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Client Spotlight: Related Northwest Closes Financing for Construction of Affordable Housing Project in Portland
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Developing affordable housing takes vision, dedication, money and expertise. Our Affordable Housing team combines deep technical knowledge of housing programs with real life experience in development and finance to deliver creative and practical solutions to tax and regulatory roadblocks. We represent owners, developers, and lenders—for-profit, nonprofit, public, tribal, and housing authorities—in the development and financing of a wide variety of affordable housing, multi-family housing, and community development projects. Our team’s extensive experience in the areas of real estate, tax, corporate, finance, land use, and construction helps facilitate projects across the country.
Technical Experience
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)
- Historic Tax Credits (HTC)
- Tax-exempt bond financing
- HUD/FHA multi-family finance programs
- Streamlined Voluntary Conversion (SVC) of public housing
- Community development programs, including CDBG and HOME
- Mixed finance
- State and local affordable housing incentives
- Section 8 contracts and vouchers
- NAHASDA
- Community Land Trusts (CLT)
- Prevailing Wage Rates
Project Experience
- New construction and acquisition-rehabilitation projects
- Mixed-use projects
- Senior housing projects
- Community facility projects
- Portfolio sales and acquisitions
- Year 15 re-syndications
- Supportive services
- Partnership interest acquisitions and dispositions
- Fair housing and accessibility claims
- Workouts, foreclosure, and restructuring
- Landlord/tenant issues
- Dispute resolution