Founded in 2015 by the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA)—with the support of the National Equity Fund, HAI Group, Reno & Cavanaugh, and CF Housing Group—the RAD Collaborative works to build a community of practice around the Rental Assistance Demonstration, or RAD.  

Through peer sharing and exchanges, the Collaborative facilitates communications, best practices, lessons, advancements and productive working relationships among Housing Authorities, residents and development and financing partners, advisors/consultants and transactional service providers, local government, policy makers and other stakeholders working to implement RAD across the country.

The Collaborative is open to Public Housing Authorities, multifamily owners, industry partners, policy makers and other stakeholders implementing RAD across the country.

Working cooperatively with HUD, PHAs and industry actors, the Collaborative responds to emerging implementation and practice needs and challenges faced by PHAs, owners and their partners by offering and helping coordinate— 

·        Implementation & Organizational Supports: 1-1 advisory, educational & technical supports

·        Industry Forums: national conferences, regional convenings, telecons/webinars and periodic working groups on policy and practice issues as they arise

·        Policy & Programs: continuing support for policy & program enhancements to RAD and other affordable-housing resources on the Hill, with HUD, state agencies & industry associations

·        Peer Network: peer-to-peer collaboration among PHAs & multifamily owners around development, management, organizational change, new business models, resident engagement & more

·        Financing & Development Supports: with financing sources, development partners, transactional providers, advisors/consultants & others—needed adaptations, new approaches & products to support implementation

Patrick Costigan , who led RAD’s launch while working at HUD, now with the CF Housing Group, and Steven Holmquist of Reno & Cavanaugh and involved with RAD from the outset, serve as Strategic Advisors to the Collaborative along with CLPHA.