opportunity
From campus evidence
to housing intelligence.
Explore a housing intelligence and stability module with EDUrain: institutional dashboards, intervention tracking and market planning.
The pathway starts with evidence of a new module’s incremental value—not an assumption that a separate venture is needed.
Candidate buyers: colleges and housing operators.
Compare integration, co-development or licensing with EDUrain against forming a separate venture. Validate an identified customer and a viable revenue model before pursuing investment.
05 / Inside the iLAB
Global Opportunity.
Local Talent.
Lasting Impact.
Support the students, professors and industry collaborators moving real problems toward practical solutions and impactful companies. Six campus communities bring local talent to a shared investigation of housing access and its wider economic potential.
Campus researchStudent participationHousing operatorsSecure data handlingA housing intervention pilot
Startup → Investment readiness.
EDUrain already operates a college-housing platform. Establish the new module’s incremental value, buyer willingness to pay and ownership of new work before proposing a spinout. An identified customer, viable revenue model, demonstrated value and measurable impact must support the case for investment.
Transparent assumptions. Practical outcomes.
Economic-impact estimates need explicit assumptions. Housing stability and persistence are associations to investigate—not causal outcomes to promise.
06 / The case for support
Fund the work.
Build the evidence.
Advance the opportunity.
Grant funding would enable the research, relationships and validation that move a housing problem toward a practical solution. This is a proposed research and pilot-design pathway—not a launched venture or a promise of investment returns.
Student participation
Support a common survey, interviews and student-led housing-market investigation.
Faculty research
Coordinate six campus profiles, a comparative policy brief and a transparent economic-impact model.
Industry engagement
Bring housing operators and institutional decision-makers into research and opportunity validation.
Solution development
Translate evidence on cost, availability and leasing barriers into one feasible intervention.
Customer validation
Test institutional and housing-operator needs, willingness to pay and possible revenue models.
Pilot testing
Evaluate housing access and student-reported stability with explicit assumptions and secure data handling.
Partner / Support / Connect
Global Opportunity. Local Talent. Lasting Impact.
Help connect campus talent, faculty expertise and industry insight. Discuss research collaboration, housing-market participation or grant support with 2150.