Mitzie V. Smith-Mack is a partner in the Real Estate Department and a member of the Housing Group and Government Relations, Regulatory Affairs and Contracting Group. Before joining Ballard Spahr, Ms. Smith-Mack spent almost a decade in roles of increasing responsibility with the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), Office of General Counsel, most recently as Acting General Counsel.
As DCHA senior counsel for real estate, Ms. Smith-Mack provided lead legal advice on HOPE VI redevelopment grant projects and mixed-finance development transactions. These mixed-finance transactions included residential and commercial components creating mixed-income communities (rental and home-ownership), as well as elderly-housing opportunities.
While at DCHA, Ms. Smith-Mack also drafted and negotiated development agreements, commercial and residential leases, covenants and deeds, loan and grant documents for public and private funds, operating agreements, and bond and tax credit documents for financing of affordable-housing redevelopment.