habitable Tenant evidence system / alpha

Field system 01 / tenant-owned evidence

A building problem leaves a trail. Keep the whole trail.

Hold the condition, notice, response, recurrence, and proof record together—offline. Then share a court-organized packet whose integrity anyone can check.

Offer a synthetic-data pilot Inspect the sample packet Read how the evidence method works

The pilot link opens a public GitHub form. Never include tenant names, addresses, photos, evidence, or case details; evaluation starts with synthetic data only.

Alpha boundary: Habitable is built and test-gated on synthetic data, but it is not independently audited or proven in court. Do not rely on it for a real legal matter yet.

Synthetic section / unit 4B

One building. One evidence spine.

Case data hosted here
None
Evaluation data
Synthetic only
Court validation
Not completed
Independent audit
Still open

The workflow

One record, from first condition to recipient review

Habitable Evidence is a local, encrypted case record for tenants and tenant unions. It keeps the condition, the notice trail, and the technical integrity record together—then lets the union decide what leaves the device.

  1. DocumentRecord conditions, dates, repair requests, responses, and recurrence in one timeline.
  2. PreserveSeal originals, hash each item, attach timestamp tokens when available, and record custody.
  3. Share deliberatelyReview disclosure, export a court-organized packet, and give recipients an independent check.

Routes by role

Start where your responsibility begins

Trust before adoption

What works today—and what still has to be earned

Implemented and test-gated

  • Local encrypted storage with no hosted account or central case database.
  • Sealed originals, SHA-256 hashes, RFC 3161 timestamp support, and custody checks.
  • Accessible HTML, print-oriented PDF, and signed bundle exports with an independent verifier.
  • English and Spanish app interfaces with automated accessibility gates.

Open before real reliance

  • An independent security and cryptography audit.
  • Housing-law review of the legal framing and packet workflow.
  • A real tenant-union or legal-aid pilot with documented outcomes.
  • A recorded human NVDA and VoiceOver pass, plus signed native distribution.

Evidence boundary: Integrity checks can show that bytes and records have not changed after sealing. They cannot prove what a photo depicts, who created it, or whether a particular court or agency will admit it. Habitable produces a verifiable, court-organized alpha packet—not a promise of a court outcome.

Synthetic walkthrough

Inspect the app and packet before installing

The habitable Evidence Atlas: linked captures and timeline facts for unit 4B, above issue, recording, readiness, and export workspaces.
The local app (English) — runs on your device, not a server.
The same Evidence Atlas shown in Spanish, with all labels and buttons translated.
Bilingual: the full interface in Español.
A habitability evidence packet rendered as an accessible web page: title, generated date and counts, an issue with its timeline and a captured photo, and an evidence appendix table of content hashes and timestamp status.
An exported packet built from synthetic data. Open the sample packet — it is the actual accessible HTML export, alongside its bundle.json, producer signature, and PDF. Its timestamp authority is a bundled, self-signed synthetic test certificate—not an independently trusted authority. It is a preview, not evidence for a real matter.

Run it locally

Evaluate the alpha without tenant data

Requires uv; the right Python (3.14) is fetched for you.

git clone https://github.com/ChelseaKR/habitable && cd habitable
uv sync
uv run habitable demo     # capture → seal+hash → RFC 3161 → packet → verify, offline
uv run habitable app      # the accessible local web app (English / Español)

There is deliberately no hosted app: habitable runs on localhost. Use habitable demo and synthetic records for evaluation; this page and the sample packet are static previews of what the tool produces.

Technical record

Audit the claims, not the marketing

Current housing problem

Get help from a tenant resource—not this alpha.

Habitable is not legal advice, an emergency service, or a place to post evidence. Do not put tenant names, addresses, photos, or case details in GitHub issues.

Eviction and safety deadlines can move quickly. Contact local legal aid, court self-help, code enforcement, a health department, or emergency services as the situation requires.