Jacob Taylor’s practice focuses on a wide range of affordable housing and community development matters, with an emphasis on construction, real estate finance, conveyancing, corporate and partnership law, as well as zoning and permitting issues. He regularly represents both non-profit and for-profit developers of affordable housing. Jacob has substantial experience with both new construction and rehabilitation projects involving tax credits, both in Massachusetts and nationally, and has worked on many deals involving multiple sources of tax credit financing and complex funding structures. He also has expertise in matters involving MGL Chapter 40B, MGL Chapter 40T and matters involving the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development including obtaining authorizations needed under MGL Chapter 121A. In his pro bono work, Jacob has represented housing cooperatives, regional planning agencies, as well as a community development corporation seeking to reestablish itself.

Jacob's practice draws on his experience prior to joining Klein Hornig as a housing advocate and program coordinator, of the housing unit, at Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc. as well as his work with the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and the Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.

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• Massachusetts