| Published Articles: |
| The Neighborhood Stabilization Program: Land Banking and Rental Housing as Opportunities for Innovation by Laura Schwarz. Journal of Housing & Community Development (Volume 19, Number 1, Fall 2009). |
| 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: |
| [June 15] | R&C Client Alert: Recent OIG Findings with Project Based Vouchers - R&C issues a client alert discussing recent OIG findings on Project Based Vouchers as well as troubleshooting suggestions for PHAs. Please click the preceding link for a copy of the alert and see below for a copy of Sarah Molseed's memo on how to audit-proof Project Based Vouchers. |
| [June 15] | Lee Reno, Laura Schwarz and Sarah Molseed are acknowledged as contributors to Chapter 10: Housing and Urban Development of the ABA's Development in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice 2008-2009. |
| [June 8] | How to Audit Proof Project Based Vouchers - On May 7, 2010, Sarah Molseed presented a seminar entitled How to Audit Proof Project Based Vouchers at the spring conference of the Ohio Housing Authorities Conference (OHAC). Sarah's presentation focused on the recent spate of OIG audits on project based voucher (PBV) programs, and how best to structure a PBV program in order to comply with the program requirements in order to avoid common OIG findings. A memo prepared for the OHAC conference participants outlining the key PBV program requirements can be found by clicking the link above.
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| [May 14] | Nashville Office Pitches in at Rebuild Clinic for Flood Victims - Together with Woodbine Community Organization, Pinnacle Financial Partners, and others, Reno & Cavanaugh is sponsoring one of six Rebuild Clinics being held throughout Nashville to assist homeowners and tenants plan for re-building their homes damaged or destroyed by flood. Dwayne Barrett, Lillian Gilmer, David Kleinfelter and Melissa Wibbens are all volunteering at the Rebuild Clinic at the Antioch United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 22, 2010. A team of advisors will help individuals and families evaluate the resources available to them and work with them to create a personal plan for recovery and rebuilding. |
| [May 14] | We're Growing! - R&C is excited to announce the opening of our new office in Columbia, MD and the addition of four attorneys to the firm. Please click the preceding link for a copy of R&C's client alert containing details about the new office and additions to the firm. |
| [April 15] | Layafette Gardens, a public housing project under the federal HOPE VI program in Jersey City, NJ, won a 2010 Smart Growth Award for Creative Neighborhood Affordable Housing. The Jersey City Housing Authority has been an R&C client for years and the firm is excited to see this project gaining recognition. Please follow this link to the article in The Jersey City Independent for more information. |
| [March 22] | R&C is highlighted on DC Mud, a blog powered by DCRealEstate.com, for its use of green building principles in building out its DC Office. Please click here for a copy of the article. |
| [March 18] | R&C attorney Laura Schwarz's article titled "The Neighborhood Stabilization Program: Land Banking and Rental Housing as Opportunities for Innovation" is scheduled to be published in the Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law in the Spring edition. The article will be posted on our site once published. |
| [March 9] | R&C lawyers Marty Walsh and Megan Glasheen, with the able assistance of paralegal Barbara Walder, close largest mixed finance transaction in Indiana history, which included an innovative self-financed energy performance contract that will enable the Indianapolis Housing Agency to increase the energy efficiency of its developments by making needed "Green" improvements to its housing stock. For a copy of the article in the Indiana Business Journal please click here. |
| [Feb 9] | Sarah Molseed and Marty Walsh present an affordable housing development seminar at the recent conference for the Pennsylvania Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies in Harrisburg, PA on February 9, 2010. Please click here for a copy of the presentation. |
| [Jan 6] | Dwayne Barrett and Megan Glasheen present an overview of the Tax Credit Assistance Program and the Tax Credit Exchange Program at the Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials Annual Legal Conference in Richmond from December 3-4, 2009. Click here for an outline of the presentation, assembled with help from Laura Schwarz, and click here for Virginia's outline of the selection process and criteria for TCAP. |
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