Title
Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) Multi-Family Affordable Housing Funding Support Request - Swan Run
Action
ACTION:
(A) Adopt a resolution authorizing the County Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Swan Run NOAH, LLC and develop terms and conditions under which Mecklenburg County would allocate a total of $1,355,499 over a 20-year period to cover twenty (20) years of rental subsidy for fourteen (14) affordable rental units at Swan Run available to households earning 30% AMI and below.
(B) Authorize the County Manager to develop terms and conditions and execute an agreement with Housing Collaborative to administer the rental subsidy program.
Staff Contact: LaShonda Hart, Program Manager, Affordable Housing Initiatives
Dena Diorio, Mecklenburg County Manager
Presentation: Yes
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Housing Impact Fund is an innovative social impact equity fund committed to addressing housing insecurity and upward mobility in Charlotte. Housing Impact Fund has acquired and preserved 1,163 NOAH units across Mecklenburg County since December 2020. In June, the organization announced a new $67 million fund of private sector capital to preserve an additional 1,000 units or more over the next two years.
Across its portfolio, Housing Impact Fund has set aside 350 units for households earning 30% AMI and below, 72 units for households earning 50% AMI and below, 510 units for households earning 60% AMI and below and 231 units for households earning 80% AMI and below.
Approval of this item will authorize the County Manager to negotiate, and execute an agreement with Housing Collaborative that will administer the rental subsidy program.
This proposal would commit annual funding from Mecklenburg County for the length of the property’s deed restriction at an amount equivalent to the corresponding annual property tax bill. The funding will be administered through Housing Collaborative identifies tenants and...
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