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[CITE: 42USC12804]
TITLE
42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER II--INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Part D--Specified Model Programs
Sec. 254. Rehabilitation loans
- In general
The
Secretary shall make available a model program to provide direct
loans to finance the rehabilitation of low and moderate income
single family and multifamily residential properties.
- Condition
of loans
The
Secretary shall establish terms and conditions to ensure that
such loans are acceptable risks, taking into consideration the
need for rehabilitation, the security for the loan and the ability
of the borrower to repay the loan. The Secretary may establish
the interest rate for loans under the model program, which shall
include special interest rates for loans to borrowers with incomes
below 80 percent of the area median income.
- Additional
restrictionsGuidelines
for the model program may require that the property--
- be located in an area that contains a substantial number
of dwellings in need of rehabilitation;
- the property \1\ is residential and owner-occupied; and
\1\ So in original. The words "the property'' probably
should not
appear.
- the property \1\ is in need of rehabilitation or
concentrated code enforcement within a reasonable time,
and the
rehabilitation of such property is consistent with a local
plan for
rehabilitation or code enforcement.
Additional
guidelines for the model program shall generally comport with
the additional protections and restrictions specified under
section
1452b \2\ of this title.
\2\ See References in Text note below.
(Pub.
L. 101-625, title II, Sec. 254, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4121.)
References in Text
Section 1452b of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was repealed
by Pub. L. 101-625, title II, Sec. 289(b)(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104
Stat. 4128, which is classified to section 12839(b)(1) of this title.
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