Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI) Risk Analysis

On October 24, 2023, the federal banking agencies released a final rule significantly revising the framework that the agencies use to evaluate banks' records of meeting the credit needs of their entire communities under the CRA. Under the revised framework, banks with assets of at least $2 billion are considered large banks and, accordingly, will have their retail lending, retail services and products, community development financing and community development services subject to periodic evaluation under complex, multi-part standards, and banks with assets greater than $10 billion will be subject to enhanced reporting requirements. Depending on a large bank's geographic concentrations of lending, the evaluation of retail lending may include assessment areas in which the bank extends loans but does not operate any deposit-taking facilities, in addition to assessment areas in which the bank has deposit-taking facilities. The final rule was to become effective April 1, 2024, and banks were to comply with most provisions beginning January 1, 2026, and with the remaining provisions on January 1, 2027. On March 29, 2024, however, the District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction that enjoined the federal banking agencies from enforcing the final rule, and this injunction remains in place. The final rule defines eleven categories of "qualified investments" in which banks may invest and receive credit for community development; affordable housing; economic development activities; community supportive services; six place-based activities (revitalization or stabilization activities; essential community facilities; essential community infrastructure; recovery activities in a designated disaster area; disaster preparedness and weather resiliency activities; and certain activities in Native Land Areas); activities with Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), women's depository institutions (WDIs) and low-income credit unions (LICUs); and financial literacy. For an institution to receive CRA credit with respect to the Partnership's Preferred Units, the Partnership must hold CRA qualifying investments that relate to the institution's CRA assessment area. Investments are not typically designated as qualifying investments by the OCC, FRB or FDIC at the time of issuance. Accordingly, the General Partner must evaluate whether each potential investment may be a qualifying investment with respect to a specific Unitholder. The final determinations that Partnership units are qualifying investments are made by the OCC, FRB or FDIC and, where applicable, state bank supervisory agencies during their periodic examinations of financial institutions. There is no assurance that the agencies will concur with the General Partner's determinations. Each holder of the Partnership's Preferred Units is a limited partner of the Partnership, not just of the investments in its Designated Target Region(s). The financial returns on an investor's investment will be determined based on the performance of all the assets in the Partnership's geographically diverse portfolio, not just by the performance of the assets in the Designated Target Region(s) selected by the investor. In determining whether a particular investment is qualified, the General Partner will assess whether the investment has as its primary purpose community development. The General Partner will consider, among other factors, whether the investment: (1) benefits or serves one or more persistent poverty counties or census tracts; (2) benefits or serves one or more geographic areas with low levels of community development financing; (3) supports an MDI, WDI, LICU, or CDFI; (4) benefits or serves low-income individuals, families, or households; (5) supports small businesses or small farms with gross annual revenues of $250,000 or less; (6) directly facilitates the acquisition, construction, development, preservation, or improvement of affordable housing in High Opportunity Areas; (7) benefits or serves residents of Native Land Areas; (8) is an investment in projects financed with Low-Income Housing Tax Credits or New Market Tax Credits; or (9) is a new community development financing product or service that addresses community development needs for low- or moderate-income individuals, families, or households. The General Partner maintains documentation, readily available to a financial institution or an examiner, supporting its determination that a Partnership asset is a qualifying investment for CRA purposes. An investment in the Preferred Units is not a deposit or obligation of, or insured or guaranteed by, any entity or person, including the U.S. Government and the FDIC. The value of the Partnership's assets will vary, reflecting changes in market conditions, interest rates, and other political and economic factors. There is no assurance that the Partnership can achieve its investment objective, since all investments are inherently subject to market risk. There also can be no assurance that either the Partnership's investments or Preferred Units of the Partnership will receive investment test credit under the CRA.

A third-party guarantor has provided a guaranty of preferred returns on each of our Vantage JV Equity Investments through the fifth anniversary of construction commencement, up to a maximum amount for each investment. If the underlying market-rate multifamily rental properties do not generate sufficient cash proceeds, either through net cash flows from operations or upon a sale event or refinancing, then we can enforce the guaranty against the guarantor. If the guarantor is unable to perform on the guaranty, we may be prevented from realizing the returns earned on our Vantage JV Equity Investments during the guaranty period, which will result in the recognition of losses.

