The Lafayette Housing Partnership ("Partnership") is a collaborative of housing development and finance associations, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic entities, and civic leaders committed to advancing coordinated housing strategies in Lafayette, Louisiana.

The Partnership includes representatives from 232-HELP, Acadiana Apartment Association, Acadian Home Builders Association, Acadiana Planning Commission, Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness and Housing (ARCH), Catholic Charities of Acadiana, Community Foundation of Acadiana, Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG), Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA), Lafayette Habitat for Humanity, Lafayette Housing Authority (LHA), Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority (LPTFA), Maraist Family Foundation, One Acadiana, Realtors Association of Acadiana, Schumacher Family Foundation, SunCHDO, United Way of Acadiana, and other institutional and community stakeholders.

The Partnership seeks to align policy, public investment, and development strategy to expand housing choice, preserve affordability, and promote long-term neighborhood stability across Lafayette.

The Lafayette Housing Partnership is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from qualified firms to conduct a comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study for the City of Lafayette.

This engagement will build upon recent housing and market analyses and is intended to provide a clear, data-informed, value driven understanding of Lafayette's housing market dynamics, development feasibility conditions, and future housing needs. Simply put — what do we need more of? Where do we need it? For whom do we need it?

The purpose of this engagement is to:

1. Establish a comprehensive, data-informed, value driven understanding of current and projected housing needs across income levels and tenure types
2. Identify housing supply gaps across the full housing continuum, including deeply affordable, workforce, and market-rate housing
3. Evaluate the financial, regulatory, and market feasibility of housing development and preservation strategies
4. Develop actionable recommendations related to policy, land use, zoning, financing tools, and investment strategies capable of supporting housing production and stability

The resulting report will serve as a foundational framework to guide coordinated housing policy, capital investment, zoning considerations, and development strategy for the City of Lafayette through 2030 and beyond. The study is intended to support decision-making by public agencies, housing providers, developers, financial institutions, and community stakeholders working to address Lafayette’s evolving housing needs. Lafayette recognizes that housing outcomes are shaped by the interaction of market forces, land availability, development feasibility, and public policy. Accordingly, this Housing Needs Assessment is intended not only to quantify housing demand, but to evaluate the structural conditions influencing housing production and preservation within the city. The study should identify opportunities to align local policy tools, development finance mechanisms, and market conditions in order to expand housing supply across the affordability spectrum while preserving existing housing assets and supporting economically sustainable development.

The Partnership is particularly interested in identifying actionable pathways to increase housing production and preservation in the near-term, including strategies that can be implemented within existing market, regulatory, and financing conditions.

Learn more, download the RFQ, and review the scope at the following link:

https://www.cfacadiana.org/lafayette-housing-needs-assessment/

Request for Qualifications Issued - March 24, 2026

Deadline for Questions and Requests for Changes - April 24, 2026

Statement of Qualification Due Date and Time - May 29, 2026, 2:00PM CST