Multifamily Housing
As demand for multifamily housing projects and mixed-use developments continues to grow across the United States, securing experienced legal counsel to manage risks and help maximize revenues is critical for your success. At Holland & Knight, our Real Estate Law Team has the broad experience and know-how to support all your multifamily housing concerns.
Offering a Full Scope of Services
Whether you are an owner, operator or manager of apartments, or a developer, owner or association of condominiums, the housing law practice at Holland & Knight is committed to your success. Our comprehensive approach covers a wide range of services:
- apartment law services include: spearheading the acquisition, disposition and financing of individual properties and portfolios of apartments; managing design and property operations issues; developing revenue enhancement opportunities; and managing fair housing compliance matters.
- condominium law services include: preparation of declarations, bylaws , registrations, public offering statements and sales contracts; negotiation of documents and processing plats and plans with governmental agencies; participating in the organization of condominium associations; and representing developers in litigation.
Crafting Revenue Enhancement Opportunities
Today more than ever, multifamily housing developers, owners and management companies are faced with multiple opportunities to increase property revenues. Our team of dedicated multifamily housing attorneys works with you to manage and build earnings. We offer guidance on supplemental income opportunities such as building and operating – or partnering with suppliers for – in-demand telecommunications and cable services. And we assist in the development of “standard contracts” or “master” contract terms for vendor agreements that help control operating costs.
Minimizing Risk Through Compliance
Solid counsel on policies and compliance issues surrounding fair housing law, accessible design, and other regulations and licensing allows multifamily housing owners and operators to protect their assets. Our attorneys offer:
- support for compliance with the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and state and local fair housing laws
- representation before federal, state and local administrative agencies, and federal and state courts on complex fair housing and disability claims
- guidance on state licensing and regulatory compliance issues, as well as assistance in responding to related state investigations
- counsel on lead-based paint liability issues including potential liability of third parties and current regulatory requirements under EPA and HUD rules
Providing Comprehensive Industry Experience
We draw from a broad base of industry knowledge to respond to your multifamily housing matters. Our team has extensive experience in all phases of domestic and international construction and design projects. Additionally, we understand and have experience in development of affordable multifamily housing.