We work with local governments, housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations to develop affordable housing strategies that respond to urgent needs and local priorities. Our approach centers inclusive engagement, ensuring that people most impacted by housing challenges shape the solutions.

Project Moxie has led strategic planning initiatives focused on expanding housing access through efforts such as:

• Developing inclusionary zoning policies that increase both the production and funding of affordable housing units

• Designing real estate strategies that activate public and private land for affordable housing development

• Creating lending programs to expand access to down payment assistance and low-interest financing for income-qualified buyers

• Building homebuyer education programs that prepare residents for successful, long-term homeownership

• Leading educational and outreach campaigns to increase public understanding, political support, and resident engagement on housing issues

• Supporting the development of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) communities and permanent supportive housing projects across the western U.S.

• Facilitating state and federal policy initiatives to strengthen housing systems

• Advising philanthropic partners on strategies to maximize the impact of their flexible funding by identifying key leverage points within the housing ecosystem

Our team helps communities prioritize where and how to act, so they can preserve existing housing and create new affordable options across a range of income levels.

We bring deep expertise in shaping housing policies that work. Jenn Lopez, our founder, has been a leader in Colorado housing policy for over two decades—from co-authoring Durango’s first inclusionary zoning policy to advising state-level reforms to decrease chronic homelessness.

Highlights include:

• Creating Colorado’s Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Initiative, joint underwriting system and co-developing Pathways Home PSH toolkit training.

• Beginning the process for using Medicaid as a funding source for permanent supportive housing projects.

• Developing a CDFI that provided shared appreciation second mortgages and impacted the state’s funding programs for mortgage assistance.

• Providing educational information to rural communities on Proposition 123 (Colorado’s Affordable Housing Fund) and then once it passed, helping dozens of communities to develop their approach for opting into this statewide program.

• Advocating for Permanent Supportive Housing as a priority in the New Mexico tax credit program.

• Advising on state funding strategies to build a new organization committed to preventing eviction in Colorado; (Jenn is currently serving as the board President) this organization has served over 30,000 Coloradoans.

• Serving as an expert witness for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) at the Joint Economic Committee in Congress.

We help jurisdictions translate values into actionable programs and ensure local policies are grounded in both best practices and real-world feasibility.

Our work in systems change is grounded in deep experience. In 2014, Jenn was appointed as Colorado’s first Director of Homeless Initiatives, where she launched Colorado’s Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) initiative and Coming Home Colorado, a statewide effort to end veteran homelessness. Since then, we’ve continued to support communities in addressing homelessness with dignity, data, and innovation.

Our team has:

• Facilitated planning efforts to decrease homelessness in several  communities.

• Facilitated inclusive community engagement efforts that center people with lived experience, including developing a video highlighting the needs of unhoused campers in Durango, CO.

• Supported the development of the first Safe Outdoor Space (SOS) model in Colorado, facilitated an evaluation of the model, and helped replicate the model in other communities.

From place-based solutions to system-wide reforms, we help communities build trauma-informed, collaborative, and scalable pathways to decrease homelessness.

We support community-based affordable housing projects from idea to occupancy, including projects that serve people experiencing homelessness and facilitating projects in rural and underserved communities.

We help:

• Shape project concepts to align with funding opportunities

• Manage development partnerships and clarify team roles

• Navigate predevelopment, entitlements, and funding processes

• Support clients through financial closing, construction, and lease-up

We’ve led work on pioneering efforts like New Mexico’s first rural Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) development in Socorro, New Mexico and supported faith-based housing efforts by helping to activate underutilized real estate owned by two large congregations in Colorado.

We are grant strategists and resource navigators who know how to turn vision into viable funding. From state housing funds to federal competitive programs, we help clients stack the capital they need to get projects across the finish line.

Services include:

• Identifying public and private funding opportunities

• Developing tailored grant strategies

• Writing competitive, compelling proposals

• Supporting funder relationships and compliance

To date, we’ve helped raise hundreds of millions in grant and capital funding—unlocking affordable housing, supportive services, and capacity-building resources for our clients.