Selby Consultancy builds the coalitions and delivers the data-driven analysis that turns competing interests into shared solutions. Housing debate is too often defined by false choices: affordable versus market-rate, tenants versus owners, nonprofits versus for-profits. These divisions slow progress and leave housing scarce and unaffordable.
From navigating complex funding landscapes to repositioning assets and crafting policy, Selby Consultancy works across the full spectrum of housing development — because when expertise meets evidence, better outcomes for everyone become possible.
RFP Development — Designing requests for proposals that attract the right partners and set projects up for success from the start.
Nonprofit and Faith-Based Development — Supporting nonprofits and churches in developing community-rooted affordable housing from concept through completion
Asset Repositioning — Helping owners evaluate, reposition, and maximize the potential of existing housing assets.
Funding Applications — Guiding applicants through municipal and public funding processes with compelling, analysis-backed submissions.
Policy Analysis — Bridging the gap between policy and practice, translating complex frameworks into actionable recommendations that work on the ground.
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Elizabeth Selby provides expertise in affordable housing finance and public finance. As the former Director of Development and Finance for the Los Angeles Housing Department, she oversaw financing programs for the development of affordable and permanent supportive housing in the City of Los Angeles including the Affordable Housing Managed Pipeline, Proposition HHH, ULA Multifamily Program, the Bond Program and the Preservation Program.
Prior to joining LAHD, Elizabeth was Vice President of Forward Planning for Community HousingWorks. She oversaw acquisitions and led strategic initiatives. As the Director of Housing Innovation for the Mayor’s Office in Los Angeles, she was responsible for managing a $120 million fund to explore innovative ways to develop Permanent Supportive Housing more quickly and less expensively implementing both construction and financial innovations.
With experience working for profit and not-for-profit developers, a tax credit syndicator and the public sector, Elizabeth brings an expansive and practical perspective to housing policy and practice.
Elizabeth has held positions on the boards of the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies, San Diego Housing Federation and the California Coalition of Rural Housing. She has a degree from University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California.