| Published Articles: |
| Keeping Watch: Protecting Public Housing Authorities' Access to Counsel by Sarah Molseed. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (Volume 17, Number 4, Summer 2008). |
| Public Housing 101 by Jaime Lee. Journal of Housing & Community Development (Volume 65, Number 1, January/February 2008). |
| Professional liability insurance: When to get serious--Article by Casius Pealer in December issue of Architectural Record. A copy of the article is available in PDF form by clicking the title above. It is also available on the Architectural Record's website via the link that follows [Link]. |
| How HUD Can Support Its Vision of Entrepreneurship for Public Housing Authorities by Jaime Lee. Journal of Housing & Community Development (Volume 63, Number 6, November/December 2006). |
| The Use of Standby Letters of Credit in Public and Affordable Housing Projects by Casius Pealer. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (Volume 15, Number 3, Spring 2006) . |
| Continuing the Conversation with Policy Makers: A Review of the Brookings Institution Report on HOPE VI by Megan Glasheen and Casius Pealer. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (Volume 15, Number 1, Fall 2005). |
| Mixed-Finance Development: Privatizing Public Housing Through Public/Private Development Partnerships by Megan Glasheen and Julie McGovern. Privatizing Governmental Functions (D. Ballati, Edition 2001). |
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| R&C Client Memoranda: |
| [Oct 31] | The Future of Public Housing - Beginning in June 2008, Reno & Cavanaugh has participated in the Summit on the Future of Public Housing, an effort initiated by the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities and funded by the Housing Authority Insurance Group to develop a consensus policy framework for reinvesting in and sustaining public housing over the next decade. This effort, extraordinary in its own way, brought together a wide range of organizations to forge a new paradigm for the preservation of public housing. Steve Holmquist, of R&C, was the principal author of the Policy Framework endorsed by this diverse group of housing providers and advocates. The framework provides a new reinvestment strategy along with a restructuring of the public housing portfolio and will provide a foundation on which the new administration can build new and better public housing policies. Please click the preceding link for a copy of the Policy Framework and its endorsers. |
| [Oct 15] | Neighborhood Stabilization Grants - R&C issues Client Memorandum regarding the Neighborhood Stabilization Program created under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Please click the preceding link for a copy of the memorandum. |
| [July 24] | Letter to the Editor - Julie McGovern and other members of the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development respond to Hanna Rosin's article "American Murder Mystery" in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic Monthly, which links rising crime rates to public housing revitalization. Click [here] to read the article. |
| [July 8] | Injunction Against HUD - Judge Reggie Walton (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia) issued a preliminary injunction against HUD, enjoining it from enforcing the debarment of commissioners of the Harrisburg Housing Authority. Lee Reno and Sarah Molseed of Reno & Cavanaugh and Mona Lyons of the Law Office of Mona Lyons represent the Plaintiff commissioners in the case. Please follow the preceding link to the Memorandum Opinion and Docket Text. |
| [July 8] | Ohio Supreme Court rules in favor of housing authority in "hostile living environment" fair housing case - The housing authority's position was supported by an amicus curie brief prepared by R&C attorneys on behalf of several industry groups. For more information on the case and the decision please see click the preceding link. |
| [July 1] | Lee Reno, a founding member of the firm, assumed the role of managing member on July 1, 2008. Lee has served stints as managing member of the firm over its 31 year history, most recently from 1999 to 2001. He takes over for Megan Glasheen, who has served as managing member for the past 4 years. |
| [July 1] | R&C attorneys Dwayne Barrett, Julie McGovern, and Martin Walsh have been tapped by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) to provide in-depth training on the intricacies of the low income housing tax credit program. Working closely with NAHRO staff, the R&C attorneys have designed an interactive program that makes learning about the low income housing tax credit fun. The next training is in Nashville July 23-24, 2008. |
| [June 3] | Housing Authority Governance - What Can Housing Authorities Learn from Scandals in the Corporate and Nonprofit World? -- Lee Reno discusses board governance issues at PHADA's annual conference in New Orleans. |
| [May 23] | On May 22, 2008, Julie McGovern was elected to the governing committee of the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development (the "Forum"). The Forum provides a myriad of services for its members including regular conferences, a list serve on affordable housing topics, and the Journal on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. Julie will serve as co-chair for the Forum's annual conference in May of 2009. |
| [May 15] | Jennifer Alpha participated in a panel discussion on opportunities for private developers seeking to partner with public housing authorities and nonprofit organizations. Bob Greer of The Michaels Development Company, Ed Lowndes of the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, and Deborah Williard of the Foundation for Affordable Housing were a part of the presentation. The panel shared success stories and discussed the benefits of and important considerations in public/private and non-profit/for-profit partnerships in the development and operation of affordable housing. |
| [May 5] | HOPE VI NOFA--External link to 2008 HOPE VI NOFA from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Comparison of 2008 HOPE VI NOFA to 2007 HOPE VI NOFA |
| [Jan 1] | On January 1, 2008 R&C opened an office in Nashville, TN and welcomed two new members, Dwayne Barrett and Hannah Cassidy. |
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