Mr. Abdul-Malik joined The NHP Foundation (NHPF) in 2012 soon after receiving his Master of Science in Commercial Real Estate Development from the University of Maryland, College Park. In his role as Senior Vice President, he is responsible for the full scope of affordable housing development, including site feasibility, due diligence review, developing and managing capital and operating budgets, raising public and private debt and equity, and overseeing teams of design, engineering, and construction professionals. He is knowledgeable in complex financing and ownership structures with both new construction and acquisition/rehabilitations using sources of funds that include 4% and 9% LIHTC, tax-exempt bonds, state/city soft money, conventional debt and affordable housing grants (i.e. FHLB).
His experience also includes solar financing and structuring, extensive work with housing authorities via the RAD program, Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) acquisition and redevelopments in the District of Columbia with tenant groups, and large-scale urban scattered site redevelopment. Mr. Abdul-Malik is also an integral part of the acquisitions team. He provides valuable experience and expertise when responding city, state and housing authority issued RFPs, assessment of new acquisitions in the Maryland/District of Columbia corridor and offering his specific local expertise of Baltimore City which led to NHPF being selected as the master developer for a neighborhood redevelopment of 17-acres in Baltimore City, MD.
Aside from his professional experience, Mr. Abdul-Malik donates his time as a mentor to several college students and budding professionals as well as being an active contributor to the Urban Land Institutes Urban Plan Program which teaches basic concepts of real estate development to high school and college students, and local government officials. He also sits on the Montgomery County Planning Department’s Art Review Committee, Casey Trees board of directors, and Baltimore City’s Police Accountability Review Board. Lastly, he is a volunteer youth football coach for the Pikesville Wildcats in Pikesville, MD and a volunteer youth basketball coach for the Old Court Recreation Center in Old Court, MD.