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About The Housing Subsidy Brief

Built by practitioners.
For practitioners.

The Housing Subsidy Brief is the intelligence platform we wished existed when we were closing deals. Built by people who have spent careers in the trenches of affordable housing finance — and who know exactly where the answers are buried.

$1B+
In real estate transactions completed
10+
Federal programs used in active deals
All 50
States covered in the platform
Decades
Of combined deal experience
Why we built this

The intel exists. It's just scattered everywhere.

After developing over $1 billion in real estate transactions across LIHTC, Opportunity Zones, Historic Tax Credits, New Markets Tax Credits, HOME, state housing finance agencies, local incentive programs, PILOTs, and FHLB resources — we recognized a problem that every practitioner faces.

The information is out there. Nobody has put it in one place. Developers piece together intelligence from 8 to 12 separate sources every week. State agency websites. Trade publications. Law firm memos. Conference presentations. An email from a colleague. A consultant's spreadsheet.

The Housing Subsidy Brief consolidates all of it — every federal program, every state agency, every FHLB district, every financial model, every relevant published study — into one subscription. Built by practitioners who have closed the deals, structured the stacks, and lived through every program's quirks.

"We were tired of opening fifteen browser tabs and three Excel files just to answer one question about deal structuring. So we built the resource we always wished existed."
— The Housing Subsidy Brief founding team
Track Record

Programs we've actually used.

Our team has executed on transactions using every major federal program, state housing finance agency, and local incentive structure. The platform reflects that hands-on experience — not theoretical research.

Tax Credit
LIHTC — 9% and 4%
Competitive 9% allocations, 4% bond-financed deals, QAP strategy across multiple states
Opportunity Zones
QOF Structuring
Single-asset and multi-asset QOF deals, capital gains deferral, 10-year exit planning
Tax Credit
Historic Tax Credit (HTC)
20% federal HTC, state HTC pairings, SHPO coordination, NPS Part 1/2/3 process
Tax Credit
New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC)
CDE allocations, leveraged structures, community impact reporting
HUD
HOME Investment Partnerships
Formula grants, CHDO set-asides, layered with LIHTC and state subsidies
State Agencies
State HFAs, DCAs, EDAs
Multiple state housing finance agency programs, scoring, deadlines, and competitive rounds
Local
PILOTs & Local Incentives
Payment in lieu of taxes agreements, tax abatements, local subordinate debt, redevelopment plans
FHLB
FHLB Programs
Affordable Housing Program (AHP) competitive grants, set-asides, member bank coordination
Capital Stack
Subordinate Debt & Gap Financing
Layered financing structures, soft debt, bridge financing, construction-to-perm
Our Approach

How we built this platform.

Three principles guide every page, every model, every newsletter issue we publish.

01
Practitioner-First
Every guide, model, and newsletter is written for someone actively working on deals. No academic theory, no policy debate, no political commentary. Just what you need to move a transaction forward.
02
Honest About Complexity
Affordable housing finance is genuinely difficult. When a program has structural tradeoffs, we explain them. When two subsidies don't pair as cleanly as marketing suggests, we say so. Telling the truth builds trust.
03
Always Current
QAPs change. NOFAs drop. Allocations get announced. Policy shifts. The platform reflects what's true today — not what was true two years ago. Weekly intel emails keep Pro subscribers current.
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