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Introduction
James Allen is an associate in Nixon Peabody’s Affordable Housing and Real Estate group. He represents nonprofit and for-profit developers, owners, landlords, buyers, and sellers in sophisticated, affordable real estate transactions.
My focus
I focus my practice on affordable housing transactions and represent clients in connection with affordable real estate matters. My experience includes reviewing and analyzing keystone affordable housing real estate and regulatory transaction documents. I am also attuned to important changes to federal, state, and local legislation that may impact and hopefully expand affordable and supportive housing at each level. Inclusionary, livable, and sustainable communities are a priority for me, and I have committed my career to devising real estate transactions in a manner that allows us to maintain and create diverse communities and truly affordable housing options.
Representative experience
- “The Color of Algorithms: An Analysis and Proposed Research Agenda for Deterring Algorithmic Redlining,” 46 Fordham Urb. L.J. 219 (2019)
- “Disrupting Affordable Housing: Regulating AirBnB and Other Short-Term Rental Housing in New York City,” 26 J. Affordable Housing & Cmty. Dev. L. 151 (2017)
Looking ahead
As the demand for affordable multifamily housing continues to grow, developers and owners of multifamily housing are confronted with the challenges of finding new, creative ways to leverage public and private resources. I am thinking about how to best utilize public and private resources to develop and preserve affordable housing.
I am also interested in how innovative technology can help lower the costs of affordable housing development and real estate transactions. The last few years have seen incredible leaps in both real estate and legal technology, which, I expect, will help streamline affordable housing development and transactions.
In the news
- CoStar News
Nuveen to buy 12,000-plus apartments in major affordable housing bet
May 11, 2023This article mentions NP for serving as regulatory counsel in Nuveen’s acquisition of a 12,000-unit affordable housing portfolio from Omni Holding Co. The NP deal team was led by New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Joe Lynch and included Affordable Housing & Real Estate deputy practice leader and strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen; Boston partner Julie Stande; Washington, DC counsel Patrice Harris; associates James Allen and Avery Ryou of New York City, David Hornstein of Washington, DC, and Ali Sisson of Boston; New York City paralegal Brian Murphy; and New York City affordable housing specialist Antonik Kristofer, all of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate practice.
- Affordable Housing Finance
Nuveen acquires Omni Holding’s affordable housing portfolio
May 10, 2023The following articles mention NP for serving as regulatory counsel in Nuveen’s acquisition of a 12,000-unit affordable housing portfolio from Omni Holding Co. The NP deal team was led by New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Joe Lynch and included Affordable Housing & Real Estate deputy practice leader and strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen; Boston partner Julie Stande; Washington, DC counsel Patrice Harris; associates James Allen and Avery Ryou of New York City, David Hornstein of Washington, DC, and Ali Sisson of Boston; New York City paralegal Brian Murphy, and New York City affordable housing specialist Antonik Kristofer, all of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate practice.
- Multi-Housing News
Nuveen buys 12,000-unit affordable portfolio
May 10, 2023The following articles mention NP for serving as regulatory counsel in Nuveen’s acquisition of a 12,000-unit affordable housing portfolio from Omni Holding Co. The NP deal team was led by New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Joe Lynch and included Affordable Housing & Real Estate deputy practice leader and strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen; Boston partner Julie Stande; Washington, DC counsel Patrice Harris; associates James Allen and Avery Ryou of New York City, David Hornstein of Washington, DC, and Ali Sisson of Boston; New York City paralegal Brian Murphy, and New York City affordable housing specialist Antonik Kristofer, all of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate practice.
- New York YIMBY
$30 million acquisition of the Johanna Apartments preserves affordable housing Harlem, Manhattan
This article covers Camber Property Group&rsquos latest acquisition of an affordable housing apartment in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. The deal will extend affordability protections for the maximum 40-year term through a new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development contract and an agreement with the City of New York. NP is mentioned for the work by New York City partner Aaron Yowell, strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen, and associate James Allen, and Boston counsel Alexander Rosso, all in the Affordable Housing & Real Estate group, for advising Camber Property.Aug 4, 2021
Admitted to practice
New York
Education
Brooklyn Law School, J.D.
Howard University, B.A., cum laude
Professional activities
- Member, Board of the Rising Leaders Network of the New York Housing Conference
- Board of Advisors, Kallion Leadership, Inc.
Recognition
- Selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2024 in the field of Real Estate Law
Insights And Happenings
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Professionals in the Practice Area
View AllDeborah VanAmerongen
Strategic Policy Advisor / Deputy Practice Group Leader, Affordable Housing & Real Estate- New York
- Office:+1 212.940.3054
- dvanamerongen@nixonpeabody.com
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Aaron J. Yowell
Partner
Chief Innovation Officer- New York
- Office:+1 212.940.3161
- ayowell@nixonpeabody.com
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