Originations and Issuances, by the Numbers $3.7 billion has been advanced to homeowners under residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (R-PACE). Additionally, nearly $500 million has been advanced for commercial PACE (C-PACE) projects. Although R-PACE currently accounts for just .03% of the $12.8 trillion in household debt, it is one of the fastest growing sources of consumer credit and...
Recent comments from HUD Secretary Ben Carson struck a sour note for supporters of the PACE loan program, through which thousands of homeowners and businesses have made energy-efficient improvements to their properties. Just last year, in an effort to boost the program, the FHA, under the Obama Administration, said it would back mortgages on homes encumbered by PACE loans. But earlier this month,...
In this ValueWalk article, Joseph Cioffi offers insight into concerns surrounding the Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACE), including the adequacy of disclosures made at the time a PACE-funded project is sold to a homeowner as a means of financing energy efficient home improvements through a tax assessment on the property.
