Developers seeking to comply with affordable housing program requirements at the federal, state, and local levels look to Scott for guidance informed by his long experience working with both the financial and legal aspects of these policies.
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Scott represents public and private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations in connection with their real estate purchase, sale, development, financing, investment, and operational activities for multifamily and other complex projects. He is particularly adept at managing clients' compliance with the multitude of affordable housing programs, including federal, state and local grants, mortgage insurance, interest subsidy, project and tenant-based rental subsidies, tax-exempt bonds, and low income housing tax credits.
He has negotiated and closed the terms of sale, investment, and financing for residential and commercial projects, and the agreements for development and management for multifamily housing throughout the U.S. Scott also assists lenders in their review and consideration of project-specific compliance and regulatory matters concerning federal affordable housing programs.
Before joining the firm, Scott practiced as a certified public accountant in the national multifamily housing practice of a large accounting firm, where he assisted in the preparation of SEC filings for the syndication of low income housing tax credits and in the development of procedures for the review of HUD regulated housing projects.
As co-chair of the firm's Affordable Housing + Community Development Practice Group, Scott has published several articles on HUD-assisted housing, nonprofit organizations, and related tax matters. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Leased Housing Association (NLHA), and lectures at seminars on federal housing programs and public finance.
Scott previously served in the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve.