Members of my family have experienced housing insecurity in the past, so I have a first-hand perspective on how difficult it can be for those who can’t count on having a stable roof over their heads. I’m driven by the mission that guides my colleagues and me: doing all we can to help provide homes for those in need. I am deeply humbled/grateful to practice at a firm that performs such special and meaningful work.
Scott Travers helps nonprofit developers navigate financing and tax-credit challenges in affordable housing construction and rehabilitation projects in Maryland and nationwide. He regularly advises on transactions involving Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs so clients stay compliant with applicable rules, procedures, deadlines, and approvals.
Scott has developed a focus on assisting affordable housing operators with solar energy installation. He helps owners of affordable housing facilities install solar panels on their properties by preparing all necessary documents and consents, and helping them procure tax credits and funding from the appropriate state and federal programs, including the clean energy infrastructure-building Inflation Reduction Act and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
Scott has an in-depth understanding of federal public policy and of local-level land use decision-making processes, which he draws on when guiding clients through complex transactions connected to government programs and tax credits. His prior career in federal, state, and local government and politics, along with his work as a student attorney in a law school clinic representing tenants facing eviction strengthened his ability to connect and converse with people from all walks of life.
Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.
-Matthew Desmond