We have determined to be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. The purpose of this determination is to eliminate federal and state income tax liability for us and allow us to pass through our interest income on our MRB and GIL investments, which we expect and believe to be tax-exempt, to our Unitholders so that they are not subject to federal income tax on this income. If our treatment as a partnership for tax purposes is successfully challenged, we would be classified as an association taxable as a corporation. This would result in the Partnership being taxed on its taxable income, if any, and, in addition, would result in all cash distributions made by us to Unitholders being treated as taxable dividend income to the extent of our earnings and profits. The payment of these dividends would not be deductible by us. The listing of our BUCs for trading on the NYSE causes us to be treated as a "publicly traded partnership" under Section 7704 of the IRC. We will remain taxable as a partnership if 90% or more of our income for each taxable year in which we are a publicly traded partnership consists of "qualifying income" (the "qualifying income exception"). Qualifying income includes interest (other than interest generated from a financial business), dividends, real property rents, gain from the sale or other disposition of real property, gain from the sale or other disposition of capital assets held to produce interest or dividends, and certain other items. While we believe that all interest income is qualifying income, some of our income is non-qualifying income and it is possible that the IRS may not consider some or all our income that we consider qualifying income to be non-qualifying income. In such a case, if more than ten percent of our annual gross income in any year is not qualifying income, we will be taxable as a corporation rather than a partnership for federal income tax purposes. If we are determined to be engaged in a financial business for purposes of Section 7704 of the IRC, we may not be able to rely on the qualifying income exception to the publicly traded partnership rules, which may require us to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation. We do not believe that the Partnership is engaged in a "financial business" for purposes of Section 7704 of the IRC, and therefore the interest generated by our MRB, GIL, and other investments should be considered qualifying income. However, we have not received our own private letter ruling from the IRS regarding our activities and whether they constitute a financial business. If the IRS were to consider our activities to constitute a financial business for purposes of Section 7704 of the IRC, we would likely not be able to rely on the qualifying income exception to the publicly traded partnership rules, which may require us to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation. We have not received, and do not intend to seek, a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service regarding our status as a partnership for tax purposes.

If a property underlying an investment asset was to be damaged by a natural disaster, such as a hurricane, earthquake, major storm or wildfire, the amount of uninsured losses could be significant, and the property owner may not have the resources to fully rebuild the property. In addition, the damage to a property may result in all or a portion of the rental units not being rentable for a period of time. If a property owner does not carry rental interruption insurance, the loss of rental income would reduce the cash flow available to pay principal and interest on MRBs, GILs and property loans secured by these properties. In addition, the property owner could also lose their allocation of LIHTCs if the property was not repaired. A loss of rental income would also reduce the cash available for our JV Equity Investments to pay us distributions.

Inflation risk is the risk that the value of income from investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value or purchasing power of money. Inflation increased significantly from 2021 to 2023 and slowly declined during 2024, though the aggregate effect of the recent inflationary period continues to adversely effect the economy and market participants. If there is a resurgence in inflation, which adds to the adverse effects of the recent inflationary period, the real value of our BUCs and Preferred Unit distributions may decline.

We are increasingly dependent on information technology networks and systems, including the Internet, to process, transmit, and store electronic and financial information, to manage and support a variety of business processes and activities, and to comply with regulatory, legal, and tax requirements. Certain critical components of our information systems are hosted and supported by third-party service providers and affiliates of Greystone. If we and our service providers do not allocate and effectively manage the resources necessary to build and sustain the proper technology infrastructure and to maintain and protect the related automated and manual control processes, we could be subject to business disruptions or damage resulting from cybersecurity incidents. If any of our information technology systems suffer severe damage, disruption, or shutdown, and our business continuity plans do not effectively resolve the issues in a timely manner, our revenues, financial condition, and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. We could also experience delays in reporting our financial results. In addition, we may be negatively impacted by business interruption, litigation, and reputational damages from cybersecurity incidents or from systems conversions when, and if, they occur in the normal course of business. Our third-party information technology service providers, including an affiliate of Greystone, are primarily responsible for the security of their own information technology environments and, in certain instances, we rely significantly on third-party service providers to supply and store our sensitive data in a secure manner. All such third-party vendors face risks relating to cybersecurity incidents that could disrupt their businesses and therefore adversely impact us. While we provide guidance and specific requirements in some cases, we do not directly control any of such parties' information technology security operations, or the amount of investment they place in guarding against cybersecurity threats. Accordingly, we are subject to any flaws in or breaches to their information technology systems or those which they operate for us. Although we are not aware of any material cybersecurity incidents that have affected our business and operations, we cannot be certain that our security efforts and measures, and those of our third-party service providers, will be effective or that our financial results will not be negatively impacted by cybersecurity incidents in the future. The inappropriate use of certain media could cause brand damage or information leakage. Negative posts or comments about the Partnership on any social networking web site could seriously damage our reputation. In addition, the disclosure of non-public information through external media channels could have a negative impact to the Partnership. Identifying new points of entry as social media continues to expand presents new challenges. Any business interruptions or damage to our reputation could negatively impact our financial condition, results of operations, and the market price of our BUCs.