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LAW ALERT – HUD Updates RAD Program Rules
On June 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development updated and clarified the rules governing the Rental Assistance Demonstration ("RAD") program. Click here for more information.
LAW ALERT – California Supreme Court Gives The Green Light to Affordable Housing Ordinances
The California Supreme Court on June 15, 2015, in California Building Industry Ass’n (“BIA”) v. City of San Jose, held that local ordinances requiring a proportion of new housing to be affordable...
LAW ALERT – Treasury Announces New Markets Tax Credit Allocation Awards
On June 15, 2015, the United States Department of Treasury ("Treasury") announced the awardees of New Markets Tax Credits ("NMTC") for the 2014 NMTC round. The Treasury awarded a total of $3.5...
Groundbreaking! Grand Tour! Architect’s Tour! Three Oakland Housing Authority Projects Featured as Part of Affordable Housing Week.
Lakeside Senior Housing, a 92-unit affordable senior housing development just off Lake Merritt in Oakland developed by Satellite Affordable Housing Associates, AveVista, a 68-unit affordable project...
LAW ALERT – It’s Not Unusual: Supreme Court Defines CEQA’s “Unusual Circumstances” Exception to Categorical Exemptions
On March 2, 2015, in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley, the California Supreme Court held that the potential to cause a significant environmental effect was not an "unusual...
Joshua Mason Joins G&L
Goldfarb & Lipman is pleased to welcome Josh Mason. He joins us from HUD, where he served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of General Counsel. Josh is based in G&L’s Los Angeles...
LAW ALERT – 2015 Goldfarb & Lipman Annual Legislative Update
The 2015 Goldfarb & Lipman Annual Legislative Update provides a summary of recently enacted legislation that will impact areas of concern to our clients, including: real estate transactions,...
LAW ALERT – Extension of The New Markets Tax Credit Program – 12-22-14
On December 19, President Obama signed into law H.R. 5571, which provides for the one-year extension of a number of different federal tax programs, including the New Markets Tax Credit ("NMTC")...
LAW ALERT – Don’t Forget – Housing Successor Reports Due – 12-11-14
Although redevelopment agencies have been dissolved, obligations to report on housing activities by housing successors continue. Housing successors (those entities that assumed the housing assets...
Lion Creek Crossings Phase V Grand Opening
10/28/2014The Lion Creek Crossings Phase V Grand Opening October 28, 2014—Noon to 1:30 p.m. 6710 Lion Way, Oakland, CA Lion Creek Phase V is a 128-unit senior tax credit project that is a...
LAW ALERT – New Law Requires Employers to Provide Workforce Bullying Training
Under a new law signed by Governor Brown last month, employers with 50 or more employees will have to provide workforce bullying training to their supervisory employees starting on January 1, 2015....
LAW ALERT – California Bans Pilot (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) Agreements
On September 29, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 1203 and AB 1760, effective January 1, 2015, which ban payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreements between local governments and owners...
Barbara Kautz and Rafael Yaquian Presenting at American Planners Association 2014 Annual Conference
09/14/2014Please join Barbara Kautz and Rafael Yaquian on September 14, 2014 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim for a panel discussion on legal restraints and the techniques that cities and counties can use...
Lynn Hutchins Moderating a Panel on the New Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program at California Housing Consortium Conference
09/03/2014Join Lynn Hutchins on September 3 at the California Housing Consortium Conference for a discussion on the new Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.
LAW ALERT – Money, Money, Money: New State Funding for Affordable Housing
ABBA may have sung "it is a rich-man's world," but recent efforts by affordable housing advocates have resulted in significant new state funding for affordable housing. Now that the funds have been...
