Are you the CEO of an affordable housing provider who thinks a credit rating score is a hurdle to be addressed tomorrow? Think again.
Valerie White – a former Standard & Poor’s Rating Services managing director who helped develop credit score methodologies for analyzing affordable housing organizations and who is now principal of Valerie D White LLC, a New York City-based international consulting firm – tells Strength Matters that among alternative and social impact investors, a credit rating score is increasingly seen as fundamental to building new partnerships.