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Washington, D.C. · Federal & Commercial Advisory

Where Strategy
Meets Execution

House Strategies Group delivers finance, real estate, and management consulting to federal agencies and private sector clients — now enhanced with AI-driven analytics and workflow automation.

GSA Schedule Holder 8(a) Certified AI-Enabled Firm $500M+ Engagements Supported
Practice Areas
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Finance & AccountingFederal financial advisory & modeling
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Real EstateEUL, PPV, lease & portfolio advisory
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Management ConsultingWorkforce, HR & operations strategy
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Policy ConsultingRegulatory, legislative & litigation support
Artificial IntelligenceWorkflow automation & predictive analytics
$500M+Engagements Supported
8+Federal Agencies Served
78+Real Estate Projects
30%+AI-Driven Time Reduction
5Core Practice Areas
What We Do

Five Practice Areas.
One Strategic Partner.

Deep federal expertise across finance, real estate, management, policy, and AI — delivered by a team that has worked at the highest levels of government advisory.

Practice Area 01

Finance & Accounting

HSG delivers rigorous financial advisory to federal agencies and private clients — from complex portfolio modeling and budget analysis to HUD transaction support and financial systems design. Our principals have advised on multibillion-dollar federal portfolios and bring deep HUD, VA, Ginnie Mae, and USDA financial expertise, combining Big 4-caliber analytical rigor with the agility of a certified 8(a) firm.

  • Federal budget formulation & execution support
  • HUD Multifamily financial analysis & loan modeling
  • Portfolio financial modeling (risk-adjusted DCF, NPV)
  • Government financial systems design & implementation
  • CARES Act & stimulus fund tracking and reporting
  • Credit risk assessment & underwriting support
  • Annual Consideration Reports & asset valuation
  • Forecasting models for federal real estate portfolios
  • Transaction due diligence & financial closing support
  • Audit readiness & internal controls advisory
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✶ HSG Firm Experience
FHA · Office of Asset Sales
Loan Sale Program Financial Advisory — $4.5M
Structured and led a $4.5M contract supporting the world's largest public loan sale program. Built a partnership consortium (Ideogenics, Emax Partners) to deliver data analytics, compliance processing, and legal document review services to FHA, overseeing end-to-end execution including performance monitoring and stakeholder coordination.
Contract: $4.5MType: Program Financial Advisory
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · EUL Program
VA EUL Annual Consideration Reports
Produced comprehensive Annual Consideration Reports across 70+ VA Enhanced Use Lease projects — tracking in-kind consideration, rental income, and fair market value against a multi-billion dollar real estate portfolio.
Scope: 70+ ProjectsType: Financial Reporting
HUD · Multifamily Insurance Operations
CEMAX Financial Calculator — Modernization & QC
Supported HUD's multifamily premium calculator modernization and delivered QC automation for complex mortgage transaction cost estimates, reducing manual review errors and improving processing speed for Section 8 and preservation transactions.
Program: HUD MultifamilyType: Financial Systems
★ Principals' BackgroundExperience our team brings to every engagement
Ginnie Mae · Office of Capital Markets via Guidehouse
Global Investor Market Analysis (GIMA) — $12.9M
Led 30+ professionals across four firms producing the Ginnie Mae Value Proposition, Global Market Analysis Reports, and foreign MBS ownership analyses. Managed investor roadshows and capital markets events. Also directed the $7.5M Global Market Data Analytics contract, leading quarterly interagency macroeconomic risk workgroups with Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FHFA.
HUD · Office of Asset Sales via NOVAD
Program Financial Advisor — $900K+/yr · 10 Years
Nearly a decade as client-facing PM responsible for valuation models, asset sales plans, bid strategy analytics, and briefings across multifamily, healthcare, and single-family portfolios. Managed a 15-person team responsible for over half of all contract deliverables.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston · Main Street Lending via Guidehouse
Program Reporting & Impact Analysis
Led reporting and impact analysis for FRBB's Main Street Lending Program. Produced real-time KPI dashboards for FRBB and Treasury covering borrower eligibility, job retention, liquidity, and market stabilization metrics using demographic, financial, and geographic data.
Practice Area 02

Real Estate Advisory

HSG has directly managed federal lease portfolios, supported public-private real estate transactions, and modernized the systems that track government real property assets. Our team has administered leases across VA, HUD, and Navy programs — bringing lease compliance expertise, database proficiency, and field inspection experience to every engagement. Our principals bring decades of combined experience across federal real estate programs at the highest levels of government and industry.

