Zeffert & Associates

Zeffert & Associates is a national consulting firm serving owners, developers, agencies, and partners in regulated affordable housing. Its work spans compliance oversight, inspection services, utility analysis, construction quality assurance, and professional education delivered through Zeffert University.

Engagements are scoped by program and service. On the compliance side, file reviews cover LIHTC restriction-only, Housing Choice Voucher, HUD-assistance only, Rural Development, and blended multi-restriction properties, against HUD, USDA, IRS and Treasury, or state and local programs. Inspections cover Section 504 and ADA compliance, NSPIRE, Construction Quality Assurance, and Capital Needs Assessments. Utility analysis is offered using the HUD Utility Schedule Model for PHA and non-PHA properties and an actual-use methodology. Clients work through a production portal and a separate utility analysis login.

The firm has evolved since 1994, adding departments as programs layered and oversight expectations rose, and describes compliance, construction quality, inspections, operating assumptions, and training as a single integrated system rather than separate requirements. Construction Quality Assurance is its newest line, positioned as independent verification of build quality and specification integrity during construction rather than after a defect appears. Its client roster includes public housing authorities, among them the Atlanta, Augusta, Marietta, and Macon-Bibb County housing authorities.

What to check directly: the office listed on the service request page is 12312 Olive Blvd, Suite 200, Saint Louis, MO. Because service lines were added over time, confirm the scope, staffing, and geography for the specific service being bought, particularly for the newer construction quality assurance inspections.