To get affordable housing built, developers usually receive government tax credits that they in turn sell to investment partners and banks that use them to offset their tax liability. This year is anything but usual for banks, though — the three biggest ones in America are expecting such a huge drop in loan repayments that they set aside $28B to cover expected losses over the next three months.
“You have to appreciate that these are uncertain times for some of our largest investors, and losses are never welcomed on any business platform," David Deutch, a partner at Pinnacle Housing Group, which has developed 9,000 units in Florida, Texas and Mississippi, said on a Bisnow affordable housing webinar last week. "If they…
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