Antoinette Jackson Director

Toni is a Director in the Affordable Housing and Governmental Relations sections of the firm and specializes in the areas of affordable housing financing and community development law. Her client representation includes for profit and non-profit developers and housing authorities throughout Texas and Louisiana.

Toni also works with non-profit organizations in the development of affordable elderly housing and has been an advocate of affordable housing and homeownership, serving on several community tasks forces, including the boards of Houston Habitat for Humanity and Texas Interfaith Housing Corporation. She also frequently serves as a speaker and guest lecturer in the areas of affordable housing and community development law.

Practice Emphasis
Toni works with numerous developers in their partnerships with non-profit organizations toward the revitalization of neighborhoods and creation of affordable housing. She has particular expertise in mixed-finance transactions and other affordable housing financing programs; principally FHA insured transactions, HUD public housing programs, tax credits and bonds.

Toni has also coordinated with various housing authorities to successfully lead the redevelopment of public housing units through the implementation of HOPE VI funds, capital funds financing and replacement housing factor funds. Her public housing clients include: the Houston Housing Authority, the Housing Authority of the City of Texarkana, the Beaumont Housing Authority and the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso.

In the area of governmental relations, Toni serves as a lobbyist and governmental liaison on municipal, county and statewide matters particularly in the areas of affordable housing, construction, specialized financing tools and other real estate issues and concerns. She has also been involved in the creation and representation of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (TIRZs) in Houston.

Education

University of Virginia (B.A., 1984)
Texas Southern University; Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., 1991)

Admitted

1992, Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Affiliations
American Bar Association (Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law)
National Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Houston Lawyers Association
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers
Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies
Women in Real Estate and Finance
Houston Habitat for Humanity
Texas Interfaith Housing Corporation
Miller Outdoor Theatre Advisory Board
Ridley Scholarship Foundation at the University of Virginia
Land Assemblage Redevelopment Authority
NAACP
Leadership Houston

Articles/Speeches
“Housing And Community Development Programs And Subsidies: A Road Map,” University of Houston Law Foundation, November 2006

“New Developments in Asset Based Management, Housing and Development Law Institute," October 2006

“Disaster Preparedness,” National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, October 2006

“Gain Support for Regulatory Changes, It’s Possible,” The Campaign for Affordable Housing, September 2006

“Go Zone Initiatives,” Reznick Southeastern Region Developers Conference, August 2006

“Fair Housing and Fighting NIMBY,” Texas Housing Conference, July 2006

“H.R. 4440, The GO Zone Act,” Chase/Coats Rose Conference on Redeveloping the Gulf Coast After Katrina and Rita, March 2006

“Housing And Community Development Programs And Subsidies: A Road Map,” University of Houston Law Foundation, November 2005

“Fair Housing Rights – Developers Have Them Too,” Texas Housing Conference, July 2005

“Leveraging Current Public Housing Inventory, Housing Development Law Institute,” October 2004

“LITHC 2005 – Learning from 2004,” Texas Housing Conference, July 2004

Awards/Recognitions
Who's Who In Black Houston, 2007

Leadership Empowerment Award, National Black MBA Association Houston Chapter, 2006

Outstanding Achievement in Community Development and Diversity, Huntington’s Disease Society of America, 2005

“Rising Star” Super Lawyer, 2004