Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP and BlackRock Impact Opportunities form Joint Venture to Provide Financing for the Construction and/or Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing Across the US
17 Ottobre 2024 - 10:15PM
Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP (NYSE: GHI) (the
“Partnership”) today announced the formation of a joint venture
(the “Joint Venture”) with BlackRock Impact Opportunities (“BIO”),
to invest in loans which will finance the construction and/or
rehabilitation of affordable multifamily housing properties across
the US.
According to the National Low Income Housing
Coalition, the US has a shortage of 7.3 million affordable housing
units for renters with extremely low incomes.[1] The Joint Venture
aims to assist in addressing this deficiency by providing
construction financing solutions that increase the supply of
affordable multifamily housing units nationwide. The Joint Venture
will seek to make available approximately $500 million of gross
financing for properties in undercapitalized communities.
“We are pleased to partner with BlackRock Impact
Opportunities to scale and expand our construction loan investments
portfolio,” said Kenneth C. Rogozinski, CEO of the Partnership.
“The strategy and objectives of BlackRock Impact Opportunities are
closely aligned with those of the Partnership, and we believe that
together we can deploy capital to increase the availability of
affordable multifamily housing in underserved areas while achieving
attractive risk-adjusted returns for our respective investors.”
Brian Mwarania, Senior Investor for BlackRock
Impact Opportunities said, “We are proud to partner with Greystone
Housing Impact Investors LP. Our new Joint Venture aims to address
the acute shortage of high-quality affordable housing across the US
through innovative construction financing solutions. We look
forward to working closely with the Partnership to structure
compelling investments that achieve our clients’ social impact
objectives.”
The Partnership has deep investment experience in
direct affordable multifamily lending, including investments in
construction loans that position affordable properties for
permanent agency financing, such as Freddie Mac’s Tax Exempt Loan
(“TEL”) program. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership will
be the Joint Venture’s managing member, responsible for
identifying, evaluating, underwriting, and closing investments,
subject to BIO’s review and approval under the terms and conditions
of the Joint Venture.
Raymond James served as the transaction advisor to
the Partnership. Ballard Spahr LLP served as the legal advisor to
the Partnership. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP served as
the legal advisor to BIO.
_________________________[1]National Low Income
Housing Coalition. The Gap, March 2024 |
https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/gap/2024/Gap-Report_2024.pdf
About Greystone Housing Impact Investors
LP
Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP was formed
in 1998 under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act
for the primary purpose of acquiring, holding, selling and
otherwise dealing with a portfolio of mortgage revenue bonds which
have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing
for affordable multifamily, seniors and student housing properties.
The Partnership is pursuing a business strategy of acquiring
additional mortgage revenue bonds and other investments on a
leveraged basis. The Partnership expects and believes the interest
earned on these mortgage revenue bonds is excludable from gross
income for federal income tax purposes. The Partnership seeks to
achieve its investment growth strategy by investing in additional
mortgage revenue bonds and other investments as permitted by its
Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, dated
December 5, 2022, as amended, taking advantage of attractive
financing structures available in the securities market, and
entering into interest rate risk management instruments. Greystone
Housing Impact Investors LP press releases are available at
www.ghiinvestors.com.
About BlackRock Impact
Opportunities
BlackRock Impact Opportunities is BlackRock’s
flagship social impact investment platform. It enables clients to
invest in direct private markets opportunities that accelerate
positive economic outcomes for undercapitalized communities. BIO
seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its
investors by focusing on investment themes which are drivers for
economic growth. BIO’s extensive suite of investment strategies
ensures that the right capital is available to accelerate the
growth of high potential companies and projects.
Safe Harbor Statement
Information contained in this press release
contains “forward-looking statements,” which are based on current
expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to
differ materially from the Partnership’s expectations, forecasts
and assumptions and from those of the Partnership’s other
investments. There can be no assurance that the Joint Venture’s
investment objectives will be achieved. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks involving
current maturities of our financing arrangements and our ability to
renew or refinance such maturities, fluctuations in short-term
interest rates, collateral valuations, investment valuations and
overall economic and credit market conditions, market competition,
and reliance on key management personnel. For a further list and
description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports and
other filings made by the Partnership with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, its Annual
Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current
Reports on Form 8-K. Readers are urged to consider these factors
carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements. The
Partnership disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
INVESTOR CONTACT: Andy
Grier Senior Vice President
402-952-1235
MEDIA CONTACT: Karen
Marotta Greystone
212-896-9149
Karen.Marotta@greyco.com
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