462A.001 APPLICATION OF LAWS 2005, CHAPTER 56, TERMINOLOGY CHANGES.
State agencies shall use the terminology changes specified in Laws 2005, chapter 56, section
1, when printed material and signage are replaced and new printed material and signage are
obtained. State agencies do not have to replace existing printed material and signage to comply
with Laws 2005, chapter 56, sections 1 and 2. Language changes made according to Laws 2005,
chapter 56, sections 1 and 2, shall not expand or exclude eligibility to services.
History: 2005 c 56 s 3

462A.01 CITATION.
Sections 462A.01 to 462A.34 shall be known as and may be cited as the "Minnesota Housing
Finance Agency Law of 1971."
History: 1971 c 702 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 1

462A.02 POLICY.
    Subdivision 1. Findings; housing shortage. It is hereby found and declared that as a result
of public actions involving highways, public facilities and urban renewal activities, and as a result
of the spread of deteriorated housing and blight to formerly sound urban and rural neighborhoods,
and as a result of the inability of private enterprise and investment to produce without public
assistance a sufficient supply of decent, safe and sanitary residential dwellings at prices and
rentals which persons and families of low and moderate income can afford, there exists within
the state of Minnesota a serious shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing at prices or rentals
within the means of persons and families of low and moderate income.
    Subd. 2. Inimical; affects growth, prosperity. It is further declared that this shortage of
housing for low and moderate income families is inimical to the safety, health, morals and welfare
of the residents of the state and to the sound growth and development of its communities. An
adequate supply of housing of a variety of housing types serving persons and families of all income
levels and properly planned and related to public transportation, public facilities, public utilities
and sources of employment and service is essential to the orderly growth and prosperity of the
state and its communities. Present patterns of providing housing unduly limit the housing options
for many people in the state's urban centers, smaller communities and nonmetropolitan areas.
    Subd. 3. Negative patterns. It is further declared that continuing present patterns of
providing housing in the state will limit the ability of the private building industry and the
investment industry to produce, without assistance, the needed construction of sanitary, decent
and safe residential dwellings at prices or rentals which persons and families of low and moderate
income can afford, will result in a failure to provide sufficient long term mortgage financing for
housing for low and moderate income families, and will not assure that additional housing will be
provided in sufficient quantity in the areas of need and demand.
    Subd. 4. State program needed. It is further declared that housing assistance programs
provided by the federal government are inadequate both in the amount of housing given
assistance and the number of dollars available for assistance and that it will not be possible to
meet the housing needs of low and moderate income families in Minnesota without state action to
supplement federal programs. The legislature also finds that the provision of additional federal
resources to assist in the reduction of housing costs for low and moderate income families is
dependent upon the state of Minnesota providing administrative capability and a state housing
finance program to add to and more effectively utilize federal funds. It is further declared that
the provision of an adequate supply of housing for low and moderate income families has been
greatly restricted by the rapidly increasing costs of financing housing and that providing an
adequate supply of housing to meet the needs of low and moderate income families will not be
possible until and unless the cost of mortgage financing for housing for low and moderate income
families is reduced by state action.
    Subd. 5. Agency is for public purpose. It is further declared that in establishing a Minnesota
housing finance agency, the legislature is acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the
state of Minnesota to serve a public purpose in improving and otherwise promoting their health,
welfare and prosperity and that the Minnesota housing finance agency, as created and established,
is empowered to act on the behalf of the people of the state of Minnesota in serving this public
purpose for the benefit of the general public.
    Subd. 6. Meeting need is a public purpose. It is further declared that it is a valid public
purpose to construct housing for low and moderate income families who would otherwise
be unable to obtain adequate housing at prices or rentals they could afford, to encourage such
construction in the areas of need and demand with a reasonable balance between nonmetropolitan
and metropolitan areas of the state, and to assist in the elimination of substandard housing
conditions and to prevent the recurrence of such conditions by housing persons of varied
economic means and a wide range of incomes in the same developments and neighborhoods
properly planned and related to public facilities and sources of employment and services and to
provide the necessary powers to accomplish these public purposes.
    Subd. 7. Cooperation and coordination with feds. It is further declared that housing
assistance programs provided by the federal government frequently require cooperation by or
coordination with an agency of state government and that the availability of particular housing
assistance programs of the federal government may depend upon the existence of an agency
in state government with the authority and capacity to coordinate and administer such federal
housing assistance programs.
    Subd. 8. Rehabilitation. It is further found and declared that many residential dwellings
occupied by persons and families of low and moderate income do not conform to building,
housing maintenance, fire, health or other state, county and city codes and standards applicable to
housing; that many have a market value substantially below the market value that they would
have if rehabilitated; that many are substantially less desirable to live in than they would be if
rehabilitated; that many are substantially defective or are inadequate for the number of persons
occupying them; that many are uninsurable because of fire risks; that many owners of such
dwellings cannot afford to make the needed repairs and improvements without expending more
than a reasonable portion of their income for housing, and some are unable to afford any
additional amount for housing; and that existing private and public means of enterprise and
investment cannot provide financing or assistance on terms and conditions within the means of
many such owners. These conditions are adverse to the safety, health, and welfare of the citizens
of the state, and contrary to the public policy of preventing and eliminating blight in urban and
rural areas. The rehabilitation of such housing is more economical and less disruptive than
replacement and the relocation of the occupants. It is therefore a valid public purpose for the state
to preserve and promote the safety, health, and welfare of its citizens by exercise of the powers
granted to the Minnesota housing finance agency in this chapter.
    Subd. 9. Special needs residential care. It is further declared that the health, welfare,
and personal interests of persons who are mentally ill, developmentally disabled, physically
disabled, and drug dependent citizens of Minnesota and who are or may be in need of residential
care are better served through the development of a comprehensive, community-based system
of treatment and care which requires the availability of adequate financing for the construction,
renovation, or rehabilitation of residential care facilities as well as sufficient funds for their
operational start-up costs.
    Subd. 10. Energy conservation. It is further declared that supplies of conventional energy
resources are rapidly depleting in quantity and rising in price and that the burden of these
occurrences falls heavily upon the citizens of Minnesota generally and persons of low and
moderate income in particular. These conditions are adverse to the health, welfare, and safety
of all of the citizens of this state. It is further declared that it is a public purpose to ensure the
availability of financing to be used by all citizens of the state, while giving preference to low and
moderate income people, to assist in the installation in their dwellings of reasonably priced energy
conserving systems including the use of alternative energy resources and equipment so that by
the improvement of the energy efficiency of all housing, the adequacy of the total energy supply
may be preserved for the benefit of all citizens.
    Subd. 11. Long-term affordability. It is further declared that it is in the best interests of the
citizens of the state of Minnesota that public money used for the purposes of this chapter be used
in a manner that best assures the long-term affordability of housing to low- and moderate-income
citizens. To achieve that public purpose, the agency shall consider, in the making of grants and
loans and other uses of agency resources, the degree to which such grants, loans, and other uses
will assure the long-term affordability of the housing, by use of the neighborhood land trust
model or other techniques.
History: 1971 c 702 s 2; 1973 c 515 s 1; 1974 c 441 s 1-3; 1976 c 218 s 1; Ex1979 c 2 s 44;
1982 c 581 s 24; 1983 c 301 s 203; 1991 c 287 s 4; 2002 c 221 s 44; 2005 c 56 s 1

462A.03 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Application. For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined in this section
have the meanings ascribed to them.
    Subd. 2. Development costs. "Development costs" means the costs approved by the
agency as appropriate expenditures which may be incurred by sponsors of land development for
residential housing or of residential housing, within this state, prior to commitment and initial
advance of the proceeds of an eligible construction loan, or eligible mortgage, and for which
temporary loans from the housing development fund may be made by the agency subject to the
provisions of section 462A.05, subdivision 5, including but not limited to:
(a) payments for options to purchase properties on the proposed residential housing site,
deposits on contracts of purchase, or, with prior approval of the agency, payments for the
purchase of such properties;
(b) legal and organizational expenses, including payments of attorneys' fees, project manager
and clerical staff salaries, office rent and other incidental expenses;
(c) payment of fees for preliminary feasibility studies, advances for planning, engineering
and architectural work;
(d) expenses for tenant surveys and market analyses; and
(e) necessary application and other fees.
