After a year of policy review, the City of Tacoma has amended its ordinances to provide some landlords of affordable housing with significant relief from a number of onerous burdens imposed on landlords by the City’s “Landlord Fairness Code Initiative” (For the sake of clarity, we will refer to it as the Tenant Protection Code
Kate Mathews
Kate Mathews focuses her practice on providing clients with practical, creative, business-driven solutions to complex legal issues. Kate’s experience handling sophisticated real estate and commercial finance transactions translates into valuable counsel to her clients.
Kate routinely works with real estate developers on purchase and sale transactions, including representation of both buyers and sellers of real estate in multiple states in a variety of sectors including office, industrial, multifamily, and retail. Kate has a strong background in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, tax-exempt bond financing, state and local financing and equity structuring, land acquisition and financing, construction and permanent financing, retail and industrial leasing, workforce housing initiatives, and divestiture of assets and investments.
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Financing Options Affordable Housing Developers Should Consider
According to the latest figures from organizations such as the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Oregon needs tens of thousands of additional affordable rental homes just to meet the current housing demand, a demand that continues to rise. And while the need for additional rental units remains as great as it has ever been, affordable…