  • Federal lease contract administration
  • Lease file & database management (eCMS, G-REX, iFAMS, FMS)
  • Property inspection & compliance monitoring
  • Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) program support
  • Post-transaction monitoring & compliance reporting
  • Public-private partnership (PPV) advisory
  • Real estate valuation & financial modeling
  • Legal document drafting (Notices to Cure, Estoppel Letters)
  • SharePoint-based asset management systems
  • Annual consideration reporting & financial reconciliation
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✦ HSG Firm Experience
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · Office of Construction & Facilities Mgmt
VHA Lease Contract Administration & Management — $800K
HSG served as Real Estate SME and PM Lead managing 58 active VHA leases representing 2.5M+ sq ft. Responsibilities included database management across five VA systems (eCMS, G-REX, CAI, iFAMS, FMS), annual cost escalation reviews, legal instrument support, and an AI-enabled workflow automation system that reduced processing time by 30%.
Contract: $800KLeases: 58 Active / 2.5M SF
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · EUL Program (OAEM)
VA EUL Post-Transaction Support & SharePoint Modernization
Supported compliance monitoring and document management for 70+ VA Enhanced-Use Lease projects nationwide — migrating OAEM's SharePoint from 2010 to 2013, implementing automated compliance dashboards, and supporting Annual EUL Consideration Reports.
Projects: 70+ EUL Sites
Department of the Navy · PPV & Real Estate IDIQ
Public-Private Venture Analytical Support
HSG provided financial modeling, due diligence review, and portfolio analytics supporting the Navy's PPV and Real Estate IDIQ contract vehicle.
★ Principals' BackgroundExperience our team brings to every engagement
HUD · Office of Asset Sales — Multifamily & Healthcare Portfolios via NOVAD
Program Financial Advisor — Loan Sale Transactions · 10 Years
Led all valuation, asset sales plan, and transaction analytics for FHA's multifamily, healthcare, and single-family loan sale programs — the world's largest public loan sale programs. Responsible for investor communications, due diligence packages, and bid strategy across multiple annual auction cycles. Georgetown MSF 2021; UVA B.A. Economics.
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service · Global Operations
Minister Counselor — Multi-Country Real Property & Portfolio Oversight
Oversaw U.S. government agricultural and trade real property interests across major overseas markets including China (Beijing), EU (Brussels), Thailand (Bangkok), Pakistan (Islamabad), Nigeria (Lagos), and Algeria. Managed teams of up to 52 professionals. M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois; B.A. Carleton College.
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · EULIS SharePoint Migration
Enhanced Use Leasing Information System — SharePoint 2010 to 2013
Hired and managed a SharePoint development team to migrate EULIS. Led requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, Fab 40 template compatibility assessment, custom script delivery, and timeline-critical migration and testing with VA farm administrators.
Practice Area 03

Management Consulting

HSG delivers results-driven management consulting that spans workforce standardization, HR data modernization, organizational transformation, and expert litigation support. Our principals have led large-scale federal restructuring efforts, managed multi-agency task forces at the executive level, and provided expert witness support in landmark cases with nine-figure outcomes. We bring the same executive discipline to every engagement regardless of scale.

