Municipal Housing Associate (Transactional)

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 125,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Best & Krieger LLP seeks an associate attorney for its municipal housing practice, focusing on transactional housing work from local government and affiliated entities, including affordable housing, ground leases, joint ventures, and federal funding requirements.

The role requires 2–5 years of housing/real estate experience, with familiarity in housing tax credits, HUD programs, and real estate closings. California admission is required; candidates may be based in CA offices.

Qualifications

• Two to five years of housing and real estate experience.
• Substantive experience in housing tax credits, public housing redevelopment, and HUD programs desirable.
• Admitted to practice in California.

Responsibilities

• Work on all aspects of transactional housing work from local government and affiliated entities.
• Handle leases, joint ventures, development agreements, and property acquisitions/dispositions.
• Manage federal funding requirements, entitlement processes, and real estate lending matters.

Skills

Housing & Real Estate

Transactional housing work

Education

California Bar Admission

Job description

Description

Best Best & Krieger LLP is a nationally recognized law firm focused on delivering effective and client-service oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals across the U.S. BBK is proud to trace the firm's success back to the groundwork of professionalism and community service laid by its founders 135 years ago. Today, with nearly 250attorneys in officesthroughout California and in Oregon and Washington, D.C., we efficiently and meaningfully assist our clients with complex, multi-disciplinary issues and provide creative solutions.

At BBK, we place a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to culture, community and equal opportunity. We are proud of our workplace culture, where we respect and value our colleagues for their unique perspectives and experiences.

Qualifications

Our busy and rapidly growing municipal housing practice is seeking an associate attorney with two to five years of housing and real estate experience. This individual will work on all aspects of transactionalhousing workfrom the local government and affiliated entity perspective, including affordable housing, ground leases, joint ventures, federally-funded loan documents, multi- family permanent supportive housingmanagement agreements, construction contracts, purchase and sale agreements, federal funding requirements, entitlement, general real estate work involved incommercial lending, development,acquisitions, and dispositions of real property.Substantive legal experience in some or all of the following areas is highly desirable: housing tax credits, public housing redevelopment, HUD programs,real estate closing on large commercial transactions, title policy and survey review, and local government procurement requirements. Candidates may be based in any of our California offices, and must be admitted to practice in California.

The reasonably expected pay scale for this position seeking an associate with 2 or more years of experience is $125,000 - $185,000. The actual salary within that range will depend on the selected candidate’s years of practice and experience.

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Best Best & Krieger is an equal opportunity employer.