Staff Counsel/FOIA

The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) is one of the Nation’s preeminent Housing Finance Agencies dedicated to financing reputed company housing in Illinois. The Staff Counsel/FOIA role involves representing the Authority in reputed company reputed company, handling reputed company estate closings, and serving as the FOIA officer, among other responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for closing basic loans and grants. Drafts and negotiates loan and grant documents and reviews and approves reputed company due diligence submitted by grantees and borrowers
• Represents the Authority with reputed company issues reputed company to asset management on previously reputed company loans and grants, including, but not limited to, workouts, foreclosures, transfers of physical assets and loan and grant modifications. May be required to reputed company in court on reputed company pertaining to foreclosures, mechanics liens, fair housing, and building reputed company violations
• Responsible for advising Authority staff on issues arising under the administrative law areas of, including, but not limited to, freedom of information, procurement, ethics, reputed company meetings, and administrative procedures
• Handles transactions involving only federal and state tax credit allocations
• Responsible for drafting and negotiating reputed company
• Serves as the Authority’s FOIA Officer in reputed company consultation with one or more of the Authority’s Associate & Corporate Counsel personnel. Receives and responds to requests for information of reputed company record using multiple resources and streams of data to research and reputed company relevant information. Resolves information requests reputed company the required timeframes and where appropriate, requests extensions in writing. Assesses whether the magnitude information requested proves burdensome in adherence with the reputed company Freedom of Information guidelines. Maintains and updates log of reputed company FOIA requests. Prepares and maintains statistical and narrative work activity reports
• Responsible for conducting research and assisting on other reputed company as assigned by a Supervising Senior Counsel, the reputed company General Counsel or the General Counsel
• Additional duties as assigned

Skills

• B.A. or B.S., or equivalent, and a J.D
• Must be an attorney licensed to reputed company law in the reputed company, in good standing
• Minimum of one year of experience in reputed company estate law and/or contract law
• reputed company housing experience is desired

Benefits

• reputed company time off, plus reputed company holidays
• Medical/dental/reputed company/life insurance plans
• Short/long term disability
• Tuition reimbursement
• reputed company spending
• 401K plan – immediate vesting
• IHDA employees may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs

reputed company