    Subd. 3. Federally insured construction loan. "Federally insured construction loan"
means a construction loan for residential housing which is insured by the United States or an
instrumentality thereof, or by a commitment by the United States or an instrumentality thereof to
insure such a loan or to make mortgage insurance available for a residential housing project upon
the completion thereof in accordance with federal law and regulations.
    Subd. 4. Federally insured mortgage. "Federally insured mortgage" means a mortgage loan
for residential housing which is insured or guaranteed by the United States or an instrumentality
thereof, or by a commitment by the United States or an instrumentality thereof to insure such a
mortgage.
    Subd. 5. Federally insured security. "Federally insured security" means an evidence of
indebtedness insured or guaranteed as to repayment of principal and interest by the United States
or an instrumentality thereof.
    Subd. 6. Agency. "Agency" means the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency created by
this chapter.
    Subd. 7. Residential housing. "Residential housing" means a specific work or improvement
within this state undertaken primarily to provide residential care facilities for mentally ill,
developmentally disabled, physically disabled, and drug dependent persons licensed or potentially
eligible for licensure under rules promulgated by the commissioner of human services, or to
provide dwelling accommodations or manufactured home parks for persons and families of
low and moderate income and for other persons and families when determined to be necessary
in furtherance of the policy of economic integration stated in section 462A.02, subdivision 6,
including land development and the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of buildings and
improvements thereto, for residential housing, and such other nonhousing facilities as may be
incidental or appurtenant thereto.
    Subd. 8. Land development. "Land development" means the process of acquiring land for
residential housing construction, and of making, installing, or constructing nonresidential housing
improvements, including waterlines and water supply installations, sewer lines and sewage
disposal installations, steam, gas and electric lines and installations, roads, streets, curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, whether on or off the site, which the agency deems necessary or desirable to prepare
such land for residential housing construction within this state.
    Subd. 9. Housing development fund. "Housing development fund" means the fund
established by section 462A.20. "Bond fund" means any fund or funds established by the agency
for the disposition of the proceeds of its bonds or notes issued as authorized in sections 462A.08
to 462A.17 and any debt service reserve fund established for the security of bonds or notes
pursuant to section 462A.22.
    Subd. 10. Persons and families of low and moderate income. "Persons and families of
low and moderate income" means persons and families, irrespective of race, creed, national
origin, sex, or status with respect to guardianship or conservatorship, determined by the agency
to require such assistance as is made available by this chapter on account of personal or family
income not sufficient to afford adequate housing. In making such determination the agency shall
take into account the following: (a) The amount of the total income of such persons and families
available for housing needs, (b) the size of the family, (c) the cost and condition of housing
facilities available, (d) the eligibility of such persons and families to compete successfully in the
normal housing market and to pay the amounts at which private enterprise is providing sanitary,
decent and safe housing. In the case of federally subsidized mortgages with respect to which
income limits have been established by any agency of the federal government having jurisdiction
thereover for the purpose of defining eligibility of low and moderate income families, the limits so
established shall govern under the provisions of this chapter. In all other cases income limits for the
purpose of defining low or moderate income persons shall be established by the agency by rules.
    Subd. 11. Eligible loan. "Eligible loan" means any mortgage loan, construction loan,
rehabilitation loan, or other loan, whether or not federally insured, granted by the agency to
an eligible mortgagor.
    Subd. 12. Eligible security. "Eligible security" means any security payable from or
evidencing an interest in mortgages, all or a portion of which secure loans financing residential
housing.
    Subd. 13. Eligible mortgagor. "Eligible mortgagor" means a nonprofit or cooperative
housing corporation; the Department of Administration for the purpose of developing nursing
home beds under section 251.011 or community-based programs as defined in sections 252.50
and 253.28; a limited profit entity or a builder as defined by the agency in its rules, which
sponsors or constructs residential housing as defined in subdivision 7; or a natural person of
low or moderate income, except that the return to a limited dividend entity shall not exceed 15
percent of the capital contribution of the investors or such lesser percentage as the agency shall
establish in its rules, provided that residual receipts funds of a limited dividend entity may be used
for agency-approved, housing-related investments owned by the limited dividend entity without
regard to the limitation on returns. Owners of existing residential housing occupied by renters
shall be eligible for rehabilitation loans, only if, as a condition to the issuance of the loan, the
owner agrees to conditions established by the agency in its rules relating to rental or other matters
that will insure that the housing will be occupied by persons and families of low or moderate
income. The agency shall require by rules that the owner give preference to those persons of low
or moderate income who occupied the residential housing at the time of application for the loan.
    Subd. 14. Federal housing assistance supplements. "Federal housing assistance
supplements" means all funds or certificates of tax credit or exemption, including mortgage
credit certificates, or low-income housing credits, made available to the state of Minnesota by
the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof for the purpose of assisting in
providing adequate and economic housing in the state of Minnesota.
    Subd. 15. Rehabilitation. "Rehabilitation" means the repair, reconstruction, or improvement
of existing residential housing with the object of making such residential housing decent, safe,
sanitary and more desirable to live in, of greater market value or in conformance with state,
county, or city health, housing, building, fire prevention, and housing maintenance codes, and
lead and other public standards applicable to housing, as determined by the agency.
    Subd. 16. Mentally ill person. "Mentally ill person" means a person with a mental illness,
an adult with an acute mental illness, or a person with a serious and persistent mental illness, as
prescribed by section 245.462, subdivision 20.
    Subd. 17. Developmentally disabled person. "Developmentally disabled person" shall have
the meaning prescribed by section 253B.02, subdivision 14.
    Subd. 18. Drug dependent person. "Drug dependent person" shall have the meaning
prescribed by section 254A.02, subdivision 5.
    Subd. 19. Residential care facility. "Residential care facility" means a living unit established
primarily for the accommodation and treatment of persons who are mentally ill, developmentally
disabled, physically disabled, and drug dependent.
    Subd. 20. American Indian. "American Indian" means a person who is a member of an
Indian tribe, as the terms "Indian," "Indian tribe," and "tribal organization" are defined in United
States Code, title 25, section 450b.
    Subd. 21. City. "City" has the meaning given in section 462C.02, subdivision 6.
    Subd. 22. Nonprofit organization. "Nonprofit organization" means a housing and
redevelopment authority established under sections 469.001 to 469.047, or other law, or a
partnership, joint venture, corporation, or association which is established for a purpose not
involving pecuniary gain to the members, partners, or shareholders; pays no dividends or other
pecuniary remuneration to the members, partners, or shareholders; and in the case of a private
nonprofit corporation, is established under chapter 317A and is in compliance with chapter 317A.
A nonprofit organization does not include a limited dividend entity.
    Subd. 23. Metropolitan area. "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given in section 473.121,
subdivision 2 .
History: 1971 c 702 s 3; 1973 c 501 s 15; 1973 c 515 s 2-10; 1974 c 441 s 4-6; 1976 c 218 s
2-6; 1976 c 254 s 1; 1977 c 401 s 2,3; 1981 c 306 s 3; 1982 c 581 s 24; 1983 c 185 s 1; 1984
c 640 s 32; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 333; 1986 c 465 art 2 s 10; 1987 c 350 s 1;
1988 c 542 s 1; 1989 c 270 s 1; 1989 c 328 art 1 s 3; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 52; art 9 s 15-18; 1992
c 522 s 24; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 74; 1997 c 7 art 5 s 36; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 2-5; 2002 c 221 s
45; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 67; 2004 c 263 s 19; 2005 c 56 s 1

462A.04 HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY.
    Subdivision 1. Creation; members. There is created a public body corporate and politic to
be known as the "Minnesota Housing Finance Agency," which shall perform the governmental
functions and exercise the sovereign powers delegated to it in this chapter in furtherance of the
public policies and purposes declared in section 462A.02. The agency shall consist of the state
auditor and six public members appointed by the governor with advice and consent of the senate.
No more than three public members shall reside in the area of jurisdiction of the Metropolitan
Council as provided in section 473.123, subdivision 1, and no more than one public member shall
reside in any one of the development regions established under the provisions of sections 462.381
to 462.396. Each member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and has qualified.
A certificate of appointment or reappointment of any member shall be conclusive evidence of the
due and proper appointment of the member.
