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DEAL STRUCTURING AND SYNDICATION ESSENTIALS
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PANEL OVERVIEW
— Why invest in housing tax credits?
— Common investment structures
— Key business terms and investor protections
— Recapture Basics
— Syndicator/direct investor perspectives
— Important investor due diligence/underwriting issues
— Investor trends/status of equity markets
— Questions
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WHY INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSINGTAX CREDITS?
— Tax Benefits
— Economic Benefits
— Social Benefits
— Geographic Flexibility
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WHY INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSINGTAX CREDITS: TAX BENEFITS
— Predictable 10-Year Credit Stream Based on the Cost of Constructing or Rehabilitating Residential Rental Housing
— Depreciation Losses
— One Year Carry Back; Twenty-Year Carry Forward
— Credits Can Offset Alternative Minimum Tax for Buildings Placed in Service After 12/31/07, and for Rehabilitation Expenditures Incurred After 12/31/07
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WHY INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSINGTAX CREDITS: OTHER BENEFITS
— Potential Economic Benefits:
• Cash Flow and Sale/Refinancing Sharing (But Not Generally Underwritten)
• Asset Management Fee Revenue
— Social Benefits:
• Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) Qualification
• Shareholder Relations
• Social Responsibility
• Some Projects May Qualify as Green Investments
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WHY INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSINGTAX CREDITS: OTHER BENEFITS
— Geographic Flexibility:
• Can Provide Geographic Diversification
• Can Target for Local Priorities and Visibility
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COMMON INVESTMENT STRUCTURES
— Direct Investment: Investment Directly into the Project Partnership which Is the Owner of the Housing Development
— Propriety Investment: Investment Through a Fund Managed by a Syndicator Without Other Investors for a Particular Housing Development
— Multi-Investor Investment: Investment through a Fund Managed by a Syndicator with Other Investors for a Particular Housing Development
— Secondary Investment: Purchased During the 10-Year Credit Period from Original Investor
— Guaranteed Investment: Certain Sponsors May Guarantee a Specific Yield and/or Against Specific Investment Risks
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DIRECT INVESTMENT STRUCTURE
Corporation ABCLocal GP
Developer
OperatingPartnership
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SYNDICATION STRUCTURE (PROPRIETARY INVESTMENT)
Corporation ABC$$$
Syndicator GP
InvestmentPartnership LP
Local GP
Developer
OperatingPartnership
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SYNDICATION STRUCTURE (MULTI-INVESTOR)
Corp ASyndicator GP
InvestmentPartnership LP
Local GP
Developer
OperatingPartnership
Corp B
CorpC
Corp D
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KEY BUSINESS TERMS AND INVESTOR RISKS/PROTECTIONS
STRUCTURING TAX CREDIT INVESTMENTS:
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OVERVIEW OF MAJOR INVESTMENT RISKS
— Tax: Recapture of a Portion of Previously-Allocated Credits and Future Credits for Projects that Do Not Comply with Income, Rent and Other Project Restrictions During the Initial Fifteen-Year Compliance Period
— Construction and Lease-up: Units Must Be Completed and Rented to Qualifying Tenants to Receive Credits
— Operational: Loss of Property Through Foreclosure Would Result in Similar Recapture and Loss of Future Credits
— Sponsor Risk: Weak or Overextended Sponsor
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KEY BUSINESS TERMS
— Projects Owned by Limited Partnership or Limited Liability Company
— Limited Partner Generally Receives 99.99% of Tax Credits, Depreciation, Losses and Profits
— Limited Partner Makes Capital Contributions in Multiple Installments (Generally 4 or 5), Based on Negotiated Development, Financing and Performance Benchmarks
— General Partner Guarantees Completion/Stabilization, Amount and Timing of Credits, and Funding of Deficits
— Investor Protections (Removal/Repurchase/Adjusters)
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STRUCTURING TAX CREDIT INVESTMENTS:KEY INVESTOR PROTECTIONS
— Tax Credit Adjusters
• Eligible Basis Adjuster
• Timing Adjuster
• Compliance Adjuster
— Construction Completion/Stabilization Guaranty
— Operating Deficit Funding Guaranty
— Removal of General Partner/Admission of Additional General Partner
— Removal of Management Agent
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STRUCTURING TAX CREDIT INVESTMENTS:KEY INVESTOR PROTECTIONS (CONT’D)
— Reporting Requirements/Removal of Accountants
— Repurchase of Investor Interest
— Removal of General Contractor
— Operating/Replacement Reserves
— Personal Guarantees
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RECAPTURE 101
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RECAPTURE
— Recapture for Non-Compliance:
• Accelerated Portion of Credit Recaptured (1/3 of Credit First 10 Years, Decreasing Through Year 15)
• If Minimum Set-Aside Fails, All Accelerated Credits Recaptured
• Otherwise, Unit-by-Unit (Extent of Decrease in Qualified Basis)
— Full Recapture on Transfer of Project or Interest Therein
• De Minimis (1/3 Ownership) Exception
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CALCULATING RECAPTURE COST
— Recapture Tax (Up to 1/3 of Credits Previously Claimed)
— Additional Interest Charge
— No Right to Receive Future Tax Credits
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AVOIDING RECAPTURE
— Recapture May be Avoided Upon the Disposition of a Building (or Interest Therein) if:
— A Taxpayer Reasonably Expects the Building to Remain Low Income and in Compliance with LIHTC Program, and
— Taxpayer Agrees to Extend Period for the Statute of Limitations for Three Years Following Taxpayer’s Notification to the Treasury that a Recapture Event has Occurred
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UNDERSTANDING THE SYNDICATOR/DIRECT
INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE
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IMPORTANT STRUCTURING/UNDERWRITING ISSUES
• Assessing the market and determining realistic rents
• Underwriting operating expenses
• Section 8 Rental assistance and Re-tenanting issues
• Underwriting sponsor reputation/experience/financial strength
• Determining appropriate replacement, operating and lease-up reserves
• Capital accounts, depreciation and related party debt
• Structuring deferred development fees
• Permanent debt terms and required DSCR
• Insurance issues
• Construction review
• Environmental issues
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INVESTOR TRENDS/EQUITY MARKET
Overview of Investor Issues in 2014
1.Is the pool of investors changing? Are we seeing more/fewer CRA driven investors? How about purely economic investors?
2.Where are yields today? How is that affecting non-CRA investors?
3.Will 2014 see more multi-investor funds, proprietary funds? What are some of the challenges for syndicators assembling national multi-investor funds?
4.What are the pros/cons to investing in tax-exempt bond deals? Do you prefer acquisition/rehab transactions or new construction?
5.What unique challenges and opportunities do banks face as tax credit investors/lenders?
6.Have you seen more preservation deals in 2013/2014? What are some of the unique underwriting challenges with preservation deals?