Affordable housing and community economic development law is a multi-disciplinary legal specialty. It combines the skills of an attorney experienced in municipal law, business, tax, real estate, and non-profit organization law in addressing the following topics: public housing, municipal lending, multifamily housing bonds, the HOME program, community development block grants, the affordable housing program and the community investment program of the Federal Home Loan Bank, community housing development organizations, enterprise zones and empowerment communities, low income housing tax credits, new markets tax credits, rehabilitation tax credits, historic preservation tax credits, real estate financing, residential and commercial real estate, zoning and redevelopment plans, non-profit organizations, for profit corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, real property tax exemptions, the Community Reinvestment Act, and community development banks.
