Maryland Attorney General Employment: Division Director - Department of Housing and Community Development

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Division Director - Department of Housing and Community Development

Posting Date:   October 3, 2022            Closing Date: October 18, 2022

Job Title:     Assistant Attorney General        Position Type: Contract Full Time

Location:    Office of the Attorney General, Department of Housing and Community Development  7800 Harkins Road, Lanham, MD 20706

Description:  The Office of the Attorney General seeks an attorney to serve as the Division Director for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community (DHCD). The Division Director is the primary legal advisor to DHCD, as well as its bond issuing entity, the Community Development Administration (CDA) and its loan insurance arm, the Maryland Housing Fund (MHF).  DHCD is the State's Housing Finance Agency, and finances affordable single family and multifamily housing, and government infrastructure projects with the proceeds of tax-exempt and taxable bonds, federal low-income housing tax credits, and State appropriated funds.  DHCD also has an active Division of Neighborhood Revitalization (“NR") that receives significant federal and State funding that is used to make loans and grants providing a broad range of services to local governments, nonprofit organizations, and commercial enterprises.  

The Office of the Attorney General provides legal advice and representation to DHCD, CDA, MHF and NR with regard to all matters, including the bond financing programs; low-income housing tax credit programs; small business and community development loan and grant programs; energy and weatherization loan and grant programs; the Office of Statewide Broadband grant program; loan portfolio and asset management issues; section 8 housing voucher issues; procurement, personnel, and public information act matters; and litigation. The Division Director directs and coordinates this work, serving as the legal advisor to senior staff at DHCD, CDA, MHF and NR, and supervises approximately 10 Assistant Attorneys General and eight support staff.  

Read more about this position in the full job posting: 

http://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/Employment/attorneys.aspx

 

The Office of the Attorney General is an equal opportunity employer that encourages all interested persons to apply regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy, or genetic information. The Office is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting individuals who have historically been underrepresented in the practice of law.