$3,440,000
December 2016
Frostburg, MD
PARTNERED RIGHT
Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries (DLSM), one of the largest Lutheran affiliated social service organizations in the U.S., owns and manages Frostburg Heights Apartments, a 110-unit elderly housing project with Section 8 rental subsidies. The Project was built in the early 1980s and needed an infusion of capital. DLSM, passing on conventional financing options, turned to Sims Mortgage Funding to obtain HUD-insured financing.
STRUCTURED RIGHT
SMF obtained a key waiver that enabled us to bypass HUD’s layered real estate owned analysis of DLSM, shortening the financing timeframe. By underwriting the loan based on market value instead of cost to refinance, we maximized the equity cash-out to DLSM. The Project also was approved for a 20-year renewal of its Section 8 contract, ensuring a stable revenue platform well into the future.
EXECUTED RIGHT
The $3,440,000 loan was insured under the Section 223(f) program and was underwritten at 80% of market value. The loan features a 35-year amortization commencing 2 months after closing and a fixed interest rate that was considerably below projections. The debt service coverage ratio is approximately 1.27. In addition to the cash-out, approximately $2 million in loan proceeds funded a repair escrow and an initial deposit to the reserve fund for replacements.
FINANCED RIGHT®
SMF successfully obtained financing for a recapitalization of an existing, affordable project at a competitive, fixed, long-term interest rate. The recapitalization enabled Diakon to make much-needed improvements that could not be financed from operations and existing reserves.
SMF has closed 4 HUD-insured loans, all for affordable housing projects totaling approximately $15.2 million, for DLSM since 2011.
