Janet Stearns

Janet is responsible for leading the real estate team at Project HOME. Real estate development and asset management at Project HOME are shaped by our mission and projects range from building an ongoing pipeline of new supportive housing developments financed under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program to a new wellness center financed under the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program, as well as the preservation of the existing affordable housing in our portfolio and ongoing major capital projects to improve existing properties.

Janet has almost 30 years of experience in working on affordable housing and real estate development-related projects and issues. As a lawyer, her practice focused on housing and related permitting and financing matters, which over time led her to concentrate her professional and volunteer efforts increasingly to serve nonprofits and to focus on ending homelessness.

In addition to her JD, she has an M.S. in Public Policy and Public Administration. Janet practiced law in Boston and was a principal in a housing consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, before entering the nonprofit sector as in-house counsel and director of real estate for an organization in the Boston area. Janet moved with her family to the Philadelphia area in 2011 and is grateful to be a part of the Project HOME community.