Affordable Housing

No other law firm is better positioned than Nixon Peabody to move affordable housing transactions forward. The firm has been involved with every major federal affordable housing initiative in the last thirty years, and our attorneys include many of the field’s leading practitioners. Our comprehensive understanding of the issues and our close collaboration with the firm’s Syndication and Real Estate groups enable us to provide astute legal counsel in all areas related to federally assisted housing.

Our clients include:

  • Developers of government-financed and assisted multifamily housing projects
  • Local housing authorities
  • State housing finance agencies
  • Management agents
  • Financiers and equity syndicators of these projects
  • Other public bodies

We also represent national housing organizations on Capitol Hill and before relevant governmental departments. Helping clients understand their options, succeed with regulators, and close deals is our widely recognized strength.

Members of our group counsel clients in the following areas:

  • Section 8 contract expiration, renewal, and opt-out
  • Mortgage restructuring
  • Prepayment and preservations/Section 236 decoupling
  • Affordable seniors housing/202 prepayments
  • Public housing privatization
  • HUD regulatory compliance
  • Rural Housing Service programs
  • Defaults, foreclosures, and property disposition
  • HUD-insured multifamily finance
  • Housing litigation and enforcement
  • Affordable housing bond issuances
  • Compliance with antidiscrimination laws
  • HOME and CDBG program
  • Congressional representation
  • State law issues

IPED Conferences and Seminars

Please also visit the Institute for Professional and Executive Development (IPED) for conference and seminar offerings.

Institute for Responsible Housing Preservation

Please visit the website for the Institute for Responsible Housing Preservation for more information on affordable housing.

Contact

Stephen J. Wallace, Partner
Affordable Housing Practice Group Leader
202-585-8714
swallace@nixonpeabody.com
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