The Ultimate Guide For Community DevelopersWhen David Partners with Goliath is the essential guidebook for nonprofit neighborhood organizations seeking to join hands with private developers to rebuild low income and distressed communities and towns. It's a step-by-step hands-on Bible on how to engage in joint venture projects to finance and build affordable housing, cultural and business centers, health-care facilities and places of worship. Written by Barry Mallin, Esq., a lawyer specializing in housing and community development for the past 35 years, a lecturer at law schools and universities and advisor to government agencies at the local, state and federal level, and author of the Legal Handbook on Developing Low Income Housing and Legal Handbook for Community Development Organizations. Nuts & Bolts Chapters on The Development Process-the Six Major Steps from Planning to Financing to Operation Legal Planning for Joint Venture Projects Negotiating the Joint Venture Agreement Joint Venture Tax Implications for Nonprofits Case Studies Checklists-Including How to Select the Right Developer, Protections in the Joint Venture Agreement and Low Income Tax Credit Partnerships When David Partners with Goliath is an indispensable resource for community and neighborhood developers, local nonprofits, lawyers, universities and law schools, urban planners, and government housing and economic development agencies.