The multifamily rental rehabilitation loan program provides financial rehabilitation assistance to eligible owners and/or landlords of St. Louis Park multifamily residential rental properties with two or more units desiring to make property improvements. The targeted properties are naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) properties that have been maintained, are licensed, have no license revocations and are in good standing.

The goal is to provide a rehab incentive for NOAH properties to improve their property without raising rents above the 60% area median income (AMI) rent level.

Eligibility requirements

• Properties must have two or more units
• Licensed rental properties with no rental license revocations and in good standing
• Buildings at least 30 years old
• Properties must meet the St. Louis Park definition of a NOAH property
  • At least 18% of units with rents affordable to households with incomes at or below 60% area median income (AMI)
• Property must be current on:
  • Property insurance
  • Property taxes, liens and other assessments
  • Mortgage/contract for deed payments
• The combined loan-to-value ratio of all loans secured by the property must not exceed 110% of the property value
• No displacement of current residents related to rehabilitation of the property
• Be willing to restrict rents

Loan amounts

•  Maximum loan amounts
  • Per qualified rent-restricted unit — $5,000
  • Per building/development — $100,000
• Minimum loan amount — $5,000

Loan terms

• Loan must be used for improvements in qualified rent-restricted units or in interior or exterior building common spaces
• Loan is deferred with zero percent interest
• Loan must be matched on a 1:1 basis by other funds
• Owners who meet the rent restrictions and requirements for five years or longer will have a portion of the loan forgiven as follows: 25% of loan forgiven at five years, 50% of loan forgiven at ten years, 75% of loan forgiven at 15 years, 100% of loan forgiven at 20 years.
• Loan principal is 100% due and payable when the property is sold, ownership of the property is transferred or property does not meet the rent restrictions and requirements for at least five years.
• Rents of the assisted units must be affordable to households with incomes at or below 60% area median income (AMI)
• Property owners must file an annual self-certification that rents charged for the assisted units do not exceed the 60% AMI affordability level
• Properties must agree to give equal consideration to renting to tenants with housing subsidy vouchers

Contact

Marney Olson
Housing Supervisor
952.924.2196
molson@stlouisparkmn.gov