About Adam F. Cohen
Adam Cohen focuses his practice on affordable housing, with an emphasis on representing lenders and developers on transactions which involve Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs), tax-exempt private activity bonds, FHA-insured and Freddie Mac debt financing, and various forms of federal, state and local gap financing and rental assistance subsidies. Adam also advises clients on a wide range of HUD regulatory and programmatic areas, including Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) and Project Based Voucher (PBV) contracts, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly financing, HOME financing, Mixed-Finance Public Housing development, and conversions of public and multifamily housing under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), Restore-Rebuild and RAD-for-PRAC programs. Finally, Adam has significant experience helping clients navigate federal cross-cutting regulatory laws and policies, including the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Davis-Bacon and Uniform Relocation Act (URA) compliance.
Experience that facilitates practical solutions and efficient results
Prior to joining Katten, Adam spent more than three years at a law firm centered on affordable housing and community development where he represented small and large nonprofit, for-profit and public housing agency developers in structuring and closing affordable housing transactions. Prior to law school, he held positions with a regional nonprofit affordable housing developer, trade associations focused on both federal- and state-level affordable housing policy, and at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Drawing on his broad experience across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Adam possesses a nuanced understanding of the underlying goals, challenges and opportunities faced by all parties to a transaction, allowing him to anticipate issues and offer practical solutions that deliver results for his clients.
