The Department is seeking one or more qualified lawyers or law firms (“Outside Counsel”) to represent the Department’s interests in producing contracts as well as loan and other related documents for complex, multi-party, multifamily affordable housing developments receiving funding and assistance from the Department under the programs described in I.B, above. In its response to this RFQ, a successful responder must demonstrate experience and competence in cross-cutting regulations, including Uniform Relocation Act, Davis Bacon, and various federal energy standards, and working with the above funding and assistance programs as well as with Community Housing Development Corporations, affordable housing land use restriction agreements, and all forms of real estate ownership including but not limited to, ground leases and condominium regimes, and how those programs interact with Texas real estate, lending laws, and the Department’s governing statute in Chapter 2306 of the Texas Government Code. Additionally, a successful responder must be able to demonstrate a capacity to respond quickly and effectively to comments from parties’ counsel, the Department’s Multifamily Finance Division staff, and the Department’s legal staff so as to assure closing at a time requested by the developer
