I have been doing this since 2005. My experience working with tribes to implement the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program has shown me the power of a team.
When Elizabeth and I started with Travois back in 2005, we were a much smaller company. Over time we have built a team of professionals who are ready to handle any challenge that comes your way. But the most important element of your development’s success is not our team. It is yours.
Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) are the best housing authorities in America. You serve families with the highest needs on the tightest budgets under the most difficult conditions. You never know, when you walk into your office, what challenge will be there to meet you that day. If you are an executive director you need your construction, finance, occupancy and other staff focused on meeting the day-to-day needs of your clients. That is your job: to serve the people.
That is where we come in. Travois’ clients have done $1.5 billion in tax credit development across Indian Country since 1995. We have done this as partners. We have done this together. It has not always been easy. But it has been worth it.
If you are considering your first LIHTC development, don’t worry. If you work with us, it won’t be your first. You can benefit from the experience of all of our past clients through us. If you are a seasoned veteran and you are ready to undertake new development, we can start writing the next chapter in your story of success. Get in touch with me today to move forward.
It’s no secret that soft money is drying up for affordable housing projects. There are more developers chasing fewer resources, thereby increasing competition.
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One of the best parts of attending conferences is catching up with clients and friends.
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As part of our 20-year anniversary celebration, we’ve heard from organizations, tribes and individuals in Indian Country
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The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) recently announced the 2015 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) award recipients. Two of our clients’ projects received awards — Pascua Yaqui Homes III received $625,332 and Yavapai-Apache Homes V received $870,954.
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There’s one week until the AMERIND/National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) Annual Convention & Trade Show!
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This year at Travois, we are celebrating our 20th anniversary, and I am proud to have been a part of this company for 10 years, half of that time. In the last decade, I have had the privilege of helping clients to develop new and rehabilitated housing all across Indian Country.
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On a recent trip to Wisconsin, I had an opportunity to tour the Peter Christensen Dental Clinic on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation. The tour was coordinated by Mary Peterson, Lac du Flambeau tribal treasurer, and led by Dr. Paco Fralick, the clinic’s director.
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Does your tribe maintain a long waiting list of members interested in affordable housing? Are you planning to rehabilitate or build an affordable housing development? Do you need help finding financing? We want to help!
Now is the best time of year to start thinking about your affordable housing pla
Anyone who has worked with Casey knows that she is as persistent and hardworking as they come. Casey is a great leader, is very well organized, can breeze through a 150+-page partnership agreement with the greatest attention to detail, and is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
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After experiencing the full wrath of the polar vortex in northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Michigan (with minus 39 degree wind chills) the previous week, I spent much of my time last week thawing out in Washington, D.C.
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