    Subd. 1a. Section 15.0575 for public members. The membership terms, compensation,
removal of members, and filling of vacancies for the public members on the agency shall be as
provided in section 15.0575.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1976 c 134 s 79]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1976 c 134 s 79]
    Subd. 4. Chairs. The chair of the board of directors shall be designated by the governor
from among the public members appointed.
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1976 c 134 s 79]
    Subd. 6. Management, control. The management and control of the agency shall be vested
solely in the members in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
    Subd. 7. Powers; quorum; voting majority. The powers of the agency shall be vested in
the members thereof in office from time to time and a majority of the members of the agency
constitutes a quorum for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and
for all other purposes, notwithstanding the existence of any vacancies. Action may be taken by
the agency upon a vote of a majority of the members present.
    Subd. 8. Commissioner; complement. The agency shall be under the administrative control
of a commissioner which office is established. The commissioner shall be appointed by the
governor under the provisions of section 15.06.
The commissioner may appoint a deputy director. The commissioner may further appoint
such permanent and temporary employees as the commissioner deems necessary subject to the
approval of the commissioner of employee relations. All permanent employees of the agency,
except the commissioner, deputy director, and additional positions established pursuant to section
43A.08, subdivision 1a, are in the classified civil service. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, any approved complement established by law for the agency shall not
be reduced as a result of vacancies in approved positions. No additional deputy commissioner
positions may be created.
    Subd. 8a. Increased complement. The approved complement of the Minnesota Housing
Finance Agency may be increased up to three unclassified positions for the purposes of Laws
1979, chapter 306, sections 1 to 16.
    Subd. 9. No debt liability. The members and officers of the agency shall not be liable
personally, either jointly or severally, for any debt or obligation created or incurred by the agency.
History: 1971 c 702 s 4; 1973 c 35 s 74; 1974 c 441 s 7; 1976 c 134 s 73,74; 1976 c 254 s 2;
1977 c 305 s 42; 1977 c 347 s 59; 1979 c 306 s 15; 1980 c 617 s 47; 1981 c 306 s 4; 1981 c 356 s
248; 1982 c 560 s 58; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c
384 art 2 s 97; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 6; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 50,51

462A.041 HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY.
(a) Notwithstanding sections 13D.01 and 13D.02, the Housing Finance Agency may conduct
a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following
conditions are met:
(1) all members of the agency participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location,
can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;
(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the agency can hear all
discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the agency;
(3) at least one member of the agency, the commissioner, the deputy commissioner, or an
attorney for the agency is physically present at the regular meeting location; and
(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified
and recorded.
(b) Each member of the agency participating in a meeting by electronic means is considered
present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.
(c) If telephone or another electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the agency to the
extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location.
The agency may require the person making such a connection to pay for documented marginal
costs that the agency incurs as a result of the additional connection.
(d) If telephone or another electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or
emergency meeting, the agency shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact
that some members may participate by electronic means, and of the provisions of paragraph (c).
The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.
History: 1997 c 154 s 4

462A.05 SPECIFIC POWERS OF THE AGENCY.
    Subdivision 1. Application. The agency shall have the specific powers and duties set forth
in this section.
    Subd. 2. Residential construction loans. It may make or participate in the making of
eligible construction loans to sponsors or builders of residential housing for occupancy by persons
or families of low and moderate income. Such loans shall be made only upon determination by
the agency that construction loans are not otherwise available, wholly or in part, from private
lenders upon equivalent terms and conditions.
    Subd. 2a. Multiunit residential housing grants. It may make grants to sponsors or builders
of multiunit residential housing for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate
income. The grants shall only be made for the construction or rehabilitation of three bedroom
apartment units or townhouse units of four bedrooms or more for large low and moderate income
families. No grant shall exceed the amount of $5,000 per unit. In making grants, the agency shall
determine the circumstances under which and the terms and conditions under which all or any
portion thereof will be repaid and shall determine the appropriate security should repayment be
required.
    Subd. 3. Long-term residential housing mortgage loans. It may agree to purchase, make,
or otherwise participate in the making and enter into commitments for the purchase, making, or
participation in the making of long-term eligible mortgage loans to sponsors of residential housing
for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate income, or to persons and families
of low and moderate income who may purchase residential housing. The loans shall be made
only upon determination by the agency that long-term mortgage loans are not otherwise available,
wholly or in part, from private lenders upon equivalent terms and conditions. In establishing
maximum mortgage amounts and maximum purchase prices for single family dwellings, the
agency shall take into account housing cost differences in the regions of the state.
    Subd. 3a. Refinancing; residential housing. It may refinance the existing indebtedness of
owners of rental property, secured by residential housing for occupancy by persons and families
of low and moderate income, if refinancing is determined by the agency to be necessary to reduce
housing costs to an affordable level or to maintain the supply of affordable low-income housing.
The authority granted in this subdivision is in addition to and not in limitation of the authority
granted in section 462A.05, subdivision 14.
    Subd. 3b. Refinancing mortgages. The agency may make loans to refinance the existing
indebtedness, of owners of rental property, secured by federally assisted housing for the purpose
of obtaining agreement of the owner to participate in the federally assisted rental housing program
and to extend any existing low-income affordability restrictions on the housing for the maximum
term permitted. For purposes of this subdivision, "federally assisted rental housing" includes
housing that is:
(1) subject to a project-based housing or rental assistance payment contract funded by the
federal government;
(2) financed by the Rural Housing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture
under section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended; or
(3) financed under section 236; section 221(d)(3) below market interest rate program; section
202; or section 811 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended.
    Subd. 3c. Refinancing; long-term mortgages. It may agree to purchase, make, or otherwise
participate in the making and enter into commitments for the purchase, making, or participation in
the making of long-term mortgage loans to persons and families of low and moderate income to
refinance a long-term mortgage or other financing secured by the residential housing occupied
by the owner of the property. The loans shall be made only upon determination by the agency
that long-term mortgage loans are not otherwise available, wholly or in part, from private lenders
upon equivalent terms and conditions.
    Subd. 4. Purchase of financial instruments. It may purchase and enter into commitments
for the purchase of eligible securities, certificates of deposit, time deposits, or existing mortgage
loans from banks, savings associations, insurance companies, or other financial intermediaries,
provided that the agency shall first determine that all or a portion of the proceeds of such
instruments will be utilized to make loans for residential housing as defined in section 462A.03,
subdivision 7 , or all or a portion of the instruments are backed by or otherwise evidence an
interest in existing mortgages securing mortgage loans to finance residential housing. In the case
of eligible securities backed by existing mortgages, the proceeds must be used in whole or in part
either for making loans for residential housing or for preserving the use of existing residential
housing by persons and families of low and moderate income.
    Subd. 5. Temporary loans from housing development fund. It may make temporary
loans solely to "nonprofit" or "cooperative housing" sponsors as defined by the agency, with
or without interest, and with such security for repayment, if any, as the agency determines
reasonably necessary and practicable, solely from the housing development fund, in accordance
with the provisions of section 462A.21, to defray development costs to sponsors of residential
housing construction for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate income which
development costs are eligible or potentially eligible for construction loans or mortgages.
    Subd. 6. Accepting funds. It may accept appropriations, gifts, grants, bequests and devises,
and utilize or dispose of the same to carry out its corporate purpose.
    Subd. 7. Contractual instruments. It may make and execute contracts, releases,
compromises, compositions and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its
powers, or to carry out its corporate purpose.
    Subd. 8. Service charges. It may collect reasonable interest, fees, and charges in connection
with making and servicing its loans, notes, bonds, obligations, commitments and other evidences
of indebtedness, and in connection with providing technical, consultative and project assistance
services. Such interest, fees and charges shall be limited to the amounts required to pay the
costs of the agency, including operating and administrative expenses, and reasonable allowances
for losses which may be incurred.
    Subd. 9. Investment of funds. It may invest any funds not required for immediate
disbursement in accordance with the provisions of section 462A.18, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 10. Sale to federal agencies. It may sell eligible loans or eligible securities to the
Federal National Mortgage Association or any other agency or instrumentality of the United
States, and may invest in the capital stock issued by said association or other agency or
instrumentality to the extent, if any, required as a condition of such sale.
