Lenders and CDFIs
You may eventually need better-screened ADU borrowers, clearer feasibility analysis,
or help understanding whether a specific project is finance-ready. Civic Infill Works
can act as an independent feasibility reviewer in front of credit and collateral analysis,
and can help shape new small-infill financing products that do not yet fit conventional
underwriting boxes.
Realtors and brokerages
Your agents have clients asking, “Can this property support an ADU?” or
“Is this extra land actually useful?” The firm produces written buyer
due-diligence memos on a transaction timeline, so an agent does not have to guess. Civic
Infill Works does not pay or receive referral fees and does not represent properties for sale.
Senior-serving nonprofits
You work with older homeowners who may be equity-rich and income-constrained and are
weighing aging-in-place options, HECMs, or family housing. The firm offers careful,
non-predatory feasibility input and is building a HECM Aging-in-Place Playbook to make
the questions a fiduciary should ask available before a senior signs anything.
Municipalities and housing organizations
You are interested in ADU implementation, technical assistance, homeowner education,
grant-funded pilots, or public-facing feasibility tools. Civic Infill Works can perform
municipal implementation audits, support program design, and contribute to grant
applications and pilot scoping.
Builders, designers, and contractors
Not as paid referral partners, but as people who benefit when clients arrive with more
realistic expectations, better scopes, and clearer financing assumptions. The firm refers
clients to licensed professionals once feasibility is established, and discloses any
reciprocal relationships in writing.
Employers, foundations, and institutional actors
You may care about workforce housing, small infill, aging-in-place support for an
employee population, or funder-ready ADU pilots. The firm can scope pilots and produce
the structured analysis a foundation, employer, or institutional funder needs before
committing capital.
Independence is not decorative
Civic Infill Works is independent of Shelterforce, the Center for Strategy Group, Alpine
West Construction & Restoration, CHFA, DOLA, any municipality, and any lender or platform
whose products may be discussed. References to public agencies, statutes, and programs are
analytical, not endorsements.
If your organization fits one of the categories above — or if you are not sure but
your work touches the same people Civic Infill Works serves — the best first step is a
short email describing what you are trying to do.