Affordable Housing
The DCLG team has a long tradition of offering legal services to political subdivisions and other governmental entities of the Commonwealth of Virginia. For over sixty years, the firm has served as general counsel to the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, one of the leading redevelopment and housing authorities in the nation. The firm also represents numerous other housing and special purpose authorities, including Charlottesville, Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Hopewell Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Petersburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, as well as cities, towns and counties throughout the Commonwealth.
Our lawyers provide advice on matters relating to the governance and administration of public agencies, the procurement of goods and services by public bodies and the interpretation and application of statutes such as the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Virginia Public Procurement Act.
DCLG advises and assists in various modes of land acquisition and disposition; including through RAD and Section 18. The DCLG team provides advice and assistance in the development of single purpose commercial structures as well as multiple use retail or commercial centers, in addition to providing advice on financing mechanisms, whether taxable or tax exempt, including low income housing tax credits and New Markets Tax Credits.
We assist in personnel issues and the administration of employee grievance procedures applicable to governmental bodies and represent clients in litigation relating to evictions, construction disputes and employment matters.
- Bond Transactions
- Commercial Contracts
- Community Centers
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
- Construction and Management of Housing Units
- Conventional Public Housing Development
- Disposition, Demolition and Development Approval Process
- Elderly Housing Development
- Eminent Domain/Condemnations
- Employee Grievance Procedures
- Financing for PHA Projects
- HOME Program
- HOPE VI
- HUD Regulatory Issues
- Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)
- Management Concerns of Housing Providers
- Mixed-Finance Public Housing Developments
- Mixed-Use Developments
- Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)
- New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC)
- Organization and Governance of PHA Affiliates
- Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILOT) Structures
- Public Housing Agencies (PHA) Administration
- Procurement Issues and Bid Protests
- Project Based Vouchers
- Public Housing Assessment Management
- Public Housing Regulatory Issues
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Real Estate Development and Financing
- Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)
- Revolving Loans Fund
- Section 8 Program (Housing Choice Vouchers)
- State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Mixed-Income Communities
- Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
- Uniform Relocation Act Requirements
- Virginia Freedom of Information Act
- Voluntary Conveyances
- Zoning and Land Use
- Delphine Carnes, presenter, “Working with your Board Legal and Ethical Considerations”, 2019 Legal Seminar at the Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (“VAHCDO”), Richmond, Virginia (December 6, 2019)
- Delphine Carnes, presenter, “Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Exit Strategies – Planning for a Smooth Transition”, 2017 Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (“VAHCDO”) Annual Conference, Richmond, Virginia (April 27, 2017)
- Delphine Carnes was a presenter at the 2016 Legal Seminar at the Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (“VAHCDO”) held in Richmond, Virginia (December 2, 2016)
- Delphine Carnes was a presenter at the 2015 Legal Seminar at the Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (“VAHCDO”) held in Richmond, Virginia (December 4, 2015)
- Delphine Carnes, presenter, “HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program” webinar by Clear Law Institute (August 10, 2015)
- Delphine Carnes presented, “Using Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) with RAD”, at the Leveraging Affordable Housing HUD Financing: RAD and Other Mixed-Finance Development Programs webinar by Strafford Publications (June 4, 2015)
- Delphine Carnes, Chair of the firm’s Project Finance Practice Group, presented “RAD Conversion and Rehabilitation using LIHTC: Key Considerations for PHAs”, at the Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (“VAHCDO”) 2014 legal Seminar held in Richmond, Virginia (December 5, 2014)
- Delphine Carnes, Presenter, “Legal Strategies for Effectively Implementing the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, to Include Incorporation of Tax Credits; Project Based Vouchers; and Post-Conversion Concerns”, VAHCDO, Annual Legal Seminar (December 6, 2013)
- Delphine Carnes, Presenter, “Creative Leveraging to Create Mixed Use: East St. Louis Housing Authority’s Approach,” NAHRO 2011 National Conference & Exhibition (October 25, 2011)
- Delphine Carnes, Presenter, “New Road for Public Housing Authorities,” 2008 Governor’s Housing Conference (November 13, 2008)
- Delphine Carnes, Presenter, “Preserving Affordability,” VAAD Seminar (July 14, 2006)
Practice Contacts
Delphine G. Carnes
PartnerSample Transactions
Representative Clients
- Developers
- Lenders and Financial Institutions
- Local and State Agencies/Government Entities
- Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Organizations
- Public Housing Agencies
- Redevelopment and Housing Authorities
