Management company requirements
Qualifications, underwriting documents and management-agent insurance.
Affordable housing
Preserve homes. Create opportunity.
Built around your property.
Bedford works with affordable housing owners and developers on new construction, substantial rehabilitation, acquisitions and refinancing. Qualifying rent and income restrictions or project-based assistance can affect loan sizing and debt-service coverage.
A property with naturally low rents does not automatically meet HUD’s affordable housing definitions. We review the recorded restrictions, monitoring arrangements and assistance contracts alongside the proposed financing. See the affordability handout for the definitions and program-specific distinctions.
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HUD 223(f)
Multifamily acquisition & refinance
Acquire or refinance an existing apartment community with long-term, fixed-rate HUD financing.
- Up to 35 years
- Fixed interest rate
Multifamily construction & substantial rehab
Build or substantially renovate an apartment community with construction-to-permanent HUD financing.
- 40-year amortization
- Single closing
Multifamily streamlined refinance
Refinance an existing HUD-insured apartment loan to improve its long-term financing structure.
- Fixed-rate financing
- No cash-out
Multifamily supplemental financing
Improve or expand an eligible apartment property while retaining its existing HUD first mortgage.
- Supplemental mortgage
- Property improvements
Program documents.
More documents for this program 8 files
Ownership & closing
HUD definitions of affordability
Affordability categories and how they affect underwriting.
Property insurance requirements
Coverage, evidence of insurance and lender requirements.
Financial statements & mortgage credit
Borrower entities, principal review and financial statement requirements.
HUD Multifamily Regulatory Agreement (2026)
Blank HUD-92466M reference for owners and closing counsel.
Building accessibility requirements
An overview of Fair Housing Act, Section 504 and ADA considerations.
Secondary financing — MAP Guide excerpt (2021)
March 2021 reference covering public and private subordinate financing, surplus cash notes and tax-credit bridge loans.
Real estate tax abatements & TIFs
Bedford’s explanation of long- and short-term abatements, PILOTs and tax increment financing. Included numbers are illustrations, not a financing quote.