Insights from the InterFace Texas Workforce & Affordable Housing Conference The demand for affordable housing in Texas continues to rise as workforce challenges and economic shifts impact communities across the state. To address these pressing issues, the InterFace Texas Workforce & Affordable Housing Conference is bringing together industry leaders, legal experts, and housing authorities for a discussion on the future …
Identified as North Carolina’s largest minority-owned law firm, The Banks Law Firm has shown an unprecedented commitment to creating a positive impact on the community.
The Banks Law Firm principal, Antoinette M. “Toni” Jackson, had a virtual conversation with author, Richard Rothstein as they discussed issues of race and housing.
The Banks Law Firm has relocated to accommodate increased demand for its services. Founded in 1994 in downtown Durham, the Firm has also established offices in Atlanta and Houston.
A public housing agency (“PHA”) is obligated to protect residents from the dangers of illegal drugs. Federal law requires PHAs to include lease provisions that grant them power to evict tenants who sell or use such drugs on or off premises
It could become more difficult for PHAs to provide safe communities if the N.C. Supreme Court affirms East Regional Housing Authority vs. Lofton where the N.C. Court of Appeals held that a PHA cannot evict a tenant who claims no knowledge of the criminal misconduct occurring in the tenant’s apartment by her guest if the result of the eviction would be “unconscionable”.
On Thursday, February 12, 2015, the TJSL Community Economic Development Clinic, Career Services, and the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law sponsored “Careers in Affordable Housing and Community Development Law.”
In a case of first impression, the North Carolina Court of Appeals in In re Blue Ridge Housing of Bakersville LLC[i] upheld a North Carolina Tax Commission decision that Cane Creek Village, a low-income housing development created with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC), was tax exempt under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-278.6(a)(8).