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Affordable Housing and Community Development

Representation of All Facets of the Industry

Our Affordable Housing and Community Development Team has the transactional, regulatory and policy experience and relationships to handle all of your business and legal needs in this complex area. Our lawyers have been involved with all significant federal, state and local housing and community development programs over the last 35 years. We understand deals from every angle because our team regularly represents for-profit and nonprofit developers and owners, investors, lenders, underwriters, housing authorities and housing finance agencies in all types of projects.

Comprehensive Experience Across All Programs

Our experience includes:

      • HUD/FHA multifamily loan programs
      • HUD’s Section 8 and Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance programs
      • public Housing, including redevelopment of public housing under HUD’s HOPE VI and Mixed Finance Programs
      • Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits and New Market Tax Credits
      • tax-exempt bond financing for housing and community development
      • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily loan and investment programs
      • community and economic development programs, including HUD's Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Section 108 and Economic Development Initiative programs, as well as Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
      • administrative, civil and criminal investigations and actions by HUD, the Justice Department and other government agencies
      • compliance programs, investigations and litigation associated with accessibility issues under the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and state and local fair housing laws.

Seasoned Counsel With A Comprehensive Approach

Our lawyers are regularly invited to speak and write on housing and community development programs. Reflecting the complicated and interconnected nature of many of these projects, our team of experienced real estate, tax, syndication, land use, public finance and public policy attorneys who have years of hands-on experience regularly work together to deliver an integrated approach to client needs.