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Kathie served as Senior Counsel to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the Obama Administration before joining Nixon Peabody’s Affordable Housing practice group. Through her years at HUD and in the private sector, Kathie has extensive experience navigating regulatory requirements in all types of affordable housing transactions and is one of the nation’s foremost professionals in public housing repositioning, including the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), Section 18 demolition/disposition and Section 22 conversion.
From the outside, government agencies can often feel like black boxes, where it’s unclear whom to talk to, what to do or how to even get your request heard. Because of my experience with HUD, I can help clients navigate the regulatory landscape. Together we can assess issues and think strategically about paths forward. I help resolve clients’ concerns, whether they involve interpreting and reconciling program requirements, negotiating a resolution to open investigations and enforcement actions or structuring the next opportunity.
I handle all types of affordable housing transactions. During my time at HUD, I helped develop the RAD program, harmonize LIHTC and FHA multifamily requirements, update the Section 232 health care documents and rewrite the 2530 regulations. In private practice, I have represented developers, housing authorities and public entities, syndicators and other players in LIHTC and other affordable housing transactions. I am able to advise clients on issues raised by HUD and to navigate the complex requirements of multi-layered transactions.
I am passionate about affordable housing and community development and eager to keep our industry growing and moving forward. Speaking at industry events, networking and sharing knowledge and collaborating with stakeholders ensures that we keep each other current on emerging issues and new opportunities.
Today’s shifting sands and changing realities require nimble and creative thinking. We’re seeing uncertainty in the conventional market, which makes government assistance more attractive. We continue to see expansion and growing interest in the RAD program and HUD’s repositioning tools.
Affordable Housing & Real Estate deputy practice leader and strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen of Los Angeles, partners Nate Cushman of Washington, DC and Kathie Soroka of New York City, senior counsel Steve Wallace of Washington, DC, and counsel Rebecca Simon of Washington, DC and Anthony Ruvolo of San Francisco contributed this article, which covers HUD guidance on budget-based rent adjustments for mark-to-market portfolios.
This article covers a complex financing transaction that kicked off the first phase of a planned redevelopment of a Worcester (MA) Housing Authority property. Washington, DC Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Dara Histed is quoted in the coverage for representing Trinity Financial in the transaction. The NP team representing Trinity Financial also included strategic policy advisor and AHRE deputy practice leader Deborah VanAmerongen, New York City partner Kathie Soroka, Boston counsel Karla Chaffee, Boston associate Ali Sisson, Washington, DC associate David Hornstein, and Boston paralegal Vienna Kim, all of the AHRE practice.
This article features NP for closing the nation’s first Green & Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) transaction for client Wollaston Lutheran Church’s Bauer House senior residences in Quincy, Massachusetts. Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Alex Rosso of Boston and Kathie Soroka of New York City are quoted in the coverage, discussing key details of the transaction and its impact. The NP team representing Bauer House also included AHRE senior counsel Jeff Sacks of Boston and senior paralegal Christine Brosonski of Washington, DC.
The following article highlights NP for closing the nation’s first Green & Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) transaction for client Wollaston Lutheran Church’s Bauer House senior residences in Quincy, Massachusetts. The NP team representing Bauer House in the transaction included Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Alex Rosso of Boston and Kathie Soroka of New York City, Boston senior counsel Jeff Sacks, and Washington, DC senior paralegal Christine Brosonski.
The following article highlights NP for closing the nation’s first Green & Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) transaction for client Wollaston Lutheran Church’s Bauer House senior residences in Quincy, Massachusetts. The NP team representing Bauer House in the transaction included Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Alex Rosso of Boston and Kathie Soroka of New York City, Boston senior counsel Jeff Sacks, and Washington, DC senior paralegal Christine Brosonski.