    Subd. 11. Federal housing assistance supplements. It may receive federal housing
assistance supplements; may administer and distribute said supplements in accordance with the
applicable provisions of federal law or regulations governing the administration and distribution
of said supplements; and may make and publish such rules as are necessary to enable it to receive,
administer, and distribute said supplements in accordance with said federal laws and regulations.
    Subd. 12. Establishment of funds. It may, from time to time, establish such funds as may be
needed in order to receive, administer, and distribute federal housing assistance supplements. All
federal housing assistance supplement funds received by the agency are hereby appropriated to
the agency.
    Subd. 12a. Mortgage certificate programs. It may participate in qualified mortgage
certificate programs as provided by section 25 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended
through December 31, 1984.
    Subd. 13. Preference. In carrying out the policies and purposes declared in section 462A.02,
the agency shall prefer those housing projects which are federally subsidized and those loans
which are federally insured or guaranteed, to the extent that the agency finds such projects and
loans to be available at the times and in the amounts needed to meet the shortage of residential
housing for persons and families of low and moderate income.
    Subd. 14. Rehabilitation loans. It may agree to purchase, make, or otherwise participate in
the making, and may enter into commitments for the purchase, making, or participation in the
making, of eligible loans for rehabilitation to persons and families of low and moderate income,
and to owners of existing residential housing for occupancy by such persons and families, for
the rehabilitation of existing residential housing owned by them. The loans may be insured or
uninsured and may be made with security, or may be unsecured, as the agency deems advisable.
The loans may be in addition to or in combination with long-term eligible mortgage loans under
subdivision 3. They may be made in amounts sufficient to refinance existing indebtedness secured
by the property, if refinancing is determined by the agency to be necessary to permit the owner
to meet the owner's housing cost without expending an unreasonable portion of the owner's
income thereon. No loan for rehabilitation shall be made unless the agency determines that
the loan will be used primarily to make the housing more desirable to live in, to increase the
market value of the housing, for compliance with state, county or municipal building, housing
maintenance, fire, health or similar codes and standards applicable to housing, or to accomplish
energy conservation related improvements. In unincorporated areas and municipalities not having
codes and standards, the agency may, solely for the purpose of administering the provisions of
this chapter, establish codes and standards. Except for accessibility improvements under this
subdivision and subdivisions 14a and 24, clause (1), no secured loan for rehabilitation of any
property shall be made in an amount which, with all other existing indebtedness secured by the
property, would exceed 110 percent of its market value, as determined by the agency. No loan
under this subdivision shall be denied solely because the loan will not be used for placing the
residential housing in full compliance with all state, county, or municipal building, housing
maintenance, fire, health, or similar codes and standards applicable to housing. Rehabilitation
loans shall be made only when the agency determines that financing is not otherwise available,
in whole or in part, from private lenders upon equivalent terms and conditions. Accessibility
rehabilitation loans authorized under this subdivision may be made to eligible persons and
families without limitations relating to the maximum incomes of the borrowers if:
(1) the borrower or a member of the borrower's family requires a level of care provided in
a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for persons with developmental
disabilities;
(2) home care is appropriate; and
(3) the improvement will enable the borrower or a member of the borrower's family to
reside in the housing.
The agency may waive any requirement that the housing units in a residential housing
development be rented to persons of low and moderate income if the development consists of four
or less dwelling units, one of which is occupied by the owner.
    Subd. 14a. Rehabilitation loans; existing owner occupied residential housing. It may
make loans to persons and families of low and moderate income to rehabilitate or to assist in
rehabilitating existing residential housing owned and occupied by those persons or families.
No loan shall be made unless the agency determines that the loan will be used primarily for
rehabilitation work necessary for health or safety, essential accessibility improvements, or to
improve the energy efficiency of the dwelling. No loan for rehabilitation of owner occupied
residential housing shall be denied solely because the loan will not be used for placing the
residential housing in full compliance with all state, county or municipal building, housing
maintenance, fire, health or similar codes and standards applicable to housing. The amount of any
loan shall not exceed the lesser of (a) a maximum loan amount determined under rules adopted
by the agency not to exceed $20,000, or (b) the actual cost of the work performed, or (c) that
portion of the cost of rehabilitation which the agency determines cannot otherwise be paid by the
person or family without the expenditure of an unreasonable portion of the income of the person
or family. Loans made in whole or in part with federal funds may exceed the maximum loan
amount to the extent necessary to comply with federal lead abatement requirements prescribed
by the funding source. In making loans, the agency shall determine the circumstances under
which and the terms and conditions under which all or any portion of the loan will be repaid and
shall determine the appropriate security for the repayment of the loan. Loans pursuant to this
subdivision may be made with or without interest or periodic payments.
    Subd. 14b. Energy conservation loans. It may agree to purchase, make, or otherwise
participate in the making, and may enter into commitments for the purchase, making, or
participating in the making, of loans to persons and families, without limitations relating
to the maximum incomes of the borrowers, to assist in energy conservation rehabilitation
measures for existing housing owned by those persons or families including, but not limited to:
weatherstripping and caulking, chimney construction or improvement, furnace or space heater
repair, cleaning or replacement, insulation, storm windows and doors, and structural or other
directly related repairs essential for energy conservation. Loans shall be made only when the
agency determines that financing is not otherwise available, in whole or in part, from private
lenders upon equivalent terms and conditions.
    Subd. 14c. Neighborhood preservation. It may agree or enter commitments to purchase,
make, or participate in making loans described in subdivision 14 for programs approved by the
agency for the preservation of designated neighborhoods. To achieve the policy of economic
integration stated in section 462A.02, subdivision 6, the programs may authorize loans to
borrowers having ownership interests in properties in the neighborhood who are not eligible
mortgagors as defined in section 462A.03, subdivision 13. The aggregate original principal
balances of noneligible mortgagor loans in a neighborhood benefiting from financing under this
subdivision must not exceed 25 percent of the total amount of neighborhood preservation loan
funds allocated to the neighborhood under the program.
    Subd. 14d. Accessibility loan program. Rehabilitation loans authorized under subdivision
14 may be made to eligible persons and households without limitations relating to the maximum
incomes of the borrowers.
A person or household is eligible to receive an accessibility loan under the following
conditions:
(1) the borrower or an individual residing in the borrower's home has a permanent physical
or mental condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities; and
(2) the improvement to the housing will assist the borrower or a member of the borrower's
household in residing in the housing.
    Subd. 14e. Purchase-rehabilitation loans. The agency may agree and enter into
commitments to purchase, make, or otherwise participate in making loans to persons or families,
without limitations relating to the maximum incomes of the borrowers, for the purchase and
rehabilitation of existing owner-occupied residential housing, as provided under subdivision 14.
    Subd. 15. Rehabilitation grants. It may make grants to persons and families of low and
moderate income to pay or to assist in paying a loan made pursuant to subdivision 14, or to
rehabilitate or to assist in rehabilitating existing residential housing owned or occupied by such
persons or families. For the purposes of this section, persons of low and moderate income
include administrators appointed pursuant to section 504B.425, paragraph (d). No grant shall be
made unless the agency determines that the grant will be used primarily to make the housing
more desirable to live in, to increase the market value of the housing or for compliance with
state, county or municipal building, housing maintenance, fire, health or similar codes and
standards applicable to housing, or to accomplish energy conservation related improvements.
In unincorporated areas and municipalities not having codes and standards, the agency may,
solely for the purpose of administering this provision, establish codes and standards. No grant
for rehabilitation of owner occupied residential housing shall be denied solely because the grant
will not be used for placing the residential housing in full compliance with all state, county or
municipal building, housing maintenance, fire, health or similar codes and standards applicable to
housing. The amount of any grant shall not exceed the lesser of (a) $6,000, or (b) the actual cost of
the work performed, or (c) that portion of the cost of rehabilitation which the agency determines
cannot otherwise be paid by the person or family without spending an unreasonable portion of
the income of the person or family thereon. In making grants, the agency shall determine the
circumstances under which and the terms and conditions under which all or any portion thereof
will be repaid and shall determine the appropriate security should repayment be required.
The agency may also make grants to rehabilitate or to assist in rehabilitating housing
under this subdivision to persons of low and moderate income for the purpose of qualifying as
foster parents.
