Affordable Housing Institute: Affiliates


David Smith

Founder
Affordable Housing Institute

 

 

 

Profile

Author of AHI's United States Weblog.

David A. Smith is the founder of the Affordable Housing Institute, which develops sustainable housing financial ecosystems worldwide. He is also founder and president of Recapitalization Advisors, Inc. (Recap, www.recapadvisors.com), a Boston-based firm that recapitalizes and preserves existing affordable housing via innovative financial transactions; over its 15 years, the firm has been involved in over 350 properties, 40,000 apartments, comprising US$1.2 billion of aggregate value. David provides high-quality analysis to Congress, the Millennial Housing Commission, CBO, HUD, and others, and was a principal member of the 1996 Senate mark-to-market working group. A 1975 Harvard graduate, David is an award-winning author with more than 100 published articles in real estate, valuation, and policy periodicals, and a textbook.

David is also a senior fellow at the University of Maryland Office of Executive Programs.

 

Current Interests

 

  1. Housing subsidy policy
  2. Housing finance policy
  3. Rental
  4. Financial system development
  5. Product innovation