Case Study: Austin Housing Conservancy achieves greater transparency and stronger investor communications with Backstop Solutions

Using Backstop to Manage a Hybrid Real Estate Investment Approach

The Austin Housing Conservancy, a first-of-its-kind social impact, open‑ended private equity fund launched by Affordable Central Texas, needed to demonstrate investment-management competency and full transparency to attract philanthropic and mission‑driven investors while preserving middle‑income housing in Austin. To manage investor communications, capital raises and fund-level services, the Conservancy selected Backstop Solutions and adopted Backstop’s cloud-based platform (including its Portal and Investor Relations tools).

Backstop Solutions delivered a centralized system and strong customer support that replaced disparate spreadsheets, tracked the investor lifecycle from prospect to close to stewardship, and automatically cataloged investor communications. The result was better supervision of investments, stronger and faster investor communications, greater transparency and operational efficiencies—outcomes Austin Housing Conservancy attributes directly to using Backstop Solutions.

Austin Housing Conservancy

Amy Barbee

Vice President