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Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts Level 1 (Notes)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts [Abstract]  
Investments in Debt and Equity Investments, Cash and Cash Equivalents, Unrealized and Realized Gains (Losses), Public Housing Capital Funds Trust [Text Block]
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificates

In July 2012, the Company purchased 100% of the residual participation receipts (“LIFERs”) in tender option bond trusts (“PHC TOB Trusts”) for approximately $16 million. The PHC TOB Trusts own approximately $65.3 million of Public Housing Capital Fund Certificates (“PHC Certificates”) issued by three trusts ("PHC Trusts") sponsored by Deutsche Bank ("DB"). The assets held by the PHC Trusts consist of custodial receipts evidencing loans made to a number of local public housing authorities. Principal and interest on these loans are payable by the respective public housing authorities out of annual appropriations to be made to the public housing authorities by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) under HUD's Capital Fund Program established under Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (the “Capital Fund Program”). The PHC Trusts have a first lien on these annual Capital Fund Program payments to secure the public housing authorities' respective obligations to pay principal and interest on their loans. The loans payable by the public housing authorities are not debts, nor guaranteed by the United States of America or HUD. Interest payable on the public housing authority debt held by the PHC Trusts is exempt from federal income taxes. The PHC Certificates issued by each of the PHC Trusts have been rated investment grade by Standard & Poor's.
The Company determined that the three PHC TOB trusts are variable interest entities and that the Company was the primary beneficiary of each of the three PHC TOB trusts. As a result, the Company reports the PHC TOB Trusts on a consolidated basis and the SPEARS as debt financing. In determining the primary beneficiary of these specific VIEs, the Company considered who has the power to control the activities of the VIEs which most significantly impact their financial performance, the risks that the entity was designed to create, and how each risk affects the VIE. The indenture for the PHC TOB trusts stipulates that the Company has the sole right to cause the PHC TOB trusts to sell the PHC Certificates. If they were sold, the extent to which the VIEs will be exposed to gains or losses associated with variability in the PHC Certificates' fair value arising from changes in municipal bond market rates therefore would result from decisions made by the Company.

The Company had the following investments in the PHC Certificates on March 31, 2013:
Description of Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificates
 
Cost adjusted for amortization of premium and discounts
 
Unrealized Gain
 
Unrealized Loss
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust I
 
$
28,084,264

 
$

 
$
(286,080
)
 
$
27,798,184

Public Housing Capital Fund Trust II
 
17,453,830

 

 
(458,374
)
 
16,995,456

Public Housing Capital Fund Trust III
 
20,405,410

 

 
(585,337
)
 
19,820,073

 
 
$
65,943,504

 
$

 
$
(1,329,791
)
 
$
64,613,713


The Company had the following investments in the PHC Certificates on December 31, 2012:
Description of Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificates
 
Cost adjusted for amortization of premium and discounts
 
Unrealized Gain
 
Unrealized Loss
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificate I
 
$
28,119,176

 
$

 
$
(48,477
)
 
$
28,070,699

Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificate II
 
17,442,860

 

 
(109,223
)
 
17,333,637

Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificate III
 
20,395,597

 

 
(410,635
)
 
19,984,962

 
 
$
65,957,633

 
$

 
$
(568,335
)
 
$
65,389,298



Valuation - As all of the Company’s investments in PHC Certificates are classified as available-for-sale securities, they are carried on the balance sheet at their estimated fair values.  Due to the limited market for the PHC Certificates, these estimates of fair value do not necessarily represent what the Company would actually receive in a sale of the certificates.  The estimates of the fair values of these PHC certificates is based on a yield to maturity analysis which begins with the current market yield rate for a “AAA” rated tax-free municipal bond for a term consistent with the weighted-average life of each of the Public Housing Capital Fund trusts adjusted largely for unobservable inputs the General Partner believes would be used by market participants. Management’s valuation encompasses judgment in its application and pricing as determined by pricing services, when available, is compared to Management's estimates.  The PHC Certificates are AA and BBB rated. At March 31, 2013, the range of effective yields on the individual bonds was 4.8% to 6.0%.  At December 31, 2012, the range of effective yields on the individual bonds was 4.6% to 5.9%. Additionally, the Company calculated the sensitivity of the key assumption used in calculating the fair values of these bonds.  Assuming a 10% adverse change in the key assumption, the effective yields on the individual bonds would increase to a range of 5.2% to 6.6% and would result in additional unrealized losses on the bond portfolio of approximately $2.9 million.  This sensitivity analysis is hypothetical and is as of a specific point in time.  The results of the sensitivity analysis may not be indicative of actual changes in fair value and should be used with caution.  If available, the general partner may also consider other information from external sources, such as pricing services.  Pricing services and management’s analysis provide indicative pricing only.

The following table sets forth certain information relating to the PHC Certificates held in the PHC TOB Trusts:
 
 
Weighted Average Lives (Years)
 
Investment Rating
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate over Life
 
Principal Outstanding
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificate I
 
12.75
 
AA-
 
5.330
%
 
$
26,406,558

Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificate II
 
12.3
 
AA-
 
4.240
%
 
17,959,713

Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificate III
 
13.3
 
BBB
 
5.410
%
 
20,898,432

Total Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
65,264,703