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<br />RSG is highly experienced in providing additional direct and indirect staffing and housing consulting services
<br />for the following:
<br />• Down Payment Assistance Programs
<br />• Relocation Assistance and Monitoring
<br />• Major and Minor Housing Rehabilitation Programs
<br />• Preparing Local, County, State, and Federal Reports
<br />• Rental Calculations, Income Limit Verification
<br />RSG has been in the affordable housing arena for over 40 years and intimately understands what it takes to
<br />see a project come to fruition and maintain affordability. Aside from our in-depth experience in multiple
<br />facets. of affordable housing, we see providing housing services as an opportunity to embrace, inspire, and..
<br />create the changes so desperately needed and deserved in communities all across the State. To put it simply,
<br />we are passionate about affordable housing!
<br />RSG TEAM
<br />RSG dedicates a Principal to each project assignment and creates a core group of project managers and staff
<br />who work on the individual assignments on a consistent basis throughout all stages of the contract
<br />engagement. Our staff is focused, committed, and passionate about the work we do. We conduct our
<br />engagements around our Core Values and are proud of it. We pride ourselves on our ability to appropriately
<br />allocate our time and resources to ensure that a project is completed on time and within budget.
<br />This engagement will be led by Tara Matthews, Principal -in -Charge. Ms. Matthews would be assisted by RSG
<br />staff members Lynn Kelly -Lehner, Director, Dominique Clark and Greg Smith, Senior Associates, Brandon
<br />Fender, Associate, Kyle Westra, Rebecca Riddle, and Wesley Smith, Analysts, and Samantha Wu Rose,
<br />Research Assistant. Additional RSG staff may be assigned as needed.
<br />Tara Matthews, Principal, has been primarily responsible for managing RSG's housing engagements during
<br />the last 12 years. Tara is a respected housing expert with more than 17 years of experience focused primarily
<br />on all aspects of affordable housing. Tara is a San Diego Housing Federation Policy Committee member and
<br />has been a speaker at the annual San Diego Housing. Federation conference. She received a BS in Earth
<br />Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Certificate in Urban Planning and Development
<br />from the University of California, San Diego. Her recent experience includes conducting affordable housing
<br />underwriting and technical reviews for the County of San Diego, for multiple projects including a variety of
<br />funding sources such as NPLH, VASH, PBV, HOME, and LIHTC. Analysis also included reviewing developer
<br />capacity and evaluating refinancing requests as needed. Tara also provided multiple affordable housing
<br />services to the County of Orange, including underwriting and subsidy layering analyses, annual reporting and
<br />compliance, and updates to policies and procedures for the HOME, ESG, CoC, and CDBG programs.
<br />Lynn Kelly -Lehner, Director, earned a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of Delaware
<br />and.a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Southern California. Lynn has also completed
<br />extensive professional training, organized multiple professional conferences, and authored many articles for
<br />professional organizations.
<br />Dominique Clark, Senior Associate, regularly conducts housing market analyses and prepares development
<br />pro formas, including for the Agoura Hills impact fee study and the Los Angeles density bonus analyses.
<br />Dominique shares her knowledge and proficiency in municipal finance, economic development policy
<br />analysis, and real estate to advance client and community objectives. She earned a BA in Sociology from
<br />Wheaton College and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Southern California.
<br />Greg Smith, Senior Associate, received a BS in Business with an emphasis in marketing from the University
<br />of Southern California. Following his career in multifamily and commercial real estate he took his skills and
<br />developed a background in the affordable housing industry. His affordable housing experience includes both
<br />9%and 4% LIHTC transactions in ground -up development and acquisition/rehab. He has a significant amount
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