Kristin Niver is a nationally recognized affordable housing finance and tax credit attorney.
Kristin represents CDFI lenders, nonprofit organizations and green banks in transactions utilizing GGRF-funded loans and grants, IRA tax credits and other IRA direct spending sources, as such programs increasingly supplement and complement the affordable housing programs of which she has extensive knowledge. Kristin also counsels borrowers and developers who are the beneficiaries of the same.
In addition to her career-long focus on affordable housing and community development, and prior training as an urban planner, Kristin has a broad background in real estate finance and development generally, with experience representing all types of commercial real estate lenders including banks, insurance companies, and debt funds in construction and permanent loans, debt restructurings and secondary market transactions. She also works with market-rate and affordable housing developers and owners on financings, acquisitions and sales, and joint venture arrangements.
- Listed in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” (by BL Rankings) for Real Estate, 2023-2025
- Bisnow DMV Women Leading Real Estate Rising Star Award, 2024
- Women’s Leadership Initiative of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Washington
- Steering Committee Member, 2022-Present
- Affordable Housing Committee, ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law
- Chair, 2019-Present
- Commercial Real Estate Transactions Group, ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law
- Vice Chair, 2023-Present
- District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
- Co-Chair, 2023-Present
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) D.C.
- Programs Committee Member, 2021-Present
- Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
- Digest Editor, 2015-Present
- Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
- Regional Ambassador, 2024-Present
- Jubilee Housing, Advisory Council
- 2024-Present
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington
- Youth & Real Estate Event Committee, 2024-Present
- Advanced Energy Group (AEG) DMV
- Building Electrification Task Force Leader, 2024-Present
- “Changing the Face of Urban America: Assessing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit”
102 VA. L. REV. ONLINE 48, 2016
- Moderator, “Achieving Affordability: How the DMV is Promoting Affordable Housing,” Urban Land Institute (ULI), December 5, 2024
- Panelist, “Real Estate Lending and the Impact of Weather-Related Risks: Disclosures, Underwriting, Loan Covenants and Insurance,” Strafford CLE, November 19, 2024
- Panelist, “How to Identify and Resolve Title Defects”
ABA RPTE CLE Program, October 2, 2024 - Moderator, “Affordable Housing Public Policy Overview and Tax Policy Review”
CREW DC Affordable Housing Summit, September 19, 2024 - Moderator, “Building Green Infrastructure in Communities”
ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Annual Meeting, May 23, 2024 - Moderator, “Powering Progress: Unleashing the Potential of Commercial Real Estate with PACE Financing”
ABA RPTE National CLE Conference, May 10, 2024 - Moderator, “Nuts and Bolts of Preferred Equity in Affordable Housing Transactions”
ABA RPTE National CLE Conference, May 9, 2024 - Moderator, “Supercharging Office to Housing Conversions”
ABA RPTE National CLE Conference, May 9, 2024 - Moderator, “Dinner with GFP, Alchemy Properties, TPG, Twin Oaks Equity Partners & Hudson Valley Property Group”
Young Jewish Professionals New York, April 9, 2024 - Moderator, “DMV Affordable Housing Summit”
Bisnow, April 4, 2024 - Moderator, “Inclusionary Zoning: A Discussion with Three Practitioners”
ABA RPTE Sponsored Webinar, February 7, 2024 - Moderator, “The Amazon Effect: Amazon HQ2’s Effect on Real Estate and Housing in the D.C. Metro”
ABA RPTE National CLE Conference, May 12, 2023 - Moderator, “Greening Your Practice – Developments and Opportunities in Sustainable Real Estate”
ABA RPTE National CLE Conference, May 11, 2023 - Moderator, “Office to Housing Conversions in Downtown DC”
ABA RPTE Sponsored Webinar, March 28, 2023 - Moderator, “Role of Affordable Housing Programs in the Biden Administration’s Social Safety Net Legislation”
ABA RPTE National CLE Conference, April 28, 2022