| Published Articles: |
| Looking for a Deal? Public Housing Has Billions to Spend by Jaime Lee. Affordable Housing Finance (March 2009). |
| Keeping Watch: Protecting Public Housing Authorities' Access to Counsel by Sarah Molseed. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (Volume 17, Number 4, Summer 2008). |
| Public Housing 101 by Jaime Lee. Journal of Housing & Community Development (Volume 65, Number 1, January/February 2008). |
| Professional liability insurance: When to get serious--Article by Casius Pealer in December issue of Architectural Record. A copy of the article is available in PDF form by clicking the title above. It is also available on the Architectural Record's website via the link that follows [Link]. |
| How HUD Can Support Its Vision of Entrepreneurship for Public Housing Authorities by Jaime Lee. Journal of Housing & Community Development (Volume 63, Number 6, November/December 2006). |
| The Use of Standby Letters of Credit in Public and Affordable Housing Projects by Casius Pealer. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (Volume 15, Number 3, Spring 2006) . |
| Continuing the Conversation with Policy Makers: A Review of the Brookings Institution Report on HOPE VI by Megan Glasheen and Casius Pealer. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (Volume 15, Number 1, Fall 2005). |
| Mixed-Finance Development: Privatizing Public Housing Through Public/Secure Development Partnerships by Megan Glasheen and Julie McGovern. Privatizing Governmental Functions (D. Ballati, Edition 2001). |
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| R&C Client Memoranda: |
| [Nov 10] | R&C issues a client alert about the Tax Credit Assistance Program. Please click the preceding link for a copy of the actual alert and click the following link for a copy of the extended analysis which explains general background on the environmental review requirements under the TCAP program, and possible environmental review streamlining when a project previously has been the subject of environmental review directly by HUD. |
| [Nov 5] | R&C issues a client alert regarding the technical correction to HUD's 2009 HOPE VI NOFA. Please click the preceding link for a copy. |
| [Sept 28] | R&C, along with CLPHA, submits detailed comments to HUD relating to proposed standards for subsidy layering reviews of proposed project based voucher (PBV) projects. The proposal would implement a new substantive set of restrictions on development and operations cost as part of HUD's mandate in HERA to delegate subsidy layering review to state housing credit agencies. Please click here for a copy.
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| [Sept 15] | R&C issues a client alert about the Buy American Act Provisions. Please click the preceding link for a copy of the actual alert and click the following link for a copy of the extended analysis of the application of these requirements to the Capital Fund Formula and competitive grants under ARRA. |
| [Sept 14] | R&C is recognized by the West Hartford Housing Authority for its work on the Alfred E. Plant Expansion and Renovation Project. Click here for a copy of the official resolution from the West Hartford Housing Authority. |
| [Sept 11] | Hannah K. V. Cassidy, R&C’s Managing Member, was recently selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 in the field of Real Estate Law. Because Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 32,000 leading attorneys cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” Hannah is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School whose practice focuses on real estate development, with particular emphasis on projects combining private financing with various state and federal funding sources, such as tax credits, bonds, tax increment financing, AHP loans, federally insured loans, and grants. Since joining R&C in January 2008, Hannah has been an incredible asset to the firm and we are delighted that she has been recognized for her accomplishments.
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| [July 22] | R&C issues a client alert on HUD's 2009 HOPE VI NOFA. Please click here for a copy of the alert and click here for a side by side analysis of the 2008 and 2009 NOFAs. |
| [July 15] | The ABA's Building Healthy Communities: A Guide to Community Economic Development for Advocates, Lawyers and Policymakers, with a chapter on Community Development Block Grants by R&C's Megan Glasheen, will be available on July 29, 2009. For more information, please click the following link to the ABA's website. |
| [May 27] | R&C Attorneys to Participate in NAHRO E-briefing on Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP2) - Successful Strategies for Winning NSP Round 2 Funding will be held at 12:00 pm (EST) on May 28, 2009. For more information on how to register, please click the preceding link. |
| [May 22] | HUD Opens Neighborhood Stabilization Program to Direct Applications by Nonprofits and other Entities - Please click the preceding link for a copy of the R&C client memorandum on the latest developments regarding NSP2. |
| [May 15] | Opportunities During Challenging Times - The Spring 2009 Meeting of the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law will be held May 20 - 22 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel In Washington, DC. It will feature a four hour program at HUD on implementation of ARRA and HERA and one and a half days on stimulus legislation, dealing with changed economic times for affordable housing, and presentations by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and HUD General Counsel Helen Kanovsky. Follow these links to the HUD Agenda and the Forum Agenda. |
| [May 12] | HUD issues NOFA for $1 billion Capital Fund Recovery Competition. R&C has prepared a detailed analysis of the NOFA, which is supported by a chart enabling you to see key deadlines and thresholds at a glance, and a client alert identifying the most critical issues. |
| [May 7] | Presentation by Julie McGovern on the Use of Capital Funds in ARRA, presented at the spring meeting of the Housing and Development Law Institute in DC. Three hours after the presentation, HUD issued the NOFA to allocate the $1B in Competitive Capital Funds under ARRA. |
| [May 1] | Melissa Worden and Jaime Lee received accolades from the Board of Directors and staff of the Detroit Housing Commission for the training they conducted on March 24, 2009 for Michigan PHAs regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. For a copy of the letter from the Detroit Housing Commision please click here. |
| [April 20] | Jaime Lee is quoted today in the Daily Reporter's article "Federal delays threaten housing projects" by Sean Ryan. The article also posts a link to the letter R&C sent to HUD last week regarding the use of stimulus funds. Please click here for a copy of the article. |
| [April 14] | Latest Developments in Stimulus Funding - Please click the preceding link for a copy of the R&C client memorandum on the latest developments in stimulus funding. For a copy of the letter sent by Jaime Lee to HUD's Office of Public Housing Investments on the same topic please click here. |
| [March 24] | Melissa Worden and Jaime Lee traveled to Detroit, MI to assist the Detroit Housing Commission in training over 15 housing authorities on how to use their stimulus funds and comply with the latest HUD guidance. Click here for a summary of the training. |
| [March 11] | Putting Stimulus Funds To Work - Please click the prededing link for a copy of the R&C client memorandum on working with funds from the Stimulus package. For more information on the Stimulus, please click the following links for excerpts from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference. |
| [Feb 13] | Joint Stimulus Proposal Boosts Affordable Housing - Please click the preceding link for a copy of the R&C client memorandum on the Joint Stimulus package. |
| [Feb 10] | Senate Stimulus Bill Retains Capital Funds, Reduces Other Affordable Housing Support - Please click the preceding link for a copy of the R&C client memorandum on the Senate's version of the bill. |
| [Jan 29] | House Stimulus Bill Increases Funds for Affordable Housing And Supports Development Deals - Please click the preceding link for a copy of the R&C client memorandum on the House's version of the bill. |
| [Jan 16] | After relocating in mid-January 2009, R&C donated its old office furnishings to the several DC area non-profits including Keys for the Homeless Foundation, Inc. , New York Avenue Housing Assistance Center, St. Elizabeth's Hospital Office of Rehabilitation Services, and SOME (So Others Might Eat) Anna Cooper Affordable Housing Program. |
| [Jan 5] | R&C Firm News 2009 - R&C celebrates the addition of three new partners and a new DC location. Please click the preceding link for a full copy of memo. |
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