Affordable Housing

Custom Solutions for Community Development Success

We understand the complexities and regulatory landscapes.

We have decades of experience in the specialized housing and community development category. Whether you are a for-profit or non-profit developer, investor, public housing authority, syndicator, property management company or lender, Clark Schaefer Hackett is qualified and ready to partner with you.

Using our tried-and-true principles as a starting point, we embrace the uniqueness of each project, avoiding one-size-fits-all approaches. Instead, we invest time in comprehensively understanding the intricacies of your specific circumstances. Leveraging innovative technology and innovative processes, we deliver efficient solutions and insights tailored to your success.

Are you seeking strategies to ensure the satisfaction of your stakeholders and optimize financial outcomes for your community?

Our team of affordable housing experts stands ready to provide tailored audit, tax and business advisory services to support your unique project requirements and ongoing operational needs.

Annual Compliance

Audit & financial statement service
- Single Audits
Tax compliance & panning strategy
HUD & rural development electronic reporting

 Consulting / Advisory

Review of partnership allocations & compliance with IRC Sections 704 & 752
Year 15 exit analysis, including options & strategies for owners

Development Services

Review of tax credit applications for 9% allocation
Review of the tax-exempt bond application
Structuring to meet the 50% test for tax-exempt financed deals
Certification of 10% test for carryover allocations
LIHTC placed-in-service cost certification
Historic cost certifications
HUD cost certifications – mortgagor & contractor
Breakeven (MITER & DCR) calculations
Review of 8609s & first-year credit calculation

Industry Reach

As a Top 60 firm, we offer the depth, access and familiarity across industries you’d expect. As a result, we competitively meet the needs of any entity with interests in affordable housing, including investors, developers and syndicators.