    Subd. 15a. Accessibility grants. It may make grants or loans to persons and families
of low and moderate income to improve the accessibility of existing residential housing for
disabled occupants, or to assist in paying a loan made pursuant to subdivision 14 to improve the
accessibility of existing residential housing for disabled occupants. The amount of an accessibility
grant or loan must not exceed the lesser of the actual cost of the work performed or the part of the
cost of rehabilitation the agency determines cannot otherwise be paid by the person or family
without spending an unreasonable portion of the income of the person or family on it, based upon
the cost of the improvements and other appropriate factors including extraordinary medical
expenses. Grants or loans made pursuant to this section may include the payment of money for
technical assistance for the design and construction of accessibility improvements. In making
grants or loans under this subdivision, the agency shall determine the circumstances under which
and the terms and conditions under which all or any portion thereof will be repaid and shall
determine the appropriate security should repayment be required. The agency may gather data on
available accessible housing financed under this program and make the information available to
interested individuals and groups.
    Subd. 15b. Energy conservation grants. It may make grants to assist in energy conservation
rehabilitation measures for existing owner occupied housing including, but not limited to:
insulation, storm windows and doors, furnace or space heater repair, cleaning or replacement,
chimney construction or improvement, weatherstripping and caulking, and structural or other
directly related repairs essential for energy conservation. The grant to any household shall not
exceed $2,000.
To be eligible for an emergency energy conservation grant, a household must be certified as
eligible to receive emergency residential heating assistance under either the federal or the state
program, and either (1) have had a heating cost for the preceding heating season that exceeded
120 percent of the regional average for the preceding heating season for that energy source as
determined by the commissioner of employment and economic development, or (2) be eligible to
receive a federal energy conservation grant, but be precluded from receiving the grant because
of a need for directly related repairs that cannot be paid for under the federal program. The
Housing Finance Agency shall make a reasonable effort to determine whether other state or
federal loan and grant programs are available and adequate to finance the intended improvements.
An emergency energy conservation grant may be made in conjunction with grants or loans from
other state or federal programs that finance other needed rehabilitation work. The receipt of a
grant pursuant to this section shall not affect the applicant's eligibility for other Housing Finance
Agency loan or grant programs.
    Subd. 15c. Residential lead abatement. (a) It may make or purchase loans or grants for the
abatement of hazardous levels of lead paint in residential buildings and lead contaminated soil on
the property of residential buildings occupied by low- and moderate-income persons. Hazardous
levels are as determined by the Department of Health or the Pollution Control Agency. The
agency must establish criteria for a residential lead paint and lead contaminated soil abatement
program, including the terms of loans and grants under this section, a maximum amount for loans
or grants, eligible borrowers or grantees, eligible contractors, and eligible buildings. The agency
may make grants to cities, local units of government, registered lead abatement contractors, and
nonprofit organizations for the purpose of administering a residential lead paint and contaminated
lead soil abatement program. The agency must establish standards for the relocation of families
where necessary and the payment of relocation expenses. To the extent possible, the agency must
coordinate loans and grants under this section with existing housing programs.
The agency, in consultation with the Department of Health, must report to the legislature
by January 1996 on the costs and benefits of subsidized lead abatement and the extent of the
childhood lead exposure problem. The agency must review the effectiveness of its existing loan
and grant programs in providing funds for residential lead abatement and report to the legislature
with examples, case studies and recommendations.
(b) The agency may also make grants to eligible organizations, as defined in section
144.9512, subdivision 1, for the purposes of section 144.9512.
    Subd. 16. Payments for structural defects. (a) It may make payments or expenditures from
the housing development fund to persons of low or moderate income, who are recipients of an
eligible loan as defined in section 462A.03, subdivision 11, or who have purchased residential
housing from a recipient of such eligible loan, and who are owners and occupants of residential
housing constructed or rehabilitated under this chapter, when, in the agency's determination,
such residential housing contains defects or omissions which affect the structural soundness, or
the use and the livability of such housing, including but not limited to defects or omissions in
materials, hardware, fixtures, design, workmanship and landscaping of whatever kind and nature
incorporated in said housing and which are covered by an agency approved warranty, for the
purposes of (i) correcting such defects, or (ii) paying the claims of the owner arising from such
defects, provided, that this authority shall exist only if the owner has requested assistance from the
agency not later than four years after the issuance of the eligible loan, or where such residential
housing was rehabilitated under this chapter only if the owner has requested assistance from the
agency not later than two years after the issuance of the eligible loan.
(b) If such owner elects to receive payments or expenditures pursuant to this section, the
agency is subrogated to the right of such owner to recover damages against any party or persons
reasonably calculated to be responsible for such damages.
(c) The agency may require from the seller of such residential housing, or the contractor
responsible for the construction or rehabilitation of such housing, an agreement to reimburse
the agency for any payments and expenditures made pursuant to this subdivision with respect
to such residential housing.
    Subd. 17. Conventional loans. The agency may make conventional loans, as defined in and
in accordance with the conditions and limitations prescribed in section 47.20. Notwithstanding
section 47.20, conventional loans owned by the agency on May 30, 1981 or thereafter made or
purchased may contain provisions which limit, condition, or prohibit assumption of the loans.
    Subd. 18. Loans to nonprofit sponsors. It may make loans to "nonprofit" sponsors as
defined by the agency, with or without interest, and with such security for repayment, if any, as the
agency determines reasonably necessary and practicable, solely from the housing development
fund in accordance with the provisions of section 462A.21, subdivision 9, to encourage
innovations in the development or rehabilitation of single and multifamily residential housing. It
may make loans to for-profit sponsors pursuant to this subdivision, provided that the agency shall
make the loan with interest at a rate determined by the agency.
It shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 14, relating to the administration of the
loans authorized by this subdivision. The rules may define types of projects eligible for loans,
criteria for selecting between eligible loans, terms of the loans including interest rates and loan
periods, and other characteristics that the agency deems necessary to administer the program.
    Subd. 18a. Innovative housing loans. The agency may make loans, with or without
interest, and with security for repayment, if any, the agency determines reasonably necessary and
practicable, for the financing of innovative housing as described in this section.
(a) The housing shall be cooperative or rental multifamily housing which is designed
to provide long-term affordability and which is either owned and operated on a nonprofit
cooperative basis by the residents, or owned by a limited-dividend entity and operated by a
residents association.
(b) Occupancy shall be restricted to persons and families of low and moderate income
as defined in section 462A.03, subdivision 10; provided that the agency shall give priority to
proposals that will provide housing to persons and families whose income is 50 percent or less of
the statewide median family income, as estimated by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
(c) A democratic residents association shall have substantial control over the operation and
management of the housing and over the filling of housing unit vacancies.
(d) A training and education program shall be developed by the loan recipient and made
available to residents to help them organize and operate the residents association, understand
their legal rights and financial interests regarding the property, and manage and maintain the
property. The agency shall ensure that a training and education program has been developed
prior to approving any loan under this section.
    Subd. 19. Loans to veterans. It may make no interest loans of up to $4,000 to persons
and families of low and moderate income who are veterans or veterans' dependents to assist in
making down payments to enable them to purchase new or existing housing to be used as their
principal place of residence. To be eligible, the veterans or veteran's dependent must be a first
time home owner, and must enter into an agreement with the agency, with appropriate security as
determined by the agency, to repay the loan amount in full when the property is sold, transferred,
or otherwise conveyed, or ceases to be the recipient's principal place of residence. For the purpose
of this subdivision, "veteran" means a person residing in Minnesota who has been separated under
honorable conditions from any branch of the armed forces of the United States after having served
on active duty for 181 consecutive days or by reason of disability incurred while serving on active
duty, and who served at any time during the period from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975; and
"veteran's dependent" means a person residing in Minnesota who is the unmarried surviving
spouse of a veteran.
    Subd. 20.[Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 4 s 23]
    Subd. 20a. Special needs housing for chemically dependent adults. (a) The agency may
make loans or grants to for-profit, limited-dividend, or nonprofit sponsors, as defined by the
agency, for residential housing to be used to provide housing to low- and moderate-income
persons who are chronic chemically dependent adults.
(b) Housing for chronic chemically dependent adults must satisfy the following conditions:
(1) be certified by the Department of Health or the city as a board and lodging facility or
single residence occupancy housing;
(2) meet all applicable health, building, fire safety, and zoning requirements;
(3) be located in an area significantly distant from the present location of county
detoxification service sites;
(4) make available the services of trained personnel to appraise each client before or upon
admission and to provide information about medical, job training, and chemical dependency
services as necessary;
(5) provide on-site security designed to assure the health and safety of clients, staff, and
neighborhood residents; and
(6) operate with the guidance of a neighborhood-based board.
