Washington, DC Office   direct phone: (202) 349 2450 direct fax: (202) 349 2451 E-mail	Education: Georgetown University Law Center, L.L.M.   American University, Washington College of Law, J.D.   New College of Florida, B.A.     Bar Admissions: District of Columbia bar New York bar Massachusetts bar (inactive)     Hometown: Davie, FL
vCard   Elizabeth Elia is an associate who focuses on complex affordable housing and community development financing with particular emphasis on projects combining private financing and various state and federal funding sources, such as Low-Income Housing and Historic Tax Credits, bonds, federally-insured loans, and project-based vouchers.  Elizabeth also focuses on representing non-profit and for-profit affordable housing developers in the District of Columbia with DC-specific matters including property dispositions from the DC government, Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act compliance and obtaining financing from various DC government funding sources.
Selected Recent Transactions Represented an affordable housing developer in closing on construction and permanent financing of a 160-unit historic apartment complex in DC using NIBP bonds, MMRP bonds, 4% and historic tax credits, HPTF funding and private financing Represented an affordable housing developer in negotiating several property disposition agreements and affordability covenants with the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development Represented affordable housing developer in facing NIMBY challenges in securing development approval from local government Represented non-profit organization in securing NMTC financing for rehabilitation of program space and space for a charter school Assisted housing authorities in Michigan and Maryland in creating project-based voucher programs Major Prior Work Experience Georgetown Law, Harrison Institute for Housing and Community Development, Washington, DC - Clinical Teaching Fellow, July 2008 – Summer 2010. Elizabeth supervised law students as they represented tenants associations attempting to purchase their apartment buildings using funding tools such as LIHTC, NMTC, HAP contracts, HUD mortgage insurance, HOME, CDBG, DC’s HPTF, and private sources.  She also advised clients on corporate governance issues, participated in D.C.’s affordable housing coalition dedicated to steering legislation and budget allocations in support of coalition initiatives and developed, supervised and presented seminars on a range of affordable housing development issues for a variety of audiences.  Manna, Inc., Washington, DC - Project Development, July 2006- July 2008; Intern/Staff, January 2004 – August 2004.  Elizabeth prepared project feasibility analyses, secured and administered acquisition, construction and permanent financing via federal, city, and private lenders, interpreted federal and local statutes and regulations including HOME, CDBG, URA, and DC’s TOPA, SAFI and Local Rent Supplement Program.  In addition, she strategized a year-15 exit for a LIHTC project, handled property and transfer tax planning and appeals, participated in the selection of entities and registration of condominiums and cooperative corporations, and prepared for variance hearings before the BZA. Massachusetts Probate and Family Court, Northampton, Franklin, and Springfield, Massachusetts - Law Clerk, September 2005 – July 2006. At the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court, Elizabeth researched and drafted memoranda and decisions on various family and probate law topics, particularly questions arising from Massachusetts’s then-unique, same-sex marriage law. Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider, PC, Washington, DC - Law Clerk, January 2005 – May 2005. In her capacity as Law Clerk, Elizabeth updated book chapters on FACT Act and CANSPAM Act for law firm specializing in the secondary mortgage market. American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC - Dean’s Fellow for Professor Susan Bennett, May 2003 – May 2005; Dean’s Fellow for Professor Susan Carle, May 2003 – August 2003. As a Dean’s Fellow for Professor Bennett, Elizabeth researched affordable housing and community development topics such as the Community Reinvestment Act, so-called alternative banking institutions and community development corporation management. Elizabeth assisted Professor Carle with research for her casebook on legal ethics and social justice. Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Washington, DC – Intern, June 2004 – August 2004. Over the course of her internship, Elizabeth created a comparative analysis of state Brownfield initiatives. Speaking Engagements/Publications Presenter, The Hidden Hazards of Using Real Covenants to Create Affordable Housing, Association for Law, Property and Society, annual conference spring 2010. Presenter, Making Your Bylaws Work for You, NCB Capital Impact Cooperative Summit 2008. Co-author, Long Time Coming, Shelterforce, Summer 2007.  Research Credit, Lawyers’ Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Critical Reader, Susan Carle, ed., N.Y.U Press Critical America Series 2005. Awards, Community Activities And Professional Activities Affordable Housing Finance Certificate – National  Development Council – April 2008 Member, District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA) District of Columbia Notary Public