DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, AICP, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
An ordinance authorizing the San Antonio Housing Trust Finance Corporation to issue a Multifamily Housing Governmental Note for the Lord Road Apartments.
SUMMARY:
The San Antonio Housing Trust Finance Corporation is seeking approval for the issuance of its Multifamily Housing Governmental Note for the development of Lord Road Apartments in an amount not to exceed $27,500,000.00 with final terms and documents to be approved hereafter by the San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corporation (SAHTPFC).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The San Antonio Housing Trust Finance Corporation (SAHTFC) was formed by the San Antonio Housing Trust (SAHT) in 1997 under Chapter 394 of the Texas Housing Finance Act to be a financial pass-through facility to issue bonds for affordable single and multi-family housing. The Board of the SAHTFC consists of five members of the San Antonio City Council: City Council Members from Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Additionally, the SAHTFC is administered by the SAHT. The San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corporation owns the real estate and controls the general partner in the partnership.
Lord Road Apartments is a proposed 324-unit rental housing development to be located at 4835 Lord Road in Council District 2 with a total development cost of $49 million. Five percent or sixteen of the units would be restricted to 50% of area median income and the remaining balance of 308 units will be restricted to 60% of area median income (e.g., a family of four will have a maximum income of $40,080.00).
Along with the proposed issuance of a Multifamily Housing Governmental Note for $27,500,000.00, this project is funded with $16,827,098.00 in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) tax credits, $2,850,000.00 in HOME grant loans that City Council approved in September 29, 2016 and Oct...
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