Affordable Housing
Affordable housing attorneys with decades of industry and government experience.
Cassin’s affordable housing team—consisting of industry leaders and former government attorneys, as well as other seasoned veterans—routinely steers clients through the complex legal issues surrounding affordable housing transactions. Our attorneys have experience with all significant federal, state and local housing and community development programs throughout the country.
Further, given our firm’s extensive agency lending practice, we have a deep understanding of multifamily affordable housing loans originated under the Freddie Mac Targeted Affordable Housing (TAH) and Fannie Mae Multifamily Affordable Housing (MAH) platforms. Because of our specialization and focus, our team has earned a reputation as an industry leader in navigating the many facets of affordable housing financing throughout the country. As a result, our attorneys are regularly invited to speak at affordable housing forums and work on innovative projects within the field.
With our firm’s deep roots within New York, we have cultivated relationships with local, city and state agencies including, but not limited to, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (NYC HPD), the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), New York State Housing Finance Agency (HFA) and New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (NYSHCR). These relationships, coupled with our vast experience and knowledge base, have set us apart from other firms and make us invaluable counselors to our clients.
We represent:
- Lenders
- Developers
- Property owners
- Equity investors
- Government-sponsored enterprises
- Public housing authorities
Our team provides counsel on:
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), Historic Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits
- Tax-exempt bond financing
- Section 8 housing assistance payments contracts
- Green financing initiatives
- State and local tax exemptions, 421-a, 485-x, J-51 and J-51R tax abatement and payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs
- Seniors’ housing
- Inclusionary housing
- A variety of other state and federal affordable housing and community development programs
PRACTICE CHAIRS
Evan E. Blau
Partner
- New York, NY
- 212.798.0121
- eblau@cassinllp.com
Andrew L. Rosenberg
Partner
- New York, NY
- 212.798.0209
- arosenberg@cassinllp.com