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P23-0177 – 3200 Hopyard <br />Draft Affordable Housing Agreement <br />Page 7 of 9 <br />P23-0177 – 3200 Hopyard <br />Draft Affordable Housing Agreement <br />Page 7 of 9 <br />P23-0177 – 3200 Hopyard <br />Draft Affordable Housing Agreement <br />Page 7 of 9 <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT 4 <br />Criteria for Affordable Units Sales Price Setting <br />A.The Affordable Sales Price for the Affordable Units shall meet the definition in <br />Municipal Code section 17.44.030 as reasonably determined by the City and its <br />consultant Bay Area Affordable Homeownership Alliance, Inc. (BAAHA), <br />California Density Bonus Law, and criteria for such calculation will include the <br />definitions and standards set forth below: the “Sales Price” shall be calculated by <br />adding the cash down payment, to the Maximum Mortgage Amount, less lender <br />and escrow fees and costs incurred by the buyer. The Sales Price shall be set <br />before the commencement of the sale process for the Affordable Units. <br />i.The “Smallest Household Size” means the household with the smallest <br />number of persons eligible for the Affordable Units, as stated in Section <br />3.B of the Agreement. <br />ii.The current “Maximum Eligible Income” shall be the most current State <br />Income Limit for Alameda County, Moderate Income (80% to 120% of <br />AMI) category, as published by the State of California Department of <br />Housing and Community Development, for the Smallest Household <br />Size. <br />iii.The “Maximum Allowable Monthly Housing Expenses” is calculated by <br />multiplying the Maximum Eligible Income by 35 percent and dividing by <br />12. <br />iv.The “Actual Monthly Housing Expenses” are calculated by adding the <br />following costs associated with a particular Affordable Unit and dividing <br />by 12: (i) any loan fees, escrow fees and other closing costs (amortized <br />over 360 months) and/or private mortgage insurance associated <br />therewith; (ii) property taxes and assessments; (iii) fire, casualty <br />insurance and flood insurance, if required; (iv) a reasonable allowance <br />for utilities as set forth in the Guidelines, not including telephones, and <br />(v) homeowners association fees, but less the amount of such <br />homeowners association fees allocated for any costs attributable to (iii) <br />or (iv) above. <br />v.The “Maximum Monthly Mortgage Payment Amount” is calculated by <br />subtracting the Actual Monthly Housing Expenses from the Maximum <br />Allowable Monthly Housing Expenses. <br />vi.The “Maximum Mortgage Amount” is established by determining the <br />amount of mortgage that a lender would loan, based upon the Maximum <br />Monthly Mortgage Payment Amount and based upon the down payment <br />found to be the lowest that lenders are willing to accept in a survey of <br />lenders as described below, provided that the down payment is a <br />commercially reasonable minimum amount. BAAHA may use <br />commercially reasonable data or survey and take the average of at least <br />three local lenders who regularly make home loans at a typical housing <br />expense ratio to first-time buyers in the price range of the Affordable