Affordable Housing
TODAY'S DEALS: EdR Completes Mezz Loan, Enters Option to Purchase Penn State Asset
EdR invests in a Penn State development; HFF provides financing for three Texas assets; and Boston Capital invests in two affordable developments.
California Struggles with $1.7 Billion Loss in Redevelopment Funding
While this event may have been a blip on the screens of national developers, caution is in order for the multi-housing industry as a whole. Redevelopment agencies have been abolished in California, and it’s not a trend developers would like to see spread to the other 48 states.
Affordable Housing for People with Special Needs Coming to Wallkill, N.Y.
The Community Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit mortgage lender financing multifamily development throughout New York, has closed on a $7.95 million construction loan to develop Sunrise Apartments in the town of Wallkill, N.Y.
New Affordable Housing Community for Seniors Opens in D.C.
Banc of America Community Development Corp. and Victory Housing Inc. recently celebrated the opening of Victory Square, an affordable housing development for seniors in Washington, D.C.
TODAY'S DEALS: Morgan Properties Grabs 558-Unit Asset
Morgan Properties buys a property for $27.4 million; Beech Street Closes a $10.5 million Fannie Mae conventional loan; and NorthMarq arranges $21.3 million in interest-only, six-year loans through a life insurance company.
D.C. Affordable Seniors Housing Completes Renovation
The redevelopment of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments has been completed. The 171-unit seniors housing property, formerly called the Campbell Heights Apartments, is a 40-year-old building on 15th Street NW in the District of Columbia.
The Better Housing Coalition Receives $500,000 Loan from Mercy Loan Fund and Bon Secours Health System
Thanks to a $500,000 loan and an extended line of credit from Mercy Loan Fund and the Bon Secours Health System, the Better Housing Coalition in Richmond, Va., will be able to expand its development of high-quality, affordable workforce housing in the Blackwell neighborhood more rapidly.
Unithree Completes $12M Rehab of Staten Island Affordable Housing Development
Unithree Investment Corp. has completed a $12 million improvement program on the Parkhill Affordable Housing Complex in Staten Island.
New Affordable Housing Opens in Bed-Stuy
Madison Putnam, a new 48-unit affordable housing development in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, N.Y., has opened.
FHLB Financing: An Affordable Housing Secret Weapon
FHLBanks deploy capital directly from their earnings, not taxpayers, and are one of the largest collective sources of home mortgage and community credit in the country.