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Arizona assisted living financing

Assisted living is a licensed operating business on commercial real estate, not a house and not independent apartments. Arizona's health department license is an underwriting item. HUD 232, when it fits, is made by a HUD-approved lender. Capital Market Funds arranges the file and does not claim that approval.

Reviewed by Craig Hoebing, AZ Commercial Mortgage Banker CMB-1047342 · Updated October 2026

Arizona assisted living market context

ADHS residential facility licensing
Arizona Department of Health Services licenses residential facilities and directs applications and renewals through its licensing system. A commercial lender asks for the current license before it treats the building as an operating assisted living community. Arizona Department of Health Services, residential facilities licensing
HUD healthcare programs
HUD's healthcare site is the department's front door for health-care facility financing. HUD 232 for residential care is made by a HUD-approved lender. This firm does not claim MAP or LEAN approval. HUD, healthcare facilities

Parent context is Arizona seniors housing. That hub separates independent apartments from licensed care. This page is only the assisted living case: a building where residents receive care, an operator runs the business, and a license has to be real. Investor-owned commercial real estate is still the collateral. A mortgage on a house a family lives in is not. City notes, when the building is in those cities, are Phoenix seniors housing and Scottsdale seniors housing. They do not replace the statewide license question.

The Arizona Department of Health Services licenses residential facilities. Its residential-facilities page points operators to the department's licensing system for applications and renewals. A lender treats a current license as part of the collateral story. An expired license, a license in someone else's name, or a building that is operating without the license the use requires is an open item. This page is not a license, not a survey, and not legal advice about whether a particular home or center qualifies. Counsel and the department decide that. We need the paper.

Operator quality is the other half. Census, staffing, and the record of inspections tell a lender whether the business can pay rent or debt service. We do not score operators, and we do not publish a ranking. Send the trailing occupancy, the management agreement, and any survey findings you already have. Hiding a finding does not make it smaller. If the operator and the real estate owner are different parties, say who pays whom.

HUD 232 is made by a HUD-approved lender

HUD's healthcare pages describe mortgage insurance programs for residential care. The program this desk pairs with assisted living, when the asset and the calendar fit, is HUD 232. A HUD-approved lender makes that loan. Capital Market Funds does not claim MAP or LEAN approval. We arrange the file and place it with a lender who has the approval. We do not become that lender.

The HUD clock is long. A bridge loan can hold the property while 232 is in process, if a bridge lender will fund it and the takeout really is a HUD-approved lender's 232 loan. The bridge does not turn into 232 by the passage of time. Bridge capital is sourced from private investors, not from this firm's balance sheet. Read Arizona bridge for that short loan. A bank permanent loan, when the sponsor will not wait on HUD, is Arizona permanent financing only if a permanent lender will hold a care facility. Many will not. Ask before you assume.

What does not belong on this page

Independent living that is conventional apartments may be Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or HUD 223(f), arranged with the lender who executes that program. That is the parent page's split, not a second assisted living product. Capital Market Funds is not a Fannie Mae DUS lender. Memory care and skilled nursing are also licensed care, and they are not automatically the same term sheet as assisted living. Say which license you hold.

No assisted living closing is published. Apartment tombstones stay on the apartment pages. Craig Hoebing arranges the request from Scottsdale under CMB-1047342 and NMLS 1445066. A form is not an application and not a commitment.

Papers an assisted living lender asks for first

  • Current ADHS license

    The license should match the operator and the address. A screenshot of a logo is not a license.

  • Census and staffing

    Trailing occupancy and who provides the care. A pro forma with no history is a different loan.

  • Survey record

    Findings you already have, including ones that are still open. This is not a ranking.

  • Takeout, if the loan is short

    Name the HUD-approved lender's 232 path or the bank path. A bridge with no takeout is incomplete.

Capital for a licensed assisted living community

Capital for a licensed assisted living community
SourceWhen it fits
HUD 232Residential care with a HUD-approved lender, when the process fits. Not a MAP or LEAN claim.
BankA bank loan on a licensed community the bank will hold when the sponsor will not wait on HUD.
Bridge & PrivateShort capital while a HUD 232 takeout is actually in process with a HUD-approved lender.

Assisted living questions for Arizona sponsors

Why does an Arizona assisted living lender ask for the ADHS license?
The health department licenses residential facilities. A current license is evidence the use is authorized. This page does not issue licenses and is not a determination by the department.
Who makes a HUD 232 loan on an Arizona assisted living building?
A HUD-approved lender makes it. Capital Market Funds arranges the file and does not claim MAP or LEAN approval.
Is independent living the same Arizona loan as assisted living?
No. Independent living that is apartments is underwritten as multifamily. Assisted living is licensed care. The parent page is Arizona seniors housing. This page is only the licensed assisted living case.
Does a bridge loan on assisted living become HUD 232 on its own?
No. Bridge is a short loan. HUD 232 is a separate approval by a HUD-approved lender. The bridge should name that takeout. It does not convert by waiting.

No assisted living closing is published

No assisted-living tombstone is on the transactions list. Multifamily cards are not care facilities and are not moved onto this page.

Full transactions list

Talk to Craig

Send the license, the census, and the operator

Craig will see that the request started on the Arizona assisted living page.

This form is not a loan application and not a commitment to lend. Direct: (480) 495-8072

Request a term sheet

Submitting this form is a request to talk, not a loan application and not a commitment to lend. Craig will reply from craig@capmarkfund.com.