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Mr. Brenner is a principal of the AHCED group of TBLF. He brings a wealth of development, business, and regulatory experience to the Firm. Prior to joining TBLF, Jason served as in-house, general, and retained counsel in complex development settings, including most recently as a member of the Senior and Executive Staff and Director of Legal Services for the Durham Housing Authority.  

Jason has represented national-level developers in regulatory and real estate matters in North Carolina, Texas, and elsewhere from project and entity inception through entitlement and regulatory negotiations, technical and engineering review, closing, and construction and post-construction counsel. He has handled all facets of affordable housing and housing authority practice and operations, ranging from fair housing through finance and procurement, complex vouchering and subsidy matters, and executive strategy and counsel. Jason also has significant experience in federal and state court litigation related to development and housing as well as diverse other areas.

Mr. Brenner brings a deeply rooted commitment to communities and the public interest. Early in his career he served in various roles with public interest firms including Legal Aid of North Carolina, Legal Services of Greater Miami, and Greater Boston Legal Services. He has maintained a steadfast commitment to pro bono work and mentoring in the public interest. For approximately fifteen years he has worked with various programs at the University of North School at Chapel Hill providing placements for law and other graduate students to explore public interest and development law and policy and was recently awarded the Pro Bono Partner of the Year through his work and mentorship at the Durham Housing Authority. Jason has also hosted and mentored law students from Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and other institutions.

Jason has served on the Legal Affairs Committee of the Housing and Development Law Institute, and as a member of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities and the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. He is certified in Housing Choice Voucher Executive Management (Nan McKay) and Public Housing Management (Nan McKay), and has trained extensively in fair housing and reasonable accommodation (Nan McKay) and procurement and contract management (Housing Authority Procurement Assistance). Jason has also served as an Officer in the Federal Bar Association of the Eastern District of North Carolina, a Member of the North Carolina Bar Association Modest Means Committee, and in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. 

Jason is admitted to practice before the First and Fourth Circuit Federal Courts of Appeal, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and in the States of North Carolina and Texas and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jason graduated from Boston College Law School and Guilford College (with highest honors).

• Boston College Law School, JD
• Guilford College, with highest honors, BA

North Carolina
Texas
Massachusetts

• 1st Circuit Court of Appeals
• 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Federal District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina

• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
• Counsel of Large Public Housing Authorities
• Housing and Development Law Institute