Affordable Housing/Community Development
Flaherty Salmin provides value to our clients at all stages of the Affordable Housing/Community Development life cycle: development, construction, ownership, management and exit strategies. We are known for our development stage expertise. Flaherty Salmin gets tremendous satisfaction from this collaborative work that results in the creation of decent, affordable, and safe housing. Not only do individuals and families benefit directly from this collective effort, but affordable housing is a catalyst for economic and community development.
Affordable Housing/Community Development Credentials
Areas of expertise
- Low-income housing tax credit (LIHC)
- Historic tax credit (HTC)
- Solar, geothermal, and other energy credits/incentives
- Various state tax credits and incentives
- Partnership taxation
- Not for profit organization tax considerations
- Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Rural Development (RD)
- Various state housing/community development agencies
Consultative services
- Projections and forecasts (including investor economic and tax benefits)
- Tax credit basis reviews/consultations
- Financing and agency application services
- Exit strategies, analysis, and structuring
Compliance services
- Audit/Attest
- Annual audit
- Cost certification audits/examinations
- Tax exempt bond related
- 50% aggregate basis certifications
- Borrower tax certifications (95/5)
- Final use of proceeds certifications (95/5)
- 10% expected basis certifications
- Investor break-even or debt service coverage certifications
- Various other investor, lender, and agency certifications
- Agreed upon procedures engagements
- Tax
- Annual tax return preparation
- Tax elections
- Tax planning and projections
Memberships
We have significant relationships with the following:
- Our affordable housing clients
- National syndicators
- Legal advisors
- Public housing authority and HUD consultants
- National accounting firms
- Representatives from state housing agencies
- New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) (Tim Flaherty is the Treasurer and an Executive Board member)