Affordable Housing

Who can take out a loan with the Trust Fund?
The Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund lends primarily to non-profit 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) organizations such as housing development corporations, cooperatives, land trusts, community development corporations, faith-based institutions, labor unions, credit unions, and social service agencies with a stated mission of creating affordable housing. For-profit entities and local units of government may also be eligible.

How can loan dollars be used?
Loans are provided for all phases of affordable housing development including pre-development expenses, construction, rehabilitation, and adaptive re-use projects. Such projects may include the development of single or multi-family rental, lease-purchase, homeownership, and cooperative living units. Loans may also be obtained for permanent financing and bridge loans.

What are the loan terms?
Generally, the Trust Fund makes short-term loans of six years or less at interest rates of six to nine percent (6-9%). A two percent (2%) origination fee is charged at closing, and may be financed. Security is typically in the form of a real estate mortgage on the project itself, but may be on other property, and shall not generally exceed 100% of the appraised value of the secured property. All collateral shall be insured.

How is the Trust Fund able to make these loans?
By utilizing a unique method of underwriting, the Fund successfully blends traditional due dilligence concerns with an understanding of the atypical difficulties faced by non-profit developers in the current market.

What parts of Michigan are served?
The Fund is is a statewide organization, providing loans throughout the entire State of Michigan.

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    Throughout the Trust Fund’s 25 year history, our loan programs have had the following impact on the communities we serve.

    (as of March 31, 2010)

    • 2,123 housing units assisted
    • 273 loans for affordable housing
    • $27.3 million loaned for affordable housing
    • $80.2 million leveraged from other sources for affordable housing
    • 412 jobs created through economic development lending
    • 125+ (minimum) childcare slots created by economic development lending
    • 134,735 square feet developed or rehabbed
    • 60 loans for economic development
    • $3 million loaned for economic development
    • $17.4 million leveraged from other sources for economic development