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Snapshot: Affordable Housing Market Fisher Center for Real Estate Conference. April 30, 2012. Cynthia Parker, President & CEO BRIDGE Housing Corporation. Snapshot: Affordable Housing Market. About BRIDGE Housing Corporation Demand for Affordable Housing Traditional Financing Tools
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Snapshot: Affordable Housing MarketFisher Center for Real Estate Conference April 30, 2012 Cynthia Parker, President & CEO BRIDGE Housing Corporation
Snapshot: Affordable Housing Market • About BRIDGE Housing Corporation • Demand for Affordable Housing • Traditional Financing Tools • Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program • Redevelopment Agencies • BRIDGE Project Examples
BRIDGE Housing Corporation Background • Mission • Quantity, Quality, Affordability • History • Business Leadership • 27 Years of Success • Internationally Recognized Leader and Innovator
BRIDGE Housing Corporation Track Record • Approximately 15,000 Homes and Apartments Developed • 85 California Communities • 37,000 Residents • Development in Northern and Southern California
BRIDGE in 2012 • More than 2,000 units breaking ground, with a combined total value of more than $450 million
MIXED INCOME – Irvington Village, Fremont Mixed Income Family Rental and Homeownership 100 affordable units Project Value: $31,800,000 283 market-rate units Project Value: $148,000,000
SUSTAINABILITY – Mission Walk, San Francisco Family Homeownership 131 units Project Value: $63,500,000
SENIOR RENTAL – Foothill Farms, Sacramento Senior Rental Total Units: 138 Project Value: $26,000,000
Income Limits • U.S. Median Family Income = $52,400* • California Median Family Income = $71,400* • Bay Area Median Family Income = $103,000* • Extremely Low-Income = 30% of AMI** • Very Low-Income = 50% of AMI • Low-Income = 80% of AMI *based on household of four **Area Median Income = AMI
TRANSIT-ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENTNorth Beach Place, San Francisco Mixed-use Family Rental 341 units Project Value: $108,400,000 Up to 60% AMI
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIPArmstrong Townhomes Family Homeownership 124 units Project Value: $60,000,000 Condominiums were priced $175,000 to $345,000 and affordable to households earning 60 to 100% of AMI
Affordable Housing Demand: U.S. • Renter households represent 33% of all households in the U.S., of which nearly 70% are low-income • The Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. is $949 • A renter household needs an annual income of $37,960 in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment at FMR • A renter earning the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) must work 101 hours per weekto afford a two-bedroom apartment at FMR
Affordable Housing Demand: California • The Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment in California is $1,353 • A renter household needs an annual income of $54,127in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment at FMR • A renter earning California minimum wage ($8.00 per hour) must work 130 hours per weekto afford a two-bedroom apartment at FMR
Bay Area FMRs • In 2012, FMR for a 2-bedroom in San Francisco was $1,905, affordable to families earning at least $76,200 per year; this is a four percent increase from 2011.
Traditional Financing Tools Traditional financing tools are inadequate to meet increasing need in our region.
Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program • Tax Reform Act of 1986 (IRS Section 42) • Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) in each state award credits to developers, who sell them to investors in exchange for funding for the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing (60% AMI and below) • Investors receive 10 year credit • 4% and 9% programs • Nearly 2 million affordable rentals have been created with equity provided by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
California Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program • California Tax Credit Allocation Committee • Over $3 billion in Annual Federal and State Credits awarded to date • Over 265,000 units produced since 1987
Impact of Economic Downturn Banking Crisis
Banking Crisis: Federal Aid for LIHTC Program • 2008 Congress Program Changes • Provided additional Housing Credit authority • Exempted Housing Credits from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) • Fixed the 70 percent present value Credit at 9 percent • Gave states flexibility to provide state-designated developments a 30 percent Housing Credit “basis boost” • 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – Response to Economic Downturn • $2.25 billion in formula grants to states through the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) • Allowed states to exchange some of their 2009 Credits for cash to make up for equity gaps in Credit developments
Banking Crisis: Federal Aid for LIHTC Program • California Tax Credit Allocation Committee: 2011 Totals • Federal (9%) Credit Awards • Annual Federal Credits Awarded: $83,682,515 • Total State Credits Awarded: $86,979,826 • Projects Awarded: 105 • Total Number of Units: 6,150 • Total Number of Low Income Units: 6,026
LIHTC Program • California Tax Credit Allocation Committee: 2011 Totals (cont’d) • Federal (4%) Plus State Credit Awards • Annual Federal Credits Awarded: $7,419,382 • Total State Credits Awarded: $23,833,168 • Projects Awarded: 16 • Total Number of Units: 1,175 • Total Number of Low Income Units: 1,134 • Federal (4%) With Tax-Exempt Bond Financing Awards • Annual Federal Credits Awarded: $75,627,461 • Projects Awarded: 109 • Total Number of Units: 10,073 • Total Number of Low Income Units: 9,340
DEMAND SNAPSHOTThe Coronet, San Francisco Senior Rental 150 units Project Value: $55,000,000 15-40% AMI Wait/Interest list of over 7,000
MacArthur Transit Village, Oakland Mixed-use, Mixed-income Family Rental Affordable Units / Total Units: 108 / 624 Project Value: $329,800,000
COMM22, San Diego Mixed-use Family Rental Total Units: 200 Project Value: $77,928,000
9th & Broadway, San Diego Mixed-Use Rental Total Units: 250 Project Value: $73,500,000