Ball Janik Expands Legal Offerings; Launches New Affordable Housing and Community Development Practice

Ball Janik LLP, a business law firm with offices in Florida and Oregon, is pleased to announce the launch of its Affordable Housing and Community Development Practice, which is expected to gain momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic and after.

“We are heading to a place where clients and the marketplace are going to demand real changes in the way housing is delivered ,” said Damien R. Hall, the firm’s chair of the Affordable Housing and Community Development Group who also chairs the firm’s Land Use and Real Estate Groups. “We have served in the affordable housing industry for a long time and have sponsored various affordable housing developers and operators, volunteered as board members for community development corporations, local housing authorities and more. As we strategically and thoughtfully expand our legal services, the addition of our Affordable Housing practice is a natural fit.”

From all aspects of acquisition, disposition, financing, development, construction, and operation, Ball Janik represents affordable housing developers in the public, private and non-profit space. The firm’s deep experience in real estate, land use, public-private partnerships, finance, construction, insurance recovery, and construction defect litigation, allows attorneys to assist clients with their asset development and management objectives in ways that are practical, streamlined, and tailored to their business needs.