James Rice James Rice of AEIConsultants will provide architectural planning and cost reviewservices for rehabilitation projects.

SAN JOSE—An average of 32.1% of multifamily development spendingis a result of fees and other costs associated with governmentregulations, including agency approval systems. These costs have adirect impact on the growing affordable housing crisis.

"To address the increasing need for affordable housing acrossthe country, Department of Housing and Urban Developmentallocations have risen to $47.9 billion for the next fiscal year,"says Staige Miller, vice president–HUD environmental services atAEI Consultants. "Accordingly, we continue to expand our in-houseservices to accommodate the rising industry demand for HUD-relatedprojects."

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.