  • Program & project management (PMP-trained)
  • Business process reengineering (BPR)
  • Workforce standardization & HR data migration
  • Organizational design & transition management
  • Federal program administration & compliance
  • Expert witness & litigation support
  • Regulatory & economic impact analysis
  • Quality control & audit frameworks
  • Stakeholder reporting & executive briefings
  • Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
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✦ HSG Firm Experience
USDA APHIS · International Operations
Latin America Workforce Standardization & HR Modernization
HSG served as analytical, QC, and transition-management lead for a multi-year USDA APHIS initiative reclassifying hundreds of FSN positions across Mexico, Panama, Belize, and Guatemala — including system design and human resource restructuring support.
HUD · Office of Housing Counseling via NOVAD
Business Process Reengineering — $1M Engagement
Originated and secured a $1M engagement to restructure HUD's housing counseling operations. Led partner selection, team formation, and project delivery — conducting workload assessments, SOP revisions, and producing transition roadmaps supporting workforce downsizing with no mission loss.
Clark, Love & Hutson Law Firm
Expert Witness & Litigation Support — $500M Settlement
HSG provided expert witness testimony and technical brief preparation for a landmark GMO litigation case. The case concluded in an approximately $500M settlement.
★ Principals' BackgroundExperience our team brings to every engagement
South Dakota · CARES Act Statewide Relief Administration via Guidehouse
Grant Disbursement & Program Management — $7M
Led reporting and program management for South Dakota's pandemic relief administration. Supervised consultants and Salesforce developers to build an application and grant disbursement system with real-time dashboards, workflow automation, audit trails, and identity verification. Directed compliance and performance tracking for 320+ relief grant recipients.
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service · Special Assistant to the Administrator
Global Food Price Crisis Task Force Leader — 2007–2009
Led the agency-wide task force addressing the world food price crisis. Organized an interagency network of FAS program representatives, developed a strategic plan adopted by the President, Secretary of Agriculture, and NSC, and created the FAS's new agency-wide assignment system incorporating career development and transparent employee transitions. Supervised 75 staff as Deputy Administrator of Global Analysis.
Ginnie Mae · Office of Issuer & Portfolio Management via Guidehouse
Portfolio Management Program — $5M
Served as PM overseeing all deliverables for OI&PM. Directed issuer performance analysis, mortgage servicing rights risk assessments, compliance reviews, and monthly portfolio monitoring reports. Managed a 5-person team with full budget, schedule, and QA accountability.
Practice Area 04

Policy Consulting

HSG monitors, interprets, and responds to the federal policy landscape — providing clients with the intelligence and strategic framing they need to anticipate regulatory change before it disrupts their operations. Our live Federal Policy Tracker delivers real-time analysis of executive actions, rulemaking, and agency guidance. Our principals have operated at the intersection of trade policy, agricultural regulation, and federal procurement for decades, giving HSG an unusually broad policy lens.

  • Federal policy monitoring & analysis
  • Regulatory impact assessment
  • 8(a) program compliance strategy
  • Executive order impact analysis
  • Government affairs strategy
  • Policy briefings & white papers
  • International regulatory & trade analysis
  • SPS, TBT & WTO compliance analysis
  • Small business contracting strategy
  • Legislative tracking & stakeholder mapping
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✦ HSG Firm Experience
HSG · Proprietary Initiative
Federal Policy Tracker — Live Intelligence Platform
HSG's actively maintained Federal Policy Tracker monitors 38+ federal policy actions since January 2025, analyzing impact across 8(a) certifications, small business contracting, and federal procurement. Updated continuously as new executive orders and agency guidance are issued.
HSG · Advisory Engagements
8(a) Program Strategy & Compliance Advisory
HSG advises small business clients on federal procurement strategy, 8(a) compliance, contract structuring, and teaming for complex government opportunities — drawing on direct experience as a certified 8(a) firm navigating the program from the inside.
★ Principals' BackgroundExperience our team brings to every engagement
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service · EU Region
Minister Counselor — EU Trade Policy & Market Access
Principal Officer and manager of trade policy and market access coordination for the entire EU region. Supervised 7 regional offices. Direct contact with EU leaders at all levels, representing the U.S. government in key trade policy, SPS, and TBT negotiations. Led market promotion and market access activities across 27 EU member states.
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service · China (Beijing)
Minister Counselor — China Trade Policy & WTO Compliance
Established strategic planning goals and market access initiatives for the U.S. government's largest overseas agricultural market (then $20B+/year). Directed 52 professionals across five cities. Monitored Chinese WTO compliance; secured the reopening of markets for U.S. cosmetics, poultry ($1B), beef ($200M), and wheat — contributing to a 34% increase in U.S.-China agricultural trade in 2006. Published 100+ annual commodity reports.
Ginnie Mae · Global Market Analytics via Guidehouse
Interagency Macroeconomic Policy Workgroups — $7.5M
Led quarterly interagency macroeconomic risk workgroups with Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FHFA. Directed development of the Global Data Analytics Report (GDAR), biannual foreign investor strategy, and regional MBS insights using Recursion, TIC, and SIFMA data sources.
Practice Area 05

Artificial Intelligence

HSG is a fully AI-enabled advisory firm. We don't just advise on AI — we deploy it across every engagement: machine learning for risk modeling, natural language processing for regulatory document review, workflow automation for lease and grant administration, and real-time analytics dashboards for federal program management. Our clients get Big 4 analytical quality without Big 4 overhead, powered by tools that continue to improve.

