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May 14, 2018

Making The Most Of HUD’s New MAP CNA E-Tool

By JR Lephew

STREAMLINES TRANSACTIONS AND HUD UNDERWRITING PROCESS

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) multifamily projects are some of the most cautiously vetted in the commercial real estate industry. Their fixed-rate, fully-amortized, non-recourse loans offer some of the lowest interest rates in the business, but are underwritten twice – by HUD and the specific lender of interest. As a result, there are usually only a handful  defaults per year. Even so, HUD has been searching for ways to streamline its underwriting process to reduce waste and inefficiency by eliminating unnecessary paperwork while still providing a higher level of underwriting detail, including environmental and physical property assessments, and higher quality reports (which further lower the risk of default).

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About the Authors

JR Lephew

JR Lephew

Director of Affordable Housing
JR Lephew serves as the Director of Affordable Housing and his experience spans 20 years in the environmental, engineering, and construction industries. Mr. Lephew is the primary knowledge resource to clients and internal staff for all affordable housing-related due diligence services, including both environmental and physical needs assessments. The affordable housing due diligence programs that he specializes in include those related to applications for state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), HAP-TPA-Mark-Up-To-Market (MUTM/M2M), Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP), and Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), to name a few. Mr. Lephew also has extensive knowledge in, and has facilitated compliance with, local and state accessibility standards and laws, as well as federal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Housing Act (FHA), and Section 504-Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) requirements as they pertain to multifamily residential building standards and practices.

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