Jill represents investors and syndicators in the affordable housing industry. Her primary focus is on assisting tax credit investors and syndicators on equity and tax matters on lower-tier investments across the United States, including front-end structuring advice and strategy, negotiating and drafting letters of intent, partnership agreements and other key documentation, and analyzing and solving tax issues. Jill has assisted clients on transactions with any number of different financing sources and structures including projects utilizing income averaging, mixed-income projects, mixed-use projects, mixed-finance public housing projects, tax-exempt bond deals using LIHTC, projects which are financed by a combination of state and federal LIHTC (low-income housing tax credit) and state and federal HTC (historic tax credit) and/or ETC (solar tax credits, 45L credits), HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration projects utilizing LIHTC and projects using a combination of 9% and 4% LIHTCs.
She also has experience advising investors and syndicators on the real estate and debt financing aspects of these investments. In addition, Jill's practice includes advising tax credit investors on various workout, syndication and asset management issues, including assistance with LIHTC exit strategies.
Jill is an active participant in the ABA Forum for Affordable Housing and Community Development, on which she is currently serving as the Chair-Elect of the Governing Committee. She co-chaired the Forum’s Mid-Winter Boot Camp in February of 2018. She has spoken on exit strategies, rehabilitation credits, and analyzing financial projections in LIHTC transactions (including capital account and minimum gain issues) at various LIHTC industry conferences. She is co-chair of the Omaha office Tax Credit Department.