This article highlights NP for closing the nation’s first Green & Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) transaction for client Wollaston Lutheran Church’s Bauer House senior residences in Quincy, Massachusetts. Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Alex Rosso of Boston and Kathie Soroka of New York City, Boston senior counsel Jeff Sacks, and Washington, DC senior paralegal Christine Brosonski are mentioned in the article for representing Bauer House in the transaction, and Kathie is also quoted.
Washington, DC Affordable Housing & Real Estate senior counsel Steve Wallace and counsel Anthony Ruvolo contributed this article highlighting the latest guidance issued by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development on budget-based rent adjustment opportunities for Mark-to-Market portfolios as authorized in the 2023 Appropriations Act. The article is based on a client alert co-authored by Steve and Anthony as well as Strategic Policy Advisor and AHRE deputy practice leader Deborah VanAmerongen, New York City partner Kathie Soroka, and Washington, DC partner Nate Cushman and counsel Rebecca Simon, all of the AHRE practice.
This article, which covers the Virgin Islands Housing Authority and MDG Design + Construction (MDG) completing a first phase of affordable housing renovation at Walter I.M. Hodge Pavilion in St. Croix, mentions NP for serving as legal counsel to MDG. The NP team was led by New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Meghan Altidor and included AHRE deputy practice leader and strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen of Los Angeles, and New York City AHRE partner Kathie Soroka and associate Alexandra Hohauser.
This article discusses updates and revisions included in a recent notice published by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, which supplements an existing revision of a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) notice. The article was co-written by Affordable Housing & Real Estate deputy practice leader Deborah VanAmerongen of Los Angeles, New York City AHRE partner Kathie Soroka, and Washington, DC AHRE counsel Chaundi Randolph.
This article discusses updates and revisions included in a recent notice published by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, which supplements an existing revision of a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) notice. The article was co-written by Affordable Housing & Real Estate deputy practice leader Deborah VanAmerongen of Los Angeles, New York City AHRE partner Kathie Soroka, and Washington, DC AHRE counsel Chaundi Randolph.
Affordable Housing & Real Estate deputy practice leader and strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen, of the Los Angeles office, and New York City AHRE partner Kathie Soroka contributed this article discussing public housing authorities (PHAs) and developer partners increasingly seeking to redevelop properties that have already converted assistance through HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program.
This article featuring partner-level promotions in the first quarter of 2023 mentions Chicago Project Finance & Public Finance partner Julie Seymour’s appointment to NP’s Management Committee. The article also highlights members of the 2023 new partner class: Boston Intellectual Property partner Ravi Braich; Long Island Healthcare partner Jason Chimon; Washington, DC Community Development Finance partner Emily McKinney; New York City Complex Disputes partner Alper Tosun; and Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Julia Casteleiro, Ari Glatt, and Kathie Soroka of New York and Ian O’Banion from San Francisco.
This article highlighting recent legal industry moves across New York State includes the promotions of New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Julia Casteleiro, Ari Glatt, and Kathie Soroka; New York City Complex Disputes partner Alper Tosun; and Long Island Healthcare partner Jason Chimon.
This article highlighting recent personnel moves from around the affordable housing sector includes the promotions of Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Julia Casteleiro and Kathie Soroka of New York City and Ian O’Banion of San Francisco, and Community Development Finance partner Emily McKinney of Washington, DC.
This article highlighting New York City-area job changes and board appointments includes the recent promotions of New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Julia Casteleiro, Kathie Soroka, and Ari Glatt, New York City Complex Disputes partner Alper Tosun, and Long Island Healthcare partner Jason Chimon.
This article spotlights the 2023 new partner class, which includes Long Island Healthcare partner Jason Chimon; Boston Intellectual Property partner Ravi Braich; New York City Complex Disputes partner Alper Tosun; Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Julia Casteleiro, Ari Glatt, and Kathie Soroka of New York and Ian O’Banion from San Francisco; and Washington, DC Community Development Finance partner Emily McKinney. The article also quotes CEO and Managing Partner Steve Zubiago.
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Harvard Law School, J.D.
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