Attorney Paul Galvin, Principal of TAG Associates, has been with the firm for over twenty-five (25) years. Mr. Galvin is actively involved in multiple areas including mixed finance redevelopment, organizational reviews and risk assessments, PHA affiliates and instrumentalities and grant and funding applications.
Mr. Galvin is the Project Manager for TAG’s provision of program management services for multiple clients. He was Project Manager for the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven as they undertook several large scale redevelopment projects, both as self-developers through an authority instrumentality and in partnership with private developers. Some projects in New Haven were Eastview Terrace, the Authority’s first self-development project, which was a 102 unit combined rehab and new construction project for which financing was obtained for the $45 million first phase, which included the 9% low income tax credit application and Federal Home Loan bank funds drafted by Mr. Galvin. Assistance was also provided to meet the due diligence requirements of all regulatory agencies, tax credit investors and funding sources, and in the review of evidentiary documents in support of a financial closing.
The project was completed and fully occupied in 2009 and converted to permanent financing in 2010. Additional New Haven projects were Wilmot Road, a self-development of a multi-story 47 unit senior building that was built upon a former commercial site purchased by the Authority that also contains retail and commercial space and was financed through the use of 9% tax credits, investor equity, and permanent financing through a private financial institution.
Mr. Galvin has direct experience working with the Section 8 program. Mr. Galvin successfully completed a risk assessment of a 40,000 unit Section 8 Department with the Housing Authority of Los Angeles (HACLA) in 2011. This consisted of the review of all divisions and identifying those areas where more stringent internal controls are required including assessment of operations, recommendations for improvements, and the drafting of standard operating procedures and providing training. Mr. Galvin has also provided supporting analysis and documentation for successful litigation with property owners and contractors on behalf of PHAs in Indianapolis and Houston.
For the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Associate of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (MassNAHRO), Mr. Galvin assisted in assessing recommendations developed by the Governor’s Commission for Sustainability and Reform which proposed that the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) undertake a series of actions to centralize key management functions of PHAs involved in the management of state aided public housing. He was the primary author of a position paper that proposed a more regional and collaborative effort among PHAs for the delivery of certain housing services, as well as a performance measurement system designed to promote local control and also ensure transparency and accountability in housing management operations. The position paper was utilized as the basis for MassNAHRO’s eventual proposed legislation for which several of the paper’s recommendations were included.
Mr. Galvin also served as Project Manager for the Receivership of the Housing Authority of Kansas City (MO), working directly for the Receiver and Special Master in the oversight of all areas of agency operations. He was a member of the Post- Receivership Governance Working Group, participating in the process to establish and train a new Board of Directors and in the drafting of enabling legislation. Mr. Galvin was involved in the development of the annual Receivership Plan and budget that is submitted annually for Court approval.
Mr. Galvin participated in the review and risk assessment of the development affiliate of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. He has also participated in prior management assessments in Houston, San Francisco, Durham and Trenton. InCambridge (MA) and New Haven he has worked with the Housing Authorities in the areas of legal, procurement and contracting, Section 8 and Moving to Work (MTW) risk assessments.
