Leading Affordable Housing Not-for-Profit Announces Funding Partnership to Preserve Affordable Housing

WASHINGTON, DC – The NHP Foundation, a national nonprofit, announced that it has received $11.2 million in rehabilitation funding through a financial partnership with the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) and Citi Community Capital for its Parkchester Apartments property. The funding also included a $6.4 million second mortgage from the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and tax credit equity from PNC Bank.

Located at 2704 Wade Road SE, Washington, D.C. in the Barry Farm neighborhood, the Parkchester Apartments are in an up-and-coming D.C. area conveniently located near shopping and public transportation, and across the street from a groundbreaking new, state-of-the-art recreation center. The property consists of four garden-style apartment buildings, totaling 93 apartment units that will be developed and rehabilitated by The NHP Foundation.

“Properties such as the Parkchester Apartments are a right rarity in the affordable housing market today,” said NHPF’s President and CEO Richard Burns. “We are thrilled to close on financing for a property that is so centrally located and has so much potential. We look forward to continuing our mission of providing a better quality of life and more robust services to Parkchester residents with our financing partners, DCHFA, DHCD, PNC and Citi Community Capital.”

The NHP Foundation has committed to set aside 100 percent of the units for renters earning no more than 60 percent of the area’s median income. There is a HUD Housing Help Payment contract in effect through 2034 that covers 100 percent of the units and subsidizes the rent of families earning 50 percent or less of the AMI. Added Joseph Wiedorfer, NHPF SVP of Acquisitions and Development, “A recent survey undertaken by NHPF pointed to the desire for amenity-enriched housing such as this and Parkchester exemplifies what is best about affordable housing.”

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Arlington County Board Moves to Preserve 68 Affordable Westover Units

(RECAP: The Arlington County Board today went to preserve 68 affordable apartments in the Westover neighborhood, approving a $10.9 million Affordable Housing Investment Fund allocation to the non-profit Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH). The loan and associated documents will be considered by the Board in December. APAH will use the proposed loan to help it buy market-rate units within eight apartment buildings. The affordable housing developer intends to renovate the units and guarantee their affordability to families earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income for 60 years.)

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It's official: Fannie Mae moves to open credit box with trended credit data

(RECAP: This weekend marked the official launch of Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter Version 10.0, implementing the long-awaited use of trended credit, a change that could open up the credit box to potential borrowers previously unable to get a mortgage due to their credit history. So what’s with the huge hype around trended credit data? Trended credit data, according to Fannie, allows a smarter, more thorough analysis of the borrower’s credit history and helps creditworthy borrowers obtain access to mortgage credit and sustainable homeownership. This latest update to Desktop Underwriter is significant because it includes the requirement that lenders must start using trended credit data when underwriting single-family borrowers. Fannie is working with Equifax and TransUnion to provide the data.)

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