Complexity Is the Norm Duncan Barrett Tackles Preservation Deals in Upstate New York

By Caitlin Jones
January 16, 2012 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, January 2012: For Upstate New York developer Duncan Barrett, Chief Operating Officer of Omni Housing Development LLC, tough housing deals are almost the norm.

The small outfit, which is based in Albany and aims to develop two to three projects a year, focuses heavily on the rehabilitation, recapitalization, and preservation of older government-assisted rental housing projects that are often in dire physical and financial condition.

“We’re devoted exclusively to the development, financing, management, and operation of affordable housing,” says Barrett, a one-time engineer who has run Omni Housing Development for more than a decade. The for-profit firm is an affiliate of Omni Development Company, Inc., a commercial real estate developer/ owner/manager of office buildings, hotels, and other properties. Read More…

Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

“Business as Usual”

Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.