Priority for loans and grants made under this paragraph must be given to proposals that
address the needs of the Native American population and veterans of military services for this
type of housing.
(c) Loans or grants pursuant to this subdivision must not be used for facilities that provide
housing available for occupancy on less than a 24-hour continuous basis. To the extent possible,
a sponsor shall combine the loan or grant with other funds obtained from public and private
sources. In making loans or grants, the agency shall determine the circumstances, terms, and
conditions under which all or any portion of the loan or grant will be repaid and the appropriate
security should repayment be required.
    Subd. 21. Rental property loans. The agency may make or purchase loans to owners of
rental property that is occupied or intended for occupancy primarily by low- and moderate-income
tenants and which does not comply with the standards established in section 16B.61, subdivision
1 , for the purpose of energy improvements necessary to bring the property into full or partial
compliance with these standards. For property which meets the other requirements of this
subdivision, a loan may also be used for moderate rehabilitation of the property. The authority
granted in this subdivision is in addition to and not in limitation of any other authority granted to
the agency in this chapter. The limitations on eligible mortgagors contained in section 462A.03,
subdivision 13 , do not apply to loans under this subdivision. Loans for the improvement of rental
property pursuant to this subdivision may contain provisions that repayment is not required in
whole or in part subject to terms and conditions determined by the agency to be necessary and
desirable to encourage owners to maximize rehabilitation of properties.
    Subd. 22. Loans to financial institutions. It may make or participate in the making and
enter into commitments for the making of loans to any banking institution, savings association,
or other lender approved by the members, organized under the laws of this or any other state or
of the United States having an office in this state, notwithstanding the provisions of section
462A.03, subdivision 13, if it first determines that the proceeds of such loans will be utilized for
the purpose of making loans to or for the benefit of eligible persons and families as provided and
in accordance with this chapter. Loans pursuant to this subdivision shall be secured, repaid and
bear interest at the rate as determined by the members.
    Subd. 23. Insuring financial institution loans. The agency may participate in loans or
establish a fund to insure loans, or portions of loans, that are made by any banking institution,
savings association, or other lender approved by the agency, organized under the laws of this or
any other state or of the United States having an office in this state, to owners of renter occupied
homes or apartments that do not comply with standards set forth in section 16B.61, subdivision
1 , without limitations relating to the maximum incomes of the owners or tenants. The proceeds
of the insured portion of the loan must be used to pay the costs of improvements, including all
related structural and other improvements, that will reduce energy consumption.
    Subd. 24. Housing for elderly, persons with physical or developmental disabilities, and
single parent families. It may engage in housing programs for low- and moderate-income elderly,
persons with physical or developmental disabilities, or single parent families in the case of home
sharing programs, as defined by the agency, to provide grants or loans, with or without interest, for:
(1) accessibility improvements to residences occupied by elderly persons;
(2) housing sponsors, as defined by the agency, of home sharing programs to match
existing homeowners with prospective tenants who will contribute either rent or services to the
homeowner, where either the homeowner or the prospective tenant is elderly, a person with
physical or developmental disabilities, or the head of a single parent family;
(3) the construction of or conversion of existing buildings into structures for occupancy by
the elderly that contain from three to 12 private sleeping rooms with shared cooking facilities and
common space; and
(4) housing sponsors, as defined by the agency, to demonstrate the potential for home equity
conversion in Minnesota for the elderly, in both rural and urban areas, and to determine the need
in those equity conversions for consumer safeguards.
In making the grants or loans, the agency shall determine the terms and conditions of
repayment and the appropriate security, if any, should repayment be required. The agency may
provide technical assistance to sponsors of home sharing programs or may contract or delegate
the provision of the technical assistance in accordance with section 462A.07, subdivision 12.
Housing sponsors who receive funding through these programs shall provide homeowners
and tenants participating in a home sharing program with information regarding their rights and
obligations as they relate to federal and state tax law including, but not limited to, taxable rental
income, homestead credit under chapter 273, and the property tax refund act under chapter 290A.
    Subd. 25. Property acquisition, rehabilitation, or lease by agency. The agency, in its own
name or in conjunction with other housing sponsors as a joint venturer, partner, shareholder, or
member, may, subject to the provisions of subdivision 27, clause (1) acquire, rehabilitate, or lease
from private or public parties, housing designed and planned to be sold or rented at prices that
low- and moderate-income persons and families can afford, and (2) rent or otherwise dispose
of that housing to persons and families of low and moderate income or to housing sponsors to
rent or sell the property to those persons and families. The agency may charge rents for the use
of the residential housing facilities acquired, rehabilitated, or leased under this subdivision in
amounts sufficient to comply with any agreements of the agency, whether in connection with the
issuance of bonds or otherwise, including rent in amounts sufficient for reimbursement of all costs
of financing by the agency and the payment of those service charges and insurance premiums
that the agency determines to be reasonable.
    Subd. 26. Formation of nonprofit corporations. It may, when the agency determines
it is necessary or desirable to carry out its purposes and to exercise any or all of the powers
conferred upon it by this chapter, and subject to the provisions of subdivision 27, form or consent
to the formation of one or more corporations under the Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation Act, as
amended, or under other laws of this state. The agency may be a member of the corporations,
and the members and employees of the agency from time to time may be members of the board
of directors or officers of the corporations. The agency may enter into agreements with them
providing for the agency to approve various aspects of their operations. The agency may capitalize
the corporations and may acquire all or a part of the corporations' share or member certificates.
The agency may require that it approve aspects of the operation of the corporations including the
corporations' articles of incorporation or bylaws, directors, projects and expenditures, and the sale
or conveyance of projects, and the issuance of obligations. The agency may agree to and may
take title to property of the corporations upon their dissolution.
    Subd. 27. Conditions of property acquisition by agency. The agency, or the corporations
referred to in subdivision 26, may acquire property or property interests under subdivisions 25
and 26 and section 462A.06, subdivision 7, for the following purposes: (1) to protect a loan or
grant in which the agency or corporation has an interest; or (2) to preserve for the use of low-
and moderate-income persons or families multifamily housing which was (i) previously financed
by the agency, or (ii) not financed by the agency but is benefited by federal housing assistance
payments or other rental subsidy or interest reduction contracts. Property or property interests
acquired for the purpose specified in clause (1) may be acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of
foreclosure, or otherwise.
Multifamily property acquired as provided in clause (2) must be managed on a fee basis
by an entity other than the agency or corporation. The agency or corporation may manage the
property on a temporary basis until an agreement is entered into with another entity to manage
the property. The agency or corporation shall make the property available for sale at a purchase
price and on terms that are mutually agreeable to the parties. In the sale of property benefited
by federal housing assistance, priority must be given to a buyer who agrees to maintain the
federal housing assistance.
    Subd. 28.[Repealed, 1991 c 292 art 9 s 38]
    Subd. 29.[Repealed, 1991 c 292 art 9 s 38]
    Subd. 30. Agency investment in certain notes and mortgages. It may invest in, purchase,
acquire, and take assignments of existing notes and mortgages not closed for the purpose of sale
to the agency, from lenders that are nonprofit or nonprofit entities, as defined in the agency's rules,
provided that: (1) the notes and mortgages evidence loans for the construction, rehabilitation,
purchase, improvement, or refinancing of residential housing intended for occupancy and
occupied by low- and moderate-income persons and families; and (2) the loan sellers utilize the
funds derived from the purchases in accordance with the authority contained in section 462A.07,
subdivision 12 , for the purposes and objectives of sections 462A.02, 462A.03, 462A.05, 462A.07,
and 462A.21; and (3) the purchases are subject to security and limitations on the costs and
expenses of the loan sellers incidental to the utilization of the purchase proceeds as the agency
may determine. The proceeds of the purchases authorized by this subdivision shall not be subject
to the limitations of section 462A.21, subdivisions 6 and 9. In addition, it may invest in, purchase,
acquire, and take assignments of existing federally insured mortgages for multifamily housing,
not closed for the purpose of sale to the agency, from any banking institution, savings association,
or other lender or financial intermediary approved by the members; provided that the multifamily
housing is benefited by contracts for federal housing assistance payments.
