{"id":116,"date":"2025-10-22T20:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/?post_type=services&#038;p=116"},"modified":"2025-12-18T00:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:00:56","slug":"tax-credits-affordable-housing-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.dinsmore.com\/services\/tax-credits-affordable-housing-economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Credits, Affordable Housing &amp; Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recognizing each project is unique, our attorneys employ multi-disciplinary and integrated teams to advise clients on structuring, analyzing, negotiating, and documenting deals involving tax-advantaged debt, equity, and other funding mechanisms. We have experience&nbsp;in new markets tax credits, historic tax credits, low-income housing tax credits, opportunity zone investments, and other economic development tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We counsel developers, owners, investors, lenders, and project managers, working with each client to determine the appropriate strategies, structures, and options for each client\u2019s financing, development, and operational needs. Our team has orchestrated and closed transactions throughout the country and in all roles of transactions, and we scale our approach to fit each client\u2019s specific goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-primary-color has-transparent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-3-font-size wp-elements-9a0fdc45ba5b57ed2b858f6f0977216b is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Tax Credits<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Dinsmore has a diverse group of attorneys with a wide range of experience in transactional matters involving new markets tax credits, historic tax credits, low-income housing tax credits, and state tax historic and low-income housing credits. 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Our team combines its experience with our client-oriented focus to navigate the rules and regulations surrounding these complex structures, without losing sight of a client\u2019s business goals and objectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-primary-color has-transparent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-3-font-size wp-elements-fe2bfebe46e55ed38df06910a6652cf2 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Affordable Housing<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Dinsmore attorneys understand sustaining a diverse and thriving community means offering economical and affordable housing options for people of all incomes. In addition to our deep expertise in low income housing tax credits, our attorneys represent developers, banks, lenders, and government entities in all aspects of affordable housing, including the financing, development, ownership, and operations of affordable housing transactions. Our attorneys\u2019 collective experience enables us to counsel clients on projects including multi-family housing, senior housing, and assisted living facilities from the start of planning until it\u2019s time to hand residents their keys, as well as continuing operations and disposition of property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning, developing, and constructing any kind of housing is a complex endeavor that almost always includes unforeseen circumstances. Our attorneys prepare clients for the unexpected, and what to do when last-minute changes or problems occur. This includes counsel on acquisitions and assumptions, tax-exempt bond financings, capital grant financing programs, construction and bridge loans, defaults and workouts, FHA-insured loans, USDA guaranteed loans, loans provided by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mixed-use finance, grants, and portfolio sales and acquisitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-primary-color has-transparent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-3-font-size wp-elements-4481959ebb0c990dac57cdb570fc9462 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Opportunity Zone<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>We assist developers, investors, fund managers, and Opportunity Zone Businesses that participate in the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program to maximize and enjoy the full benefits of the tax incentives and economic benefits the OZ&nbsp;program affords. We work collaboratively across our tax, estate planning, corporate, real estate, and finance groups to connect OZ parties with the right circumstances for them and to structure deals that maximize tax benefits for all involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-default has-primary-color has-transparent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-3-font-size wp-elements-5feddf9420ddf4d096d92b038544383f is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Economic Development<\/summary>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Our attorneys counsel clients in the public and private sectors on projects large and small. 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