Fred Consulting Associates is a planning and development consulting firm providing financial analysis and urban planning services to both private and public entities. Specifically, we provide:

  • Direct assistance in securing financing for affordable housing for rental or owner-occupied projects, as well as projects for special populations through low-income tax credits, mortgage revenue bonds, and private and public funding resources.
  • Program design and implementation of Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Programs for first time homebuyers. FCA has designed and implemented over thirty MCC Programs throughout California which have provided homeownership opportunities to over 15,000 first time homebuyers.
  • Site evaluations, income projections, market and financial analyses, and site acquisition for residential, commercial and industrial developments.
  • Development of comprehensive master plans and permit applications, including management of the public approval process through a variety of governmental agencies.
  • Community feasibility studies examining the need and receptivity of new residential, commercial, industrial, public service and healthcare development.
  • Development of General Plan Housing Elements, Consolidated Plans and Redevelopment Agency Housing Programs including the implementation and administration of the respective housing programs.
Fred Consulting Associates is uniquely qualified to match creative housing projects with available sources of financing, and to manage housing projects from inception to completion. We work as financial advisor for city or county housing authorities, as well as project manager for housing developers. Our goal is to enable our clients to complete needed affordable housing projects, so that the public can enjoy that most basic tenet of the American Dream: having a decent home in which to live.