Tax Credit Financing

CEI has extensive experience working with nonprofit developers to raise equity capital through the syndication of low-income housing tax credits, energy credits, and historic tax credits. CEI helps clients negotiate with investors to maximize the amount of equity raised while maintaining control over the development and ensuring long-term affordability for the residents.

Syndication services include:

  • • initial feasibility analysis, including projection of equity that can be raised through 4% or 9% low income housing tax credits
  • • analysis of potential for equity raised through historic tax credits where applicable
  • • identification of potential investors
  • • preparation of financial projections for lenders and investors
  • • determination of the most appropriate bond structure to work with tax credit and other sources of financing
  • • solicitation of investor proposals
  • • evaluation of investor proposals
  • • negotiation with investors
  • • assistance with formation and closing of syndication partnership
  • • structuring the syndication to maximize long term goals of the sponsor and tenants