Legal Perspectives in Advancing Affordable Housing Production and Preservation
Mon May 12
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time
Category
Housing/Residential
Law firms play a crucial role in the production and preservation of affordable housing by structuring deals, securing financing, and navigating complex policy regulations. Yet, their insights are often overlooked. This panel will feature real estate attorneys driving change for their affordable housing development partners. During this panel discussion, speakers will explore legal reforms facilitating innovative financing, new development, and rehabilitation projects. Attendees will gain insights into how these changes can streamline processes, eliminate barriers, and foster innovative partnerships. Whether you're a developer, advocate, or policymaker, this session will provide essential knowledge to navigate the evolving legal framework and enhance your affordable housing initiatives.
Speakers
Moderator
Moderator
Vice President, Terwilliger Center for Housing Urban Land Institute
Rosemarie Hepner serves as Vice President of the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing. In this role, Rosie oversees the Center's wide-ranging activities, including its technical assistance engagements, research and publications, housing awards program, and annual housing conference. Before joining ULI in 2017, she worked for two international development nonprofits, most recently as the International Capital Markets Specialist at Habitat for Humanity International. In that role,…
Panelist
Panelist
Senior Attorney Institute for Justice
Ari Bargil is a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice. He joined IJ's Florida Office in September of 2012, and litigates constitutional cases protecting economic liberty, property rights, school choice, and free speech in both federal and state courts. Ari is co-lead of IJ's Zoning Justice Project, a campaign to protect and promote the freedom to peacefully and productively use property. As part of…
Panelist
Panelist
Partner, Real Estate Practice Group Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP
Althea Broughton is a partner in Arnall Golden Gregory's Real Estate Practice. Ms. Broughton represents developers, government agencies and tax credit investors in affordable and workforce housing transactions, mixed-use and urban redevelopment transactions, transactions and conventional real estate transactions. Through her work, Ms. Broughton has played a critical role in the creation or preservation of tens of thousands of units of affordable and workforce housing.…
Panelist
Panelist
Associate Robinson & Cole LLP
Sulma Khalid is a mission-driven attorney with a specialized focus on affordable housing development and finance transactions.
Previously, she served as Assistant General Counsel for the DC Department of Housing and Community Development, where she supported the agency’s goal of creating and preserving affordable housing for DC residents. In this role, she contributed to affordable housing policy initiatives and represented the District as a…
Panelist
Panelist
Winstead
Jeff Nydegger is a shareholder in Winstead's real estate development group. Jeff represents both public and private sector clients in public development and public-private partnership (P3) transactions. Jeff works with developers and public entities to deliver critical public infrastructure, with a specialty in social infrastructure projects, including courthouses, city halls and public facilities, arenas, convention and conference centers, hotels, student housing, and cultural facilities. Jeff's…