Compliance with Purpose
Osprey Compliance Collective was created to strengthen the affordable housing industry through education, guidance, and advocacy.
Affordable housing programs are complex and highly regulated. The professionals responsible for administering them carry significant responsibility. Osprey exists to strengthen that work by providing practical guidance, deep program knowledge, and thoughtful support grounded in real-world experience.
Our Mission
Compliance protects housing stability, preserves program integrity, and safeguards the residents these programs are designed to serve.
Osprey’s mission is to make compliance clearer, more practical, and more sustainable for the organizations and professionals responsible for implementing it. The end goal is always the same: supporting the residents who rely on these programs and helping ensure that affordable housing resources remain available for the long term.
We focus on building knowledge, strengthening systems, and supporting thoughtful decision-making across programs and funding layers so that housing providers can operate with confidence and programs can continue serving communities for years to come.
Experience
Osprey draws on decades of experience across the affordable housing landscape, including:
- LIHTC
- HUD Multifamily programs
- HOME and Housing Trust Fund
- USDA Rural Development
- Fair Housing requirements
- Layered funding environments
This experience spans training, policy development, program implementation, and advisory support for housing providers, agencies, and industry leaders nationwide.
How we work
Osprey approaches compliance as both a technical discipline and a responsibility to communities.
Our work emphasizes:
- education that builds confidence
- policies and procedures that function in practice
- strategic guidance that supports long-term program stability
- advocacy that promotes clarity and consistency within the regulatory framework
We believe strong compliance systems support strong housing programs.
About the Founder – Amanda Lee Gross
Amanda lee Gross brings more than 25 years of real-world experience across the affordable housing industry.
She began her career as a site manager and advanced to the role of Compliance Director for a large, multi-state property management company. She later served in leadership roles, including Vice President positions overseeing training, compliance services, and compliance policy for a national affordable housing consulting firm. In those roles, she led large-scale training initiatives, compliance strategy, and policy development efforts serving housing professionals across the country.
Over the past 15 years, Amanda has become a nationally recognized trainer and industry leader in Fair Housing, LIHTC, Rural Development, HUD, HOME, and related compliance programs. She has conducted hundreds of trainings nationwide and provided consulting services to state housing finance agencies, public housing authorities, management companies, developers, and industry leaders.
Amanda is a featured speaker at national and regional housing events and delivers custom training for organizations that understand that strong compliance protects both residents and long-term program viability. Her consulting work includes policy and procedure development, strategic compliance planning, layered program guidance, and support in addressing audit findings.
Her areas of expertise include:
- Fair Housing and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
- USDA Rural Development Rental Housing
- HUD Multifamily Housing Programs
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program
- Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance