(1) Loans shall be in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the Total Development Cost except as described in subsections (2) and (3), below, or the minimum amount required to make the Development economically feasible, whichever is less, as determined by the Credit Underwriter.
    (2) The following types of Sponsors are eligible to apply for loans in excess of 25 percent of Total Development Cost pursuant to Florida Statutes § 420.507(22):
    (a) Non-Profit and public Sponsors which are able to secure grants, donations of land, or contributions from other sources collectively totaling at least 10 percent of Total Development Cost; and,
    (b) Sponsors that set aside at least 80 percent of their total units for residents qualifying as Farmworkers as defined in Florida Statutes § 420.503, Commercial Fishing Workers as defined in Florida Statutes § 420.503, or the Homeless as defined in Florida Statutes § 420.621, or Persons with Special Needs as defined in Florida Statutes § 420.0004(13), over the life of the loan.
    (3) Unless stated otherwise in any competitive solicitation, the following types of Sponsors are eligible to apply for loans that do not exceed 35 percent of Total Development Cost for proposed Developments serving the Family or Elderly demographic categories, as well as those serving the Homeless, Farmworker, Commercial Fishing Worker, or Persons with Special Needs demographic categories that do not meet the criteria outlined in subsection (2), above:
    (a) Applicants requesting both SAIL and Competitive HC that commit to set aside more than 10 percent of the total units for ELI Households; and,
    (b) Applicants requesting SAIL without Competitive HC that commit to set aside at least 5 percent of the total units for ELI Households.
    (4) At a minimum, the percentage of set-aside units committed to in the Application must be held for Very Low-Income persons or households for a period of time equal to the greater of the following:
    (a) The term of the SAIL loan, or
    (b) 12 years from the date the first residential unit is occupied, or
    (c) Such longer term agreed to by the Applicant in the Application.
The set-aside requirements apply to the total number of residential units in the Development beginning on the later of the first day on which any residential unit in the Development is occupied or the SAIL loan closing date. For a period of 12 months beginning on the SAIL loan closing date (the “”transition period””), the failure to satisfy the set-aside requirements shall not cause noncompliance.
    (5) Unless otherwise permitted in a competitive solicitation process, an Applicant is not eligible to apply for SAIL Program funding if any of the following pertain:
    (a) Construction or construction-permanent financing of the costs associated with construction, Moderate Rehabilitation or Substantial Rehabilitation of the Development, including tax-exempt bonds or conventional financing with conversion clauses, has closed or will close prior to the date of the preliminary commitment for the applicable SAIL funding.
    (b) The proposed Development has received an allocation of Housing Credits or a Competitive Housing Credit commitment, unless:
    1. The Applicant is also applying for Corporation-issued tax exempt bonds or provides evidence of a non-Corporation-issued tax exempt bond commitment, or
    2. Written notice has been provided to the Corporation prior to the deadline to apply for the applicable SAIL funding withdrawing acceptance of such allocation or commitment and returning the previously awarded HC funding.
    (c) A preliminary commitment of funding for the proposed Development through the SAIL Program or the HOME Program has already been accepted, unless written notice has been provided to the Corporation prior to the deadline to apply for the new SAIL funding withdrawing such acceptance and returning the prior SAIL Program or HOME Program funding.
    (d) The proposed Development site or any part thereof is subject to any Land Use Restriction Agreement or Extended Use Agreement, or both, in conjunction with any Corporation affordable housing financing intended to foster the development or maintenance of affordable housing, unless at least one (1) of the following exceptions applies:
    1. A LURA recorded in conjunction with the Predevelopment Loan Program or the Elderly Housing Community Loan Program, or
    2. A LURA or EUA, or both, for an existing building or buildings, originally constructed at least 25 years prior to the deadline to apply for the applicable SAIL funding, where, in the current Application, the Applicant has selected and qualified for the Homeless demographic commitment with a Development category of Rehabilitation/Moderate Rehabilitation/Substantial Rehabilitation, Acquisition and Rehabilitation/Moderate Rehabilitation/Substantial Rehabilitation, Preservation, or Acquisition and Preservation.
    (6) Unless stated otherwise in a competitive solicitation, the SAIL Minimum Set-Aside Requirement is:
    (a) 20 percent of the SAIL Development’s units set-aside for residents with annual household incomes at or below 50 percent of the area, metropolitan statistical area (“”MSA””) or state or county median income, whichever is higher, adjusted for family size, or
    (b) 40 percent of the SAIL Development’s units set-aside for residents with annual household incomes at or below 60 percent of the area, MSA or state or county median income, whichever is higher, adjusted for family size. Sponsors of SAIL-funded Developments shall have the option of selecting this minimum set-aside only if the SAIL Development is scheduled to be assisted with Housing Credits, in addition to the SAIL loan.
Rulemaking Authority 420.507, 420.508 FS. Law Implemented Florida Statutes § 420.5087. History-New 7-22-96, Amended 12-23-96, 7-10-97, 1-6-98, Formerly 9I-48.009, Amended 11-9-98, 2-24-00, 2-22-01, 3-17-02, 4-6-03, 3-21-04, 2-7-05, 1-29-06, 4-1-07, 3-30-08, 8-6-09, 11-22-11, 10-9-13, 10-8-14, 9-15-16, Repromulgated 5-24-17, Amended 7-8-18, Repromulgated 7-11-19, 6-23-20, 5-18-21, 7-6-22, 6-28-23.