What Industry Leaders Have to Say
“I have known Ms. Swayze for over ten (10) years during which time I have had an opportunity to work with her in various capacities. She is recognized as a leader in the affordable housing industry and has extensive experience with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program along with a variety of financing options for affordable housing.
Ms. Swayze’s consultant firm was selected through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to serve as a consultant for the Vicksburg Housing Authority (VHA). She is considered a very valuable asset to VHA as she brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and professional contacts/associations with a variety of other affordable housing industry leaders. She has an extremely high work ethic and has assisted VHA with financial forecasting/projections, recommendations for rehabilitating, and financing options for our existing housing stock, and she facilitated the application for VHA’s participation in HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program. Additionally, she has served as a speaker during the MS Public Housing Authority’s Executive Director Housing Conference where she provided an in-depth discussion of the Tax Credit Program.
Any firm that utilizes Ms. Swayze (Arocin Consultants) will be greatly enhanced as she is very knowledgeable, professional, timely and has proven to exceed standards.”
Ben Washington, Executive Director
Vicksburg Housing Authority
“My companies have contracted with Arocin Consultants since January 2005, primarily in the affordable housing sector. Since that time, we have partnered to successfully develop 25 affordable housing totaling $310M in development costs in Connecticut, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee which resulted in over 1,000 affordable housing units being placed into commerce. Quandra’ has adeptly functioned in a multitude of capacities, such as identifying funding opportunities and sources, performing the financial underwriting, reviewing tax credit applications, managing engineers/architects, and participating in the overall due diligence process.
Ms. Swayze, on a regular basis, has gone “above and beyond” in her capacity as a consultant and continuously exceeded performance standards. She is an invaluable asset to any company seeking to expand its goals.”
Dr. Harold A. Foley, III
HF3 Group
“I have known Quandra’ Swayze for many years. Ms. Swayze has always represented herself and her company in a very professional way and the quality of her work has been more than just good, but excellent. She has worked with Local Initiatives Support Corporation – LISC – and its partners in the development of low income housing tax credits projects, developing property management plans and prepared market analysis of the housing market in Greenville, MS, with recommendation as to what housing project would be more suited for the utilization of the abundance of State owned vacant properties in the City. Arocin Consultants has been placed on LISC’s list of certified consultants and will be a valuable team member for any organization that chooses to contract its services. I continue to look for opportunities to utilize its services.”
David L. Jackson
LISC, Senior Program Officer (former)
Executive Director – Delta Housing
Development Corporation (current)
“We have worked with Quandra’ at Arocin Consultants on four LIHTC developments in Connecticut – during the application, Construction Documents, Construction and close out phases. She brings professionalism and a great deal of LIHTC experience stemming mostly from her previous tenure as lead at the Mississippi Housing Corporation. She is able to keep her team on task and on schedule. At the end of the day, Quandra’ is a caring person that knows how to get deals done.”
Mike Kleffner, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Wallace Architects, LLC
"When I was President and CEO of Mississippi Action For Community Education, Quandra’ was contracted to analyze the management of MACE's affordable housing developments and provide a plan for MACE to self-manage its developments, to cut costs and improve conditions for residents. Quandra’ was very analytical and detailed in her work and presented an actionable plan that MACE could put to use to improve its operations. She is smart and dependable!"