    Subd. 31. Loans to obtain low-income housing credits. It may agree to purchase, make,
or otherwise participate in the making and enter into commitments for the purchase, making, or
participation in the making of loans to provide financing for residential housing for occupancy
by persons and families of low and moderate income that qualifies for and will be utilized so as
to obtain the benefits of low-income housing credits under section 42 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1988. The limitations on eligible mortgagors
contained in section 462A.03, subdivision 13, do not apply to loans under this subdivision, and
the loans may be insured or uninsured and may be made with security, or may be unsecured, as
the agency deems advisable.
    Subd. 32. Appointment of receivers. The agency may obtain the appointment of receivers
or assignments of rents and profits under sections 559.17 and 576.01 except that the limitation
relating to the minimum amounts of the original principal balances of mortgages contained in
sections 576.01, subdivision 2, and 559.17, subdivision 2, clause (2), shall be inapplicable to it.
    Subd. 33. Loan coinsurance. The agency may establish a fund to coinsure loans, with a
division of risk as determined by the agency, that are made by any banking institution, savings
association, or other lender approved by the agency, organized under the laws of this or any other
state or of the United States having an office in this state, to low- and moderate-income purchasers
of residential housing to be occupied by them, or to low- and moderate-income persons or families
for improvements to residential property that they occupy as their principal place of residence,
provided that loan insurance on comparable terms and conditions is not otherwise available in the
areas where the borrowers' properties are situated.
    Subd. 34. Home equity conversion loans. (a) The agency may make, purchase, or make
a forward commitment to purchase home equity conversion loans for low or moderate income
elderly homeowners. Loan recipients must be at least 62 years of age, have substantial equity in
their home, and have an income at or below 50 percent of the greater of statewide or area median
income. The agency must inform a program participant of available home equity conversion
loan counseling services before making a loan.
(b) Repayment of a home equity conversion loan may not be required until at least one
of the following conditions occurs:
(1) the sale or conveyance of the mortgaged property;
(2) the mortgaged property is no longer the mortgagor's principal residence;
(3) the death of the mortgagor; or
(4) a violation of an obligation of the mortgagor under the mortgage.
For purposes of this section, an obligation of the mortgagor under the mortgage does not
include immediate repayment upon completion of loan disbursements at the end of a specified
term.
    Subd. 35. Manufactured home park loans. The agency may provide financial assistance
for the conversion of manufactured home parks to cooperative or nonprofit ownership. Financial
assistance may include direct loans, interest rate subsidy loans, loan guarantees, and down
payment assistance.
    Subd. 36. Lease-purchase housing. The agency may make grants or loans to nonprofit
organizations, local government units, Indian tribes, and Indian tribal organizations to finance the
acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, and lease-purchase of existing housing for persons of low
and moderate income. A person or family is eligible to participate in a lease-purchase agreement
if the person's or family's income does not exceed 60 percent of the greater of (1) state median
income, or (2) area or county median income. The lease agreement must provide for a portion of
the lease payment to be escrowed as a down payment on the housing. A property containing two
or fewer dwelling units is eligible for financing under the lease-purchase housing program. A loan
made under this subdivision must be repaid to the agency upon sale of the housing.
    Subd. 37.[Repealed, 1993 c 236 s 19]
    Subd. 38. Neighborhood land trusts. The agency may make loans with or without interest
for the purpose of funding neighborhood land trusts under sections 462A.30 and 462A.31 from
monies other than state general obligation bond proceeds. To assure the long-term affordability
of housing provided by the neighborhood land trust, the neighborhood land trust must own the
land acquired in whole or in part with a loan from the agency under this section under terms
and conditions determined by the agency. The agency may convert the loan to a grant under
circumstances approved by the agency.
    Subd. 39. Equity take-out loans. The agency may make equity take-out loans to owners of
federally assisted rental property. The owner of a federally assisted rental property must agree to
participate in the federal assistance program and extend the low-income affordability restrictions
on the housing for the maximum term of the federal assistance contract. An equity take-out loan
must be secured by appropriate security determined necessary by the agency.
    Subd. 40. Youth employment and training. The agency may make matching grants for
the purpose of employing and training resident youths or youths residing in the surrounding
neighborhood in the construction, maintenance, or rehabilitation of multifamily housing financed
by the agency.
    Subd. 41. Demonstration grants. The agency may make demonstration grants to owners or
managers of multifamily rental property upon which the agency holds a mortgage for the purpose
of developing or coordinating services that promote the tenant's ability to live independently,
support the tenant's self-sufficiency, improve the relationship between the tenants and the
community, or that otherwise strengthen the community.
History: 1971 c 702 s 5; 1973 c 515 s 11-19; 1974 c 441 s 8-10; 1976 c 254 s 3-6; 1977 c
401 s 4-8; 1979 c 50 s 60; 1979 c 327 s 1-3; 1980 c 579 s 20; 1980 c 593 s 1-3; 1980 c 614 s 149;
1981 c 306 s 5-8; 1981 c 356 s 238,248; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 185 s 2-6; 1983 c 289 s 115
subd 1; 1983 c 301 s 204-206; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 128; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 334-338;
1986 c 444; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c 350 s 2-6; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 98; 1987 c 404 s
175; 1988 c 542 s 2,3; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 234; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 270 s 2-10; 1989 c
328 art 1 s 4-7; 1990 c 429 s 2,3; 1991 c 292 art 9 s 19-25; 1992 c 522 s 25-29; 1993 c 236 s 1,2;
1994 c 586 s 1-3; 1994 c 632 art 4 s 74; 1995 c 202 art 1 s 25; 1995 c 213 art 2 s 11; 1995 c 224 s
96-98; 1996 c 298 s 1,2; 1997 c 200 art 4 s 6-9; 1998 c 273 s 14; 1998 c 389 art 14 s 4; 1999 c
199 art 2 s 15; 1999 c 211 s 2; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 7-11; 2003 c 61 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 2004 c
263 s 20; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2005 c 97 art 4 s 4,5; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 103; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 8 s 7

462A.057 MINNESOTA URBAN AND RURAL HOMESTEADING PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. The agency may establish the Minnesota urban and
rural homesteading program for the purpose of making grants or loans to eligible applicants to
acquire, rehabilitate, demolish or remove existing structures and construct new housing, and sell
single family residential properties to home buyers committed to strengthening the neighborhood
and following a good neighbor policy. If the grant or loan is used for demolition or removal of
existing structures, the cleared land must be used for construction of housing owned by persons
who meet the income limits of this program and the demolition and new construction must be less
expensive than acquisition and rehabilitation.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 8.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 9.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 10.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
History: 1989 c 328 art 1 s 8; 1990 c 429 s 4; 1990 c 532 s 1; 1993 c 369 s 136; 2003 c 61 s 2

462A.06 GENERAL POWERS OF THE AGENCY.
    Subdivision 1. Listed here. For the purpose of exercising the specific powers granted in
section 462A.05 and effectuating the other purposes of this chapter, the agency shall have the
general powers granted in this section.
    Subd. 2. Suits. It may sue and be sued.
    Subd. 3. Seal. It may have a seal and alter the same at will.
    Subd. 4. Rules. It may make, and from time to time, amend and repeal rules not inconsistent
with the provisions of this chapter.
    Subd. 5. Personal property. It may acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its
corporate purposes.
    Subd. 6. Transactions. It may enter into agreements or other transactions with any federal
or state agency, any person and any domestic or foreign partnership, corporation, association
or organization.
    Subd. 7. Real, personal property. It may, subject to the provisions of section 462A.05,
subdivision 27 , (1) acquire real or personal property, or an interest therein, including partnership
shares in housing-related partnerships, on either a temporary or long-term basis in its own name,
by purchase, exchange, gift, assignment, transfer, foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, lease,
assignment of lease or otherwise, including rights or easements in real property; (2) own, hold,
manage, operate, clear, improve, and rehabilitate real or personal property; and (3) sell, assign,
lease, encumber, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property, or any interest
in that property, or mortgage lien or security interest owned by it or under its control, custody,
or in its possession and release or relinquish any right, title, claim, lien, interest, easement, or
demand however acquired, including any equity or right of redemption in property foreclosed
by it, and do any of the foregoing by public or private sale, with or without public bidding,
notwithstanding the provisions of any other law.
