Affordable Rental Operations
Operate nonprofit rental housing: tenant selection, income certification, AMI-band rent setting, waitlists, reserve studies, and inspection readiness.
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Affordable Housing
Build, operate, and preserve affordable housing: continuum planning, development finance, LIHTC compliance, supportive housing, and homeowner programs.
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Community Ownership
Design community land trusts, limited-equity cooperatives, and deed-restricted ownership with resale formulas, governance, and perpetuity stewardship.
Fair Housing Compliance
Build fair-housing compliance: protected classes, screening and advertising policy, reasonable accommodations, disparate-impact risk, and language access.
Home Repair & Preservation
Run home repair and preservation: critical-repair workflow, weatherization, aging-in-place modifications, lead-safe practices, and eligibility covenants.
Homelessness Services
Operate street outreach, low-barrier shelter, diversion, coordinated entry, and HMIS data quality with trauma-informed practice.
Homeownership Programs
Run the Habitat-style homeownership cycle: eligibility and selection, sweat equity, below-market financing, closing, and post-purchase support.
Housing Advocacy & Land Use
Advance local housing policy: upzoning and ADU arguments, inclusionary-zoning trade-offs, hearing testimony, ballot measures, and lobbying limits.
Housing Continuum Planning
Map the housing continuum from homelessness to homeownership, size the need by AMI band, and decide where to enter, expand, exit, or partner.
Housing Development Finance
Structure affordable-housing deals: site control, entitlements, pro formas, LIHTC equity, HOME and trust-fund soft debt, and developer fee structures.
LIHTC & HUD Compliance
Keep Section 42 and HUD-assisted housing compliant: income and rent limits, certifications, recapture triggers, tenant files, and monitoring-visit prep.
Permanent Supportive Housing
Design Housing First supportive housing: voluntary services and harm reduction, staffing models, lease-up planning, retention protocols, and braided funding.
Rapid Re-Housing & Transitional Housing
Design rapid re-housing and transitional programs: progressive engagement, landlord recruitment with risk-mitigation funds, budgets, and permanent exits.
Volunteer Construction Programs
Plan volunteer home building: build-season calendars, crew-leader development, jobsite safety, partner-family participation, and inspection coordination.