Amy M. Glassman

Real Estate, Government Relations, Regulatory Affairs and Contracting, Housing

Amy M. Glassman represents public housing authorities and other recipients of HUD funds in regulatory, administrative, transactional, and related matters.

Ms. Glassman has extensive experience assisting housing authorities with HUD regulatory and statutory compliance issues.  She also works closely with housing authorities on applications for and implementation of the MTW program, including development of MTW agreements, local programs and policies, and HUD waiver requests necessary to implement those policies.

Ms. Glassman also advises and defends clients in HUD debarment actions, HUD Office of Inspector General audits, and Section 504 compliance audits. Additionally, she advises clients on such issues as federal procurement requirements, mixed-finance transactions, relationships with public housing affiliates, voluntary and required conversion of public housing, HUD demolition and disposition applications, fair housing and disability issues, the housing choice voucher program, and Section 8 multifamily HAP Contract issues. 

Ms. Glassman previously worked as an affordable housing consultant at the Cambridge Housing Authority and at TAG Associates. At the Cambridge Housing Authority, she assisted the executive office with the planning and implementation of the housing authority's Moving to Work (MTW) program. At TAG Associates, she worked with housing authorities to develop policies and systems to implement the Public Housing Reform Act of 1998, with a focus on resident services, admission to and occupancy of public and Section 8 housing, and implementation of the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS).

Pro Bono Experience

Ms. Glassman provides ongoing representation on HUD funding matters to a homeless shelter.

Publications

Co-author, "HUD Issues Guidance on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Fund Formula Grants," Ballard Spahr Alert, March 23, 2009

Co-author, "HUD Issues Final Rule Requiring Use of EIV System," Ballard Spahr Alert, February 10, 2009

Co-author, "HUD Issues Notice Regarding Implementation of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act," Ballard Spahr Alert, December 4, 2008

"Project-Based Voucher Reforms Will Facilitate Development of Affordable Units but Should Be Taken Further," Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, Fall 2008

"HUD Guidance on Public Housing Agencies' Affiliates and Instrumentalities," Ballard Spahr Alert, June 2007

"Housing Choice Voucher Funding for Demolition or Disposition of Public Housing Units," Ballard Spahr Alert, May 2007

Co-author, chapter, "Housing and Urban Development," Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, American Bar Association, 2006-2007

Co-author, chapter, "Housing and Urban Development," Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, American Bar Association, 2004-2005

Co-author, "Deference, Unanimity, and Local Control: Affordable Housing Cases in the U.S. Supreme Court," Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, Fall 2003

Co-author, "Why Reinvent the Wheel: A Response to the Millennial Housing Commission’s Report," Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, Fall 2002

Speaking Engagements

"Voluntary and Required Conversion of Public Housing:  An Update," Ballard Spahr Housing Authority Summit, November 2008

"A Reasonable Approach to Avoiding Waste and Improving Performance:  HUD Inspector General Audits Are on the Rise and Often Do Not Result in a True Evaluation of Performance Against HUD Standards. What Can PHAs Do To Raise the Bar?" National Leased Housing 37th Annual Membership Meeting, June 2008

"Voluntary and Required Conversion:  Shifting Units from Public Housing to Section 8 Project Based Units," Ballard Spahr Housing Authority Summit, November 2007

Yale Law School (J.D. 2004)
Recipient, Charles G. Albom Prize for excellence in appellate advocacy

Brown University, (B.A. 1998, magna cum laude)

District of Columbia

New York