Job Description:
The BHA is furthering our mission to build and support healthy, sustainable communities by embarking on a new effort to spur housing production through publicly backed social investment. In order to support this work, the BHA is bringing on technical assistance as well as new staff to help administer the $110M Housing Accelerator Fund, a project in collaboration with the City of Boston, and develop lending practices and policies for public investment in housing development. The Senior Public Investment Underwriter will be the first staff person assigned full-time to this work at BHA and will play a leading role in decision making, investment strategies, and overall program development.
Reporting to the Administrator or their designee the Senior Public Investment Underwriter will focus on the origination, processing, and closing of mixed income and affordable multifamily real estate transactions involving public investment. This role will receive investment proposals from public, non-profit, and for-profit organizations, including BHA’s Planning, Construction, and Development Division, and assist in the structuring of multifamily financing. Activities are preparatory to financial commitments and the issuance of funds from the Accelerator Fund or other forms of financing. Depending on the type of investment, underwriting is expected to occur in collaboration with lenders such as MassHousing and private commercial banks.
The Senior Public Investment Underwriter will be responsible for the review and underwriting of multifamily real estate transactions presented for financing to:
- Increase the availability of rental and homeownership opportunities for individuals and families at a range of income levels by using a variety of financing and subsidy sources; and,
- Generate revenue for BHA and the Accelerator Fund, which features three components including:
- Mixed income rental housing projects (privately owned)
- Mixed income rental housing projects (publicly owned)
- Mixed income homeownership projects (privately owned)
Posting Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Application Deadline:Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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