Claire Parisa

Affordable housing finance and development

Claire Parisa is an industry expert in national and California affordable housing finance and development. As director of acquisitions for Enterprise Community Partners, Parisa helps developers secure private investment through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) to build new and rehabilitate existing affordable housing in Northern California and Oregon. In her role at Enterprise, Parisa also serves as an advocate for affordable housing by supporting initiatives for increased public funding and streamlined regulation.

Prior to joining Enterprise, Parisa served as a vice president of acquisitions at Red Stone Equity, an associate director at the California Housing Partnership, and a project manager at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC). Parisa has experience with federal and various state LIHTC programs, tax-exempt bond financing, and state/local funding programs throughout the U.S. During her tenure in the field, she has secured over $3 billion in funding to create or preserve over 6,000 affordable homes. Parisa has also trained over 2,500 individuals across multiple topics ranging from basic housing finance to complex LIHTC partnership tax structuring. Before turning to domestic affordable housing development, Parisa worked with self-built communities across Latin America on housing rights and economic development as well as with various domestic cooperative housing initiatives. She believes deeply in the power of a stable home and access to upward mobility for all.

Parisa is an appointed member of the City of Piedmont Housing Advisory Committee (HAC) advising the city on updating the housing element and providing technical housing development expertise. She is also a proud member of the Piedmont Racial Equity Campaign (PREC). Previously, Claire served on NPH’s Emerging Leaders Peer Network (ELPN) Steering Committee as a Professional Development Subcommittee co-chair.

RDEV 277: Equitable + Resilient Development

CYPLAN 235: Methods of Project Analysis

CP 238: Development-Design Studio