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Jeffrey W. Sacks

Partner
Boston
Phone: 617-345-1056
Fax: 866-439-3852
Email jsacks@nixonpeabody.com
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Services

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D.
  • Brown University, B.A.

Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Recognition

Mr. Sacks has been recognized as a “New England Super Lawyer” in Real Estate based on a peer-review survey by Boston Magazine (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2012). Additionally, Mr. Sacks was recognized as a “2013 Best Lawyer,” a peer-review survey by The Best Lawyers in America.

  

JEFFREY W. SACKS

Jeffrey W. Sacks has extensive experience in the representation of for-profit and nonprofit organizations, government agencies, lenders, and investors in the development and financing of affordable housing and assisted living facilities. He assists clients with all facets of the complex development and financing issues arising out of the creation of low-income and special needs housing.  Many of these projects include joint ventures among nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, and for-profit developers. He has also represented many sponsors in economic development activities utilizing New Markets Tax Credits.

In 2012, Mr. Sacks was appointed to serve as a member of the State’s Commission on Housing Authority Governance Reform by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

Affiliations

Mr. Sacks has served as a commissioner of the Newton Housing Authority since 1992. He serves as a director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly, and the Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness. Mr. Sacks is also a director of the statewide Massachusetts Community Preservation Coalition.

Thought Leadership/Alerts

Press

Boston Development Receives $20.5M in First-Ever Choice Neighborhood Grants
September 13, 2011

New Housing Project Set to Break Ground in Boston; Nixon Peabody Advises Rogerson Communities on 70+ Unit Development
August 1, 2011

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Media Clips

    • Amid Gentrification, Affordable Units in Chinatown
      Boston Globe | January 23, 2013

      As the redevelopment of the Hong Lok House, a Boston affordable housing project, progresses, Boston Affordable Housing partner Jeff Sacks discusses the complexities of the financing.

    • Gov. Patrick Proposes Reform to Public Housing Authorities
      WBZ-TV (Boston) | January 10, 2013

      This broadcast TV segment notes Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's plans to announce legislation that would radically consolidate oversight and management of the state’s public housing stock into regional entities. Boston Affordable Housing partner Jeff Sacks, a commissioner on the Newton Housing Authority, speaks at the governor’s press conference and is quoted in the accompanying story.

    • A Place to Retire in Chinatown
      Boston Globe | August 4, 2011

      This feature article highlights the groundbreaking on the Hong Lok House redevelopment in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood and notes that it kickstarts long-stalled plans to address a shortage of affordable housing for elderly. Boston Affordable Housing partner Jeff Sacks, who led a cross-practice team of attorneys on this project, is quoted in the piece.

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