Julie S McGovernJulie S. McGovern is a member of Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC, whose practice focuses on affordable housing development and operation, with a concentration on public housing authorities and rural lending. Julie provides comprehensive representation in mixe-finance transactions, from negotiation of the development agreement, through multiple phased closings and regulatory and legal issues arising in operation of mixed finance units. Julie also represents clients on the use public housing funding streams, such Operating, Capital, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood Funds, both on their own and used in conjunction with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) and bonds, local loan programs, other HUD financing, such as HOME and CDBG Funds, project based-vouchers, and FHA-insured financing, as well as Federal Home Loan Bank's affordable housing program (AHP). She also has extensive experience in advising PHAs on the structuring and use of public housing affiliates, procurement, and conflict of interest. A member of the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law and a member of the National Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (NAHRO) and the Housing and Development Law Institute (HDLI), Julie regularly speaks and advises clients on the complex issues arising in low-income housing tax credit transactions, the use of affiliates in public housing development, modifying mixed-finance transactions for the operating subsidy and asset-based management requirements, project-based vouchers, and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). Julie is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and the University of Virginia. Read More Read Less