Finance

Financing Workforce Housing: A Stable and Value-Add Investment

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which operate under the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Duty to Serve Plan, have made financing workforce housing a central component of creating more equitable and sustainable access to quality rental housing. With a wide range of programs and incentives now available, investors have been increasingly securing stable and valuable opportunities, which can also improve the lives of cost-burdened middle-income professionals.

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Arbor Pitches Its Support to Charity Golf Outing on Long Island

Arbor takes pride in empowering employees to reach their full potential, helping to strengthen our clients and communities. With that aim, our company supported the Fifth Annual Smile Farms Invitational golf outing in Jericho, NY, on September 16, benefiting the Long Island-based non-profit dedicated to advancing opportunities for people with disabilities.

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Government Shutdown: What Multifamily Borrowers Need to Know

Unless an 11th-hour agreement is reached, a political impasse over budget legislation for the next fiscal year will trigger a federal government shutdown. Starting October 1, 2025, many non-essential federal government operations could potentially be limited or suspended, but most multifamily financing activities will not be disrupted.

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Arbor Private Construction (APC) Meets Soaring Demand for Financing

Arbor Private Construction (APC), Arbor’s newest non-agency financing product, has seen robust demand during the first half of 2025, with high-profile transactions closed in strong markets like Surfside, FL, and Philadelphia, PA. Designed for shovel-ready projects, APC is a dynamic program expanding premium rental housing options in primary markets.

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Jean-Laurent Pouliot

Managing Director, Senior Production Officer
Jean-Laurent Pouliot

Jean-Laurent Pouliot is responsible for developing and managing all of Arbor’s agency lending platforms and works closely with the Sales team to optimize performance and solutions.

Prior to joining Arbor, Mr. Pouliot served as Production Manager, Northeast, for Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Division. During his tenure, he managed the accounts and relationships of major national seller servicers for all multifamily real estate deals in the Northeastern United States. His other responsibilities included training, managing, and overseeing real estate analysts and junior producers, selling and generating financing structures across a variety of proprietary loan products, and executing the modeling, pricing, and sizing of multifamily real estate loan transactions.

Mr. Pouliot holds a Juris Doctor from Chapman University (Fowler) School of Law, a Master of Business Administration from Argyros School of Business and Economics, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

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