Tire Swing

Affordable housing operators in the United States must prove, file by file, that every household qualifies for the programme that funds its home. Tire Swing, a Y Combinator company, builds software for that paperwork, from the first application to each yearly recertification.

## Tenant income certifications

The maker's site centres on tenant income certifications. An uploaded packet is split into documents, matched to household members and read for amounts, with page references. Program checks cover income verification, income limit qualification, identity verification, asset self-certification coverage and LIHTC student eligibility. Each finding is explained, and staff can request a fix or dismiss it, with requests and decisions kept on the file.

## Forms, HOTMA and subsidy programmes

Tire Swing prepares HUD-50058 forms for PIC submission and runs PIC validation, and builds HUD-50059 and certification forms from tenant documents. It says it supports HOTMA Sections 102 and 104 and property-specific rules. Its FAQ lists HUD project-based rental assistance, Housing Choice Vouchers, public housing, LIHTC, HOME and RD 515.

## Leasing and resident operations

The launch post adds forensic checks on uploaded documents for tampering, AI-generated files and reused paperwork, resident tasks handled from phones, portfolio views of move-in bottlenecks and vacancy cost, and help claiming additional HUD revenue on Section 8 properties. The founders say households that qualify can supply full proof of eligibility in about 30 minutes, and that it is live at dozens of properties in eight states.

## Setup and security

The site says setup takes under a week, including data migration, staff training and onboarding forms. It states SOC 2 Type II certification, AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, role-based access and audit logging, and that client data is not used for model training. Paul and Lucas, the co-founders, both studied computer science at Princeton.

## Key facts

**Maker:** Tire Swing **Founders:** Paul Witten and Lucas **Launched:** Y Combinator launch post, 13 November 2026 **Product:** Tire Swing, compliance and leasing platform for affordable housing **Pricing:** not published; demo on request **Backed by:** Y Combinator

Not yet independently verified: Dated from the Y Combinator launch post of 13 November 2026; the maker's site gives no launch date, pricing or company location, and its traction and 30-minute eligibility claims are the founders' own. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.