General Counsel

Housing Partnership Development Corporation (“HPDC”) is seeking an experienced General Counsel to serve as the organization’s in‑house attorney and provide comprehensive legal counsel across its affordable housing development, corporate governance, litigation, asset management, and operational activities.

The General Counsel will serve as a strategic legal advisor to HPDC’s leadership, Board of Directors, and affiliated entities and will have primary responsibility for all legal matters affecting the organization and its portfolio of affordable housing projects. The position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with development, finance, asset management, home ownership, and executive teams while managing sophisticated affordable housing transactions from formation through closing and throughout the life cycle of HPDC’s projects and entities.

The General Counsel acts as a thought partner for the CEO, helping to drive strategic direction and develop new programs.

The successful candidate will have strong transactional, corporate, and litigation management experience, excellent drafting and negotiation skills, and a working knowledge of affordable housing development and real estate finance. The General Counsel oversees a team of three paralegals.

• Serve as lead counsel on affordable housing development transactions from initial structuring through closing.
• Form and maintain housing development fund companies (HDFCs) and other project‑specific entities.
• Draft and review organizational and authorization documents, including certificates of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreements, partnership agreements, related entity documents, corporate and project‑level resolutions, certificates, and consents.
• Draft and deliver legal opinion letters in connection with affordable housing transactions and financings.
• Review and negotiate loan documents, including construction and permanent loan documents, security instruments, regulatory agreements, and related financing documents.
• Review title commitments, title policies, surveys, zoning materials, and other due diligence materials and resolve issues as necessary.
• Coordinate with lenders, investors, developers, outside counsel, title companies, governmental agencies, and other transaction participants.
• Manage and facilitate affordable housing project closings, including coordinating legal closing requirements and ensuring all organizational and transactional documents are properly executed and delivered.

• Manage HPDC’s litigation and dispute‑resolution matters as the organization’s primary legal point of contact, including overseeing outside litigation counsel’s work.
• Provide strategic advice to management regarding litigation risk, settlement considerations, and dispute resolution.
• Maintain oversight of all pending and potential litigation and ensure that appropriate reporting and internal documentation are maintained.
• Coordinate with insurance carriers and claims representatives, as appropriate, in connection with litigation and other claims.

• Serve as Corporate Secretary to HPDC’s Board of Directors as well as the HDFC’s and provide legal guidance concerning corporate governance matters.
• Prepare Board and committee meeting packages, agendas, resolutions, consents, supporting materials, and meeting minutes.
• Conduct and coordinate annual meetings of HPDC and its affiliated entities.
• Maintain corporate records, organizational documents, resolutions, minutes, and other governance materials for HPDC and its affiliated entities.
• Advise management and the Board regarding corporate governance, fiduciary duties, conflicts of interest, and other organizational matters.
• Ensure…