Financial Incentive Offered to Multifamily Borrowers Incorporating Healthy Design Features in Affordable
Housing
PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTC
Bulletin Board: FNMA) announced today its Healthy Housing Rewards™ initiative aimed at providing a financial incentive
for borrowers who incorporate healthy design features for newly constructed or rehabilitated affordable multifamily rental
properties. Healthy Housing Rewards is one of several partnerships that Fannie Mae is advancing as part of a corporate-wide
effort called Sustainable Communities Partnerships and Innovation.
The first phase of the Healthy Housing Rewards initiative will provide a pricing break for borrowers who incorporate design
features that improve air quality, encourage physical activity, and incorporate common space, community gardens, and playgrounds
into newly constructed or rehabilitated affordable rental properties.
"Incorporating healthy design features in affordable multifamily properties can have a big impact on residents – from
increasing physical activity and social interaction to reducing environmental triggers for asthma," said Jeffery Hayward, Executive Vice President, Multifamily, Fannie Mae. "When we strengthen the connection between
affordable housing and the long-term health and stability of the people and families who live there, we help create more
sustainable communities across the country. This new initiative will provide a financial incentive to borrowers who invest in the
health and stability of the people who live in their affordable housing properties."
Borrowers will be required to demonstrate that properties meet or exceed the minimum achievement score of 90 points under the
Center for Active Design's Healthy Housing
Index, as well as other affordability requirements defined by Fannie Mae. This initiative will target properties where at
least 60 percent of the units are serving tenants at 60 percent of average median income or less. Fannie Mae aims to provide
below-market-rate financing for properties that meet the Healthy Housing standards.
As the leading source of financing in the multifamily sector, Fannie Mae remains a reliable partner across the spectrum of the
nation's rental housing needs. To learn more about Fannie Mae's Multifamily business, visit https://www.fanniemae.com/multifamily.
Fannie Mae helps make the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and affordable rental housing possible for millions of Americans. We
partner with lenders to create housing opportunities for families across the country. We are driving positive changes in housing
finance to make the home buying process easier, while reducing costs and risk. To learn more, visit fanniemae.com and follow us on twitter.com/fanniemae .
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