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Resolution to Approve an Application for $750,000 to the Federal Home Loan Bank - Pittsburgh for Affordable Housing Program (AHP) Funding for the Redevelopment of Swift Lane
Memorandum
AAHC is redeveloping Swift Lane located at 3401-3405 Platt Road and 3451-3457 Platt Road ("Platt Site") and 1520 White Street ("White/State/Henry Site"). The properties are currently public housing and will be converted to project-based vouchers under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Rental Assistance Demonstration ("RAD") program. The White/State/Henry site currently has twenty-eight units which will be demolished. The new construction there will include thirty-two units and a community room. The Platt Site has six existing residential units that will be demolished and replaced with the new construction of thirty-two new residential units and a community room.
The AAHC has secured Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Ann Arbor Housing Trust Fund, Washtenaw County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, Washtenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority funds, among others, to redevelop this property. The AAHC will be applying for $750,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank- AHP Program of Pittsburgh to cover the remaining gap in funding.
The AAHC Board must authorize Jennifer Hall, the Executive Director of the AAHC, to submit a funding application not to exceed $750,000 to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh under the AHP for the demolition, new construction, and related soft costs of these properties; and authorize her or her designee, Betsy Cornellier, Finance and Administrative Manager, to negotiate and sign documents and to take all actions required to give effect to the transactions.
The Construction Lender on Swift Lane, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. is the member bank of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, which will be working with on the application to the AHP Program, and will administer the loan.
Staff
Prepared and approved...
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