Information of Value—You Send….We Trend WBARS Accuracy…Nuances….Fun Facts

1. Information of Value—You Send….We Trend WBARS Accuracy…Nuances….Fun Facts RAISE THE ROOF! Envision Excellence in Affordable Housing Management AHMA/ARHC Convention Yakima 2014

2. YOU SEND…..WE TREND City of Seattle Office of Housing Joanne Quinn Washington State Housing Finance Commission LanakayLipp Washington State Department of Commerce Nona White

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7. WBARS Nuances - Limits WBARS uses “most restrictive” income and rent limits ALL Funders—except WSHFC—use the Section 8 income and rent limits

8. Other funders Most restrictive limits Other funders Most restrictive limits Other funders Most restrictive limits Only WSHFC Tax Credit limits

9. Section 8

10. Tax Credit

11. WBARS Tips Set up UTILITY ALLOWANCES correctly! 1 2 3

13. Importance of Utility Allowances Affect the rent that can be charged Biggest reason for over charging Tax Credit rent Alternate methods in WSHFC Tax Credit Manual Appendix O $ $ $ $ $

14. Table 4 is used by Funders to: Confirm compliance with contracts Evaluate financial condition of properties Calculate averages Do trending analysis Incomplete/inaccurate info skews these analysis

15. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS OCCUPANCY RATES BY POPULATION Average for OH funded projects was 94.7% General Population—96.3% Chronic Mental Illness—94.8% Developmentally Disabled—97.2% Elderly/Senior Housing—95.5% Veterans—94.0% Youth—86.1%

16. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS INCOME AND EXPENSES in 2012 Average Effective Gross Income--$9,340/unit/year Average Operating Expense--$6,593/unit/year Include Reserves & Total Average Cost--$7,107 Replacement Reserve deposits are averaging $451/unit/year Cashflow after debt service and reserves is $584/unit/year

17. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS EXPENSES by Population General Population--$5835/unit/year Chronic Mental Illness--$7,529/unit/year Developmentally Disabled--$3,538/unit/year Senior Housing--$5,908/unit/year Veterans--$7,387/unit/year Youth--$15,763/unit/year

18. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS Around the State with WBARS data: • 7 monitoring funders • 1,529 Projects • 380 unique Contractor/Owners • 1,679 Sites (69 in Yakima County) • 79,675 Units

19. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS Households & Occupancy in 2012: 79,326 Households Served 26% of sites serve primarily special needs Average Occupancy Rate was 93.5%

20. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS First cut of Financial Data Net Operating Income averaged $179k Cash Flowaveraged $52k 57% of sites reported debt payment Average debt payment was $128k

21. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS A Brief Look at Reserves: Operating Reserves Balance per UNIT was $1,301 on avg Replacement Reserves Balance per UNIT was $2,410 on avg

22. FUN FACTS FROM FUNDERS City of Seattle Office of Housing Joanne Quinn Joanne.Quinn@seattle.gov Washington State Housing Finance Commission LanakayLipp Lanakay.Lipp@wshfc.org Washington Department of Commerce Nona White Nona.White@commerce.wa.gov