Hiraeth
Welsh/noun/(Hee-rye-th): an expression of deep longing for a person or thing which is absent or lost; yearning; nostalgia; specifically a type of homesickness.
What Is Hiraeth?
Hiraeth Community Advisors (HCA) is fundamentally a PROBLEM SOLVER advancing affordable housing, one conversation at a time. HCA provides community real estate strategy and advisory services to governments, developers, policymakers, and individuals who want to create high-quality housing that is affordable, and effective and durable public policy that addresses the needs of the community.
Brett Pelletier, managing director of HCA, has two decades of experience providing world-class real estate and economic analysis and strategy to governments, private investment firms, developers, non-profits, and families across the United States and abroad. Brett is a collaborative and cooperative strategic leader with a record of success in domestic and international real estate delivery, analysis, preservation, and financing strategy.
HCA serves as a trusted advisor and thoughtful partner providing confidential expert advice within highly competitive markets. HCA champions value creation in underserved communities and delivers transformative solutions with excellence, compassion, and integrity.
What We Do
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Economic Analysis
Real estate is fundamentally about good decision making. Hiraeth Community Advisors provides financial and economic analysis to governments, private investment firms, developers, non-profits, and families that serves as the basis for informed decision-making. We’ll help you make your best decision.

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Strategic Problem Solving
Real Estate problem solving that has real impact requires thoughtful due diligence and experience. Hiraeth Community Advisors provides sophisticated, actionable advisory services to a variety of market participants. If you want to solve some of the hardest housing problems in the country, HCA can help.

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Public Policy
Public policy is only as good as the outcome it provides. Hiraeth Community Advisors provides policy guidance, policy creation, and actual implementation to governments for affordable housing, land use and zoning, financing, and taxation. If you want your public policy to do what it was meant to, we can help.
