Community Development Services
Project Management and Consulting
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program Consulting — Staff at Community Development Services can help put the nuts and bolts together to ensure that each application is prepared to meet the standards of the state allocation plan. We can also provide guidance throughout the development process.
What we can do for you:
- Provide you with our extensive experience conceptualizing affordable housing projects to satisfy the goals of each development team
- Arm you with valuable suggestions and strategies for improving LIHTC scores
- Assist you in identifying project team members and co-partners, if needed; prepare the development team for presentations to public bodies or local boards
- Guide project teams through each stage of the LIHTC process, including Threshold Review, Competitive Cure, Reservation Review, Underwriting, Carryover and Housing Finance Authority Monitoring Visits
Development Consulting -- Staff at CDS can clarify development issues involved in planning many kinds of real estate development: land development, mixed-use, multifamily, industrial, office and retail. Additional customized services include:
- Structuring land acquisition
- Optimizing density and land use mix
- Negotiating public/private partnerships
- Organizing and managing a project team
- Dealing with public concerns
- Navigating the planning, design, development, and construction process
- Preparing and presenting a business plan and financing package
- Structuring the optimal debt and equity financing package