Practices

Daniel O. Fojas


202.926.3412


Education

American University, Washington College of Law, JD, 2010

Columbia University, Columbia College, BA, 2004


    Daniel Fojas focuses his practice on real estate, affordable housing, and community development transactions. He has worked with a wide range of housing and real estate developers on numerous real estate development projects and transactions involving complex financing structures.

    Prior to joining Klein Hornig, Daniel was an Associate at Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., where he counseled and represented large-scale, residential real estate developers in the acquisition and disposition of real estate properties located in various major metropolitan regions.

    Daniel also worked as in-house Counsel to a housing developer dedicated to building sustainable affordable housing in communities throughout the country. More recently, at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Daniel served as Attorney Advisor, playing a crucial role in the relaunch of a federal housing program designed to support our nation’s housing developers and to finance affordable housing and economic development nationwide.

    Daniel earned his B.A. from Columbia University, Columbia College and his J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law, where he was a Student Attorney in the Community and Economic Development Law Clinic, was a Senior Editor of the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, & the Law, and served as President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.

    BAR ADMISSIONS

    • New York
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland
  • Currently represents a national housing developer in the construction of an affordable housing project with approximately 200 affordable housing units, as part of a larger, multi-phased affordable housing development, using Low Income Housing Tax Credits, tax-exempt bond financing, and other Federal, state, and local funding sources.
  • Currently represents a regional nonprofit housing developer rehabilitating a 60-year old affordable community located in a neighborhood/major metropolitan area experiencing significantly increased housing costs, using Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Federal project-based housing subsidies, State Housing Trust Fund financing, county transit-oriented funding, and other state and local funding sources in addition to conventional debt financing.
  • Currently represents multiple housing developers in the acquisition, predevelopment, financing, and development of affordable housing projects using Low Income Housing Tax Credits, tax-exempt bond financing, commercial loans, and other state and Federal funding sources.
  • Represented a regional nonprofit housing developer in the rehabilitation of an existing LIHTC/Section 8 development, using Federal Historic Tax Credits, State Historic Tax Credits, new LIHTCs, and other commercial debt financing.
  • Represented a regional nonprofit housing developer in the construction of a 113-unit affordable housing project located on a Church campus, in cooperation with the Church’s community and governing board, using Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, State Housing Trust Fund financing, and other state and local funding sources in addition to conventional debt financing.
  • Represented a Virginia for-profit housing developer negotiating a joint venture agreement with a regional affordable housing developer.
  • Represented and advised multiple housing developers in the negotiation of financeable ground leases for the purposes of developing affordable housing projects.
  • Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Washington DC, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • D.C. Bar Real Estate, Housing and Land Use Community, Member
  • Maryland State Bar Association, Member