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About the Role

Guidehouse partners with state and local housing agencies, public housing authorities, HUD, and other mission-driven clients to enhance affordable housing programs. As a Consultant, you will focus on affordable rental housing finance, program design, policy implementation, and operational improvements, contributing to high-impact client work within a project team.

Responsibilities

• Support client engagements focused on affordable rental housing finance, program design, policy implementation, and operational improvement.
• Support affordable housing finance and program implementation engagements for public-sector clients.
• Evaluate affordable housing development proposals, including 4% and 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects.
• Develop and analyze project budgets, sources and uses, financial pro formas, and underwriting models.
• Conduct feasibility analyses, benefit-cost analyses, and subsidy layering reviews.
• Assist with transactions and project due diligence, including review of development, financing, closing package deliverables, land use, and regulatory documentation.
• Support client use of HOME, CDBG, ARPA, and other public funding sources.
• Research and interpret HUD regulations (24 CFR), Qualified Allocation Plans (QAPs), and program guidance.
• Develop supporting deliverables such as memos, reports, tools, templates, Standard Operating Procedures, and presentations.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis and synthesize findings into clear, client-ready outputs.
• Support stakeholder engagement activities, including interviews, workshops, and coordination with partner agencies.
• Focus on affordable housing financial products for a variety of loan execution types, coordinating with development, legal, lending, and compliance teams.
• Manage assigned tasks, timelines, and deliverables in coordination with project leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.
• 1+ years of experience in affordable housing finance, real estate lending, underwriting, LIHTC development, housing finance agency programs, community development finance, or public-sector housing program administration.
• Experience evaluating affordable housing transactions and financial feasibility.
• Experience supporting affordable housing development, finance (ex. underwriting, lending, origination) or program implementation projects.
• Experience working with public-sector organizations, housing authorities, housing finance agencies, community development organizations, or affordable housing developers.
• Experience with different project types including workforce, mixed-income, rehabilitation, and permanent supportive housing.
• Experience participating in one or more phases of affordable housing transactions, including application review, underwriting, due diligence, entitlement, financing, closing, construction monitoring, or asset management.
• Experience developing and analyzing affordable housing development budgets, sources and uses statements, operating pro formas, cash flow projections, and debt sizing analyses.
• Experience analyzing, underwriting, developing, financing, or administering affordable housing developments utilizing 4% and/or 9% LIHTCs.
• Understanding of QAPs, equity pricing, tax credit structuring, and affordable housing capital stacks.
• Familiarity with the development process (entitlement, subsidy review, underwriting, due diligence, and closing) for affordable housing transactions.
• Working knowledge of HUD multifamily programs and relevant federal regulations.
• Advanced Excel skills including financial modeling, scenario analysis, pivot tables, lookup functions, and sensitivity testing.
• Strong analytical and research skills with attention to detail.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a consulting environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must reside within a 50-mile radius of a Guidehouse office with a focus on the following offices: Boston, MA; Austin, TX; Sacramento, CA; Richmond, VA; Tyson’s Corner, VA New York City, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL.

Skills

• Affordable housing finance
• Real estate lending
• Underwriting
• LIHTC development
• Housing finance agency programs
• Community development finance
• Public-sector housing program administration
• Financial modeling
• Scenario analysis
• Pivot tables
• Lookup functions
• Sensitivity testing
• Quantitative analysis
• Qualitative analysis
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Location

• Boston, MA
• Austin, TX
• Sacramento, CA
• Richmond, VA
• Tyson’s Corner, VA
• New York City, NY
• Philadelphia, PA
• Chicago, IL

Work Type

• Up to 10% Travel

Experience Level

• 1+ years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelors degree
• Master's degree in a related field (preferred)
• Certification or training in rental housing finance (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $74,000.00-$124,000.00

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About the Company

• Guidehouse is a global AI-led professional services firm delivering advisory, technology, and managed services to the commercial and government sectors.
• With an integrated business technology approach, Guidehouse drives efficiency and resilience in the healthcare, financial services, energy, infrastructure, and national security markets.
• Built to help clients across industries outwit complexity, the firm brings together approximately 18,000 professionals to achieve lasting impact and shape a meaningful future.
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Equal Opportunity

• Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
• Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.