Sabelhaus & Strain, LLP, formerly Law Offices of Patrick R. Sabelhaus, is a private law practice with emphasis on housing and real property, residential development, State and Federal Tax Credit Law, partnership law and title and escrow matters started by Patrick R. Sabelhaus in 1981.

The firm represents both non-profit and for-profit developer clients with Tax Credit projects throughout California Since 1987, the first year of the Tax Credit Program, the firm has served as the attorneys of record for more than 350 Tax Credit projects consisting of more than 25,000 affordable rental housing units.

The firm has assisted in securing and/or closing construction and permanent debt and equity financing with California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California Municipal Finance Authority, Golden State Finance Authority, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Umpqua Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Pacific Western Bank, California Housing Finance Agency, California Department of Housing and Community Development, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, California Community Reinvestment Corporation, Boston Financial, WNC & Associates, The Richman Group, Redstone Capital, RBC Capital Markets, National Equity Fund, Aegon, Enterprise, R4 Capital, Raymond James and other financial and investment groups. We have also assisted in securing and closing soft, subordinate financing from local jurisdictions at the city and county level throughout California.

The firm has also worked as both consultant and borrower counsel with a variety of Federal and California State financing programs including the HOME Investments Partnerships Program, the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, the Community Development Block Grant Program, the Homekey Program, the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program, the Transit Oriented Development Program, the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program, the Multifamily Housing Program, the National Housing Trust Fund Program, the Mental Health Services Act Program, the No Place Like Home Program and the Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program among others.