Areas of Expertise
Affordable Housing
- Single Family Homeownership (new construction and rehabilitation)
- Multi-Family Rental
- SRO Housing
- Emergency Housing
- Section 202 Housing
- Shared Housing
- Limited Equity Cooperative Conversions
- Transitional Housing
- Land Trusts
- Mobile Home Parks
- Tenant Management of Public Housing
- LIHPRHA
- Special Needs Housing
- Low-Income Tax Credit Projects
- Public Housing Restructuring
Economic Development
- Representation of “Affordable Lenders”
- Start-Up Businesses
- Section 3 Employment
- Business Opportunities for Lower Income Persons
- Mixed Use Developments
- Commercial Developments
- Childcare Developments
Non-Profit Expertise
- Entity Selection
- Non-profit Mergers and Acquisitions
- IRS Tax Matters for Non-Profit Organizations
- Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Project Development Assistance
- Helping non-profits to envision, structure, finance and operate a project
- Serving as in-house counsel throughout a project’s duration
- Helping to maximize resident participation in the project
Policy Analysis
- Identifying critical community development policy issues
- Crafting policy recommendations to maximize the preservation and production of affordable housing and facilitate more comprehensive community development
- Disseminating relevant policy information throughout the state
Pennsylvania Housing Law Project
- Landlord tenant law
- Foreclosures
- Fair housing
- State and federal programs
Homeownership Emergency Mortgage Assistance Project (HEMAP) Help Center
- Foreclosures
- State mortgage assistance program
Pennsylvania Utility Law Project
- Utility terminations and payment arrangements
- Utility customer service obligations
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- Landlord-Tenant related utility issues
- Universal Service Programs including CAPs (Customer Assistance Programs) and LIURP (Low-Income Usage Reduction Programs)
- Lifeline, Link-Up, and Universal Telephone Assistance Programs (UTAP)
- Weatherization