  • AI-enabled workflow automation & process optimization
  • Predictive credit risk & loan portfolio modeling
  • Automated bid validation & anomaly detection
  • NLP for regulatory document review & policy analysis
  • Real-time KPI dashboards & performance intelligence
  • LLM-powered policy tracking & impact summarization
  • Geospatial analytics for real estate & asset valuation
  • Robotic process automation (RPA) for federal workflows
Discuss AI for Your Agency →
✦ HSG Firm Experience
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · Office of Real Property
AI-Enabled Lease Workflow Automation
HSG designed and implemented an AI-enabled workflow automation system that reduced average administrative processing time by more than 30% across 58 active VHA leases. Automated compliance alerts, document routing, and database reconciliation across eCMS, G-REX, CAI, iFAMS, and FMS.
South Dakota · CARES Act Administration via Guidehouse
AI-Augmented Grant Disbursement & Compliance Platform
Supervised Salesforce developers in building an application and grant disbursement system with real-time dashboards, workflow automation, audit trails, and identity verification integration — serving 320+ grant recipients statewide.
HSG · Proprietary
Federal Policy Tracker — LLM-Powered Intelligence Platform
HSG's live Federal Policy Tracker uses large language model analysis to monitor, classify, and summarize 38+ executive actions across 40+ federal agencies — providing plain-language impact assessments for small business contractors updated in real time.
★ Principals' BackgroundExperience our team brings to every engagement
Ginnie Mae · Capital Markets Analytics via Guidehouse
Data-Driven Investor Intelligence & Market Risk Modeling
Led development of data-intensive investor communications, ESG analysis, and capital markets intelligence products using Recursion, TIC, SIFMA, and proprietary econometric models. Produced real-time dashboards and KPI tracking tools for FRBB and Treasury using demographic, financial, and geographic data across 30+ professionals from four firms.
Guidehouse · Enterprise Practice
Technology-Enabled Federal Transformation — Agile/SAFe
Delivered technology-enabled transformation engagements applying Agile and SAFe frameworks, strategic alignment tools, and SDLC oversight across federal financial services clients. Deep expertise in Power BI, Tableau, Salesforce case management, SharePoint Designer, and advanced Excel modeling for government program analytics.
Selected Engagements

High-Impact Work
Across the Federal Enterprise

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FHA · Office of Asset Sales
World's Largest Public Loan Sale Program
Led program financial advisory for FHA's multifamily, healthcare, and single-family loan sale programs spanning nearly two decades of combined principal experience.
Financial AdvisoryHUD/FHALoan Sales
$4.5M Contract Value
Dept. of Veterans Affairs · Real Property
VHA Lease Administration — 58 Leases, 2.5M SF
Real estate SME and PM lead managing 58 active VHA leases across five federal databases, with AI-enabled workflow automation cutting processing time by 30%+.
Real EstateVAAI-Enabled
$800K Contract Value
Ginnie Mae · Capital Markets
Global Investor Market Analysis (GIMA)
Led 30+ professionals producing Ginnie Mae's Value Proposition, Global Market Analysis Reports, foreign MBS ownership analyses, and interagency macroeconomic workgroups with Fed, Treasury, and FHFA.
Capital MarketsGinnie MaeAnalytics
$12.9M Contract Value
Thought Leadership

Tools, Essays, and Analysis
Worth Your Time

We write about what we know and build what we need. Our thought leadership spans federal policy analysis, real estate markets, AI in government, and the broader questions of democratic governance — alongside a growing suite of practitioner tools.

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Live Tool
HSG Policy Tracker

Real-time monitoring across 40+ federal agencies. Executive orders, rulemaking, agency guidance — surfaced the moment it matters for government contractors and small businesses.

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Our Editorial Position
We Write What We Think. Our Clients Hire Us for What We Know.

HSG serves clients across the political spectrum. Our value to them is competence and honest counsel — not ideological alignment. A client's determination of our viability as a contractor should never turn on our political views.

That said, we have them. Our blog includes industry analysis, policy research, and occasionally frank political commentary — all published under our name, because intellectual honesty requires ownership.

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How a process failure in our 8(a) onboarding explains almost everything that followed — a case study in how administrative dysfunction gets laundered as enforcement action.

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