Unparalleled expertise in building and maintaining successful affordable housing communities

Experience

For more than 40 years, Isabel Toth has contributed to the success of National Church Residences, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing (OCCH) and Community Properties of Ohio (CPO) in addition to a number of consulting clients.

She offers unique experience and knowledge in all aspects of affordable housing, including finance, tax credits, asset management, property maintenance, leasing and supportive services.

During her tenure with National Church Residences, Isabel became a turn-around expert, brought in to remedy crises and craft strategies for long-term sustainability. She honed problem-solving skills that extended across all aspects of operations including, leasing and compliance, maintenance and reinvestment and public and private debt restructuring. She also refined and field-tested the services and providers required to keep older adults and people with disabilities as independent and healthy as possible.

At OCCH, her stellar work in preserving and protecting the value of tax-credit affordable communities led to her promotion to chief of staff in 2004.  She became an expert in public and private financing, identifying and surpassing investor expectations and standards from pre-construction through long-term sustainability.

As CEO of both CPO and affiliated Community Properties of Ohio Management Services (CPO Management), she led a transformational effort encompassing 250 buildings and 1,385 scattered site units in seven inner city neighborhoods. She ensured that a $133 million preservation initiative helped stabilize the neighborhoods and created a culturally responsive environment where low-income families could survive and thrive.

Isabel can assist in stabilizing troubled assets, making intelligent acquisitions, building and reorganizing highly effective asset management teams. She maintains an NAHPe (National Affordable Housing Professional Executive), an HCCP (Housing Credit Certified Professional), an NHMS (Nonprofit Housing Management Specialist), and SHCM (Specialist in Housing Credit Management) certifications. She has completed coursework for CHAM (Certified Housing Asset Manager), is a certified Bridges out of Poverty© trainer and holds a Real Estate Broker’s license in the state of Ohio. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Service Coordinators (AASC) and the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) Educational Foundation.

Services

An advocate of the triple bottom line, Isabel believes that the best communities offer high return to investors, serve as good neighbors who improve property values and a community’s quality of life, and strengthen the health, safety and economic mobility of residents.  

All three outcomes can be achieved through thoughtful, experienced management and strategies.

Resorting to eviction, jeopardizing tax credit status, overwhelmed with insurance costs? From a single property in Toledo to nearly 1,400 units in inner city Columbus, we know how to move through crises into a sustainable, positive future.

How many properties can one asset manager properly address? What type of in-house or external staff do you need for compliance? What should be the defining skill sets for leasing, compliance and maintenance? We’ve answered these and a host of related questions for four decades and can work with you to create a new team or reenergize an existing one.

You’ve dedicated resources and see affordable housing as integral to achieving your community mission. How do you determine what properties to build or buy? What financing options exist and how do you qualify for tax credits? What compliance measures must be established upfront? Our team has built and/or managed dozens of assets and can help you ensure your foray into affordable housing succeeds for investors and those you serve as well.

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