    Subd. 8. Sale of loan paper. It may sell, at public or private sale, any note, mortgage or other
instrument or obligation evidencing or securing a loan, including a certificate evidencing an
interest in one or more loans. The agency may, in connection with such a sale, retain the right or
obligation to collect the principal and interest on the loan, to enter into commitments for timely
remittal of the principal and interest, or to provide any other services as described in the certificate.
    Subd. 9. Property casualty insurance. It may procure insurance against any loss in
connection with its property in such amounts, and from such insurers, as may be necessary or
desirable.
    Subd. 10. Change of rates, terms. It may consent, whenever it deems it necessary or
desirable in the fulfillment of its corporate purpose, to the modification of the rate of interest,
time of payment or any installment of principal or interest, or any other term, of any mortgage
loan, mortgage loan commitment, construction loan, temporary loan, contract or agreement
of any kind to which the agency is a party.
    Subd. 11. Rules. It may make and publish rules pursuant to chapter 14 respecting its
mortgage lending, construction lending, rehabilitation lending, grants, and temporary lending, and
any such other rules as are necessary to effectuate its corporate purpose.
    Subd. 12. Debt. It may borrow money to carry out and effectuate its corporate purpose and
may issue its bonds or notes as evidence of any such borrowing in accordance with sections
462A.08 to 462A.17.
    Subd. 13.[Repealed, 1973 c 515 s 40]
    Subd. 14.[Repealed, 1973 c 515 s 40]
    Subd. 15.[Repealed, 1973 c 515 s 40]
    Subd. 16.[Repealed, 1973 c 515 s 40]
History: 1971 c 702 s 6; 1973 c 35 s 75; 1973 c 515 s 20,21; 1974 c 441 s 11; 1980 c 593 s
4; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 185 s 7; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 350 s 7,8; 1992
c 522 s 30; 1996 c 305 art 2 s 61; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 12,13

462A.065 FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
Financial information, including but not limited to credit reports, financial statements and
net worth calculations, received or prepared by the agency regarding any agency loan or grant
and the name of each individual who is the recipient of an agency grant are private data on
individuals, pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 12.
History: 1977 c 401 s 9; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24

462A.07 ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE AGENCY.
    Subdivision 1. Application. In addition to the powers granted in sections 462A.05 and
462A.06 the agency shall have the further powers granted in this section.
    Subd. 2. Technical assistance; residential housing. It may provide general technical
services to assist in the planning, processing, design, construction or rehabilitation, and inspection
of residential housing for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate income.
    Subd. 2a. Loan services. It may provide underwriting, loan processing, and closing services
in behalf of other lenders where those services are not otherwise available and the loans relate to
residential housing for occupancy by low- and moderate-income persons and families. The agency
may charge fees for those services in amounts determined by the members to be reasonable.
    Subd. 3. Project assistance. It may provide general consultative project assistance services
for residential housing for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate income and
for the residents thereof with respect to management, training and social services, homeownership
counseling and continuing technical home maintenance services.
    Subd. 3a. Technical assistance; multifamily housing projects. It shall make available
technical assistance to potential applicants to encourage applications for multifamily housing
projects which afford residents participation in the ownership or management of the project.
    Subd. 4. Construction methods. It may promote research and development in scientific
methods of constructing low cost residential housing of high durability.
    Subd. 5. Agreements; housing projects. It may enter into agreements with sponsors,
mortgagors, or the issuers of securities for the purpose of regulating the planning, development,
and management of housing projects financed in whole or in part by the proceeds of eligible loans
or eligible securities purchased by the agency.
    Subd. 5a. Agreements with governmental units. It may enter into agreements with housing
and agreements with sponsors, redevelopment authorities or other appropriate local governmental
units to foster multifamily housing rehabilitation and shall act to develop the agreements. It
may give advance reservations of mortgage financing and federal rent subsidies as part of the
agreements, with the understanding that the agency will only approve the mortgage loans pursuant
to normal procedures, and may adopt special procedures designed to meet problems inherent in a
program of multifamily housing rehabilitation. The agreements may include the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development when desirable and appropriate.
    Subd. 6. Studies. It may undertake and carry out studies and analyses of housing needs
within the state and ways of meeting such needs including data with respect to population and
family and size; and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amount and quality
of available housing and its distribution according to rentals and sales prices, employment, wages
and other factors affecting housing needs and the meeting thereof; and may make the results of
such studies and analyses available to the public and the housing and supply industries, and may
engage in research and disseminate information on housing.
    Subd. 7. Recommendations to governor. It may survey and investigate the housing
conditions and needs, both urban and rural, throughout the state and make recommendations to
the governor as to legislation and other measures necessary or advisable to alleviate any existing
housing shortage in the state.
    Subd. 8. State Building Code. It may assist the commissioner of administration in the
development, implementation and revision of a uniform State Building Code.
    Subd. 9. Priority where State Building Code is adopted. It may establish such rules as may
be necessary to insure that priority for assistance by the agency will be given to projects located in
municipal jurisdictions or counties, which have adopted the uniform State Building Code.
    Subd. 9a. Promotion of economical construction. In the exercise of the powers granted to
it under this chapter, it shall promulgate rules as may be necessary to encourage counties and
municipalities to promote the economical construction of housing units for persons and families
of low and moderate income.
    Subd. 10. Human rights. It may establish and enforce such rules as may be necessary to
insure compliance with chapter 363A, and to insure that occupancy of housing assisted under
this chapter shall be open to all persons, and that contractors and subcontractors engaged in the
construction of such housing shall provide an equal opportunity for employment to all persons,
without discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age,
and status with regard to public assistance or disability.
    Subd. 11. Cooperative relationships. It may establish cooperative relationships with
such regional county and multicounty housing authorities as may be established, including
the Metropolitan Council, and may develop priorities for the utilization of agency resources
and assistance within a region in cooperation with regional county and multicounty housing
authorities.
    Subd. 12. Use of other agencies. It may delegate, use or employ any federal, state, regional
or local public or private agency or organization, including organizations of physically disabled
persons, upon terms it deems necessary or desirable, to assist in the exercise of any of the powers
granted by this chapter and to carry out the objectives of this chapter and may pay for the services
from the housing development fund.
    Subd. 13. Federal assistance. It may engage or assist in the development and operation of
low-income housing if the federal government provides assistance in connection with the housing
and the development and operation is in conformity with the applicable provisions of federal laws
and regulations. The agency shall determine whether the applicable federal laws governing use
of such funds permit a portion thereof to be used for residential housing for American Indians
within the state.
    Subd. 14. American Indians. (a) It may engage in housing programs for low- and
moderate-income American Indians developed and administered separately or in combination
by the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Red Lake band of Chippewa Indians, and the Sioux
communities as determined by such tribe, band, or communities. In furtherance of the policy of
economic integration stated in section 462A.02, subdivision 6, it may engage in housing programs
for American Indians who intend to reside on reservations and who are not persons of low and
moderate income, provided that the aggregate dollar amount of the loans for persons who are
not of low- or moderate-income closed in each lender's fiscal year shall not exceed an amount
equal to 25 percent of the total dollar amount of all loans closed by that lender during the same
fiscal year. In developing such housing programs, the tribe, band, or communities shall take
into account the housing needs of all American Indians residing both on and off reservations
within the state. A plan for each such program, which specifically describes the program content,
utilization of funds, administration, operation, implementation and other matter, as determined by
the agency, must be submitted to the agency for its review and approval prior to the making of
eligible loans pursuant to section 462A.21. All such programs must conform to rules promulgated
by the agency concerning program administration, including but not limited to rules concerning
costs of administration; the quality of housing; interest rates, fees, and charges in connection with
making eligible loans; and other matters determined by the agency to be necessary in order to
effectuate the purposes of this subdivision and section 462A.21, subdivisions 4b and 4c. All such
programs must provide for a reasonable balance in the distribution of funds appropriated for the
purpose of this section between American Indians residing on and off reservations within the
state. Nothing in this section shall preclude such tribe, band, or communities from requesting and
receiving cooperation, advice, and assistance from the agency as regards program development,
operation, delivery, financing, or administration. As a condition to the making of such eligible
loans, the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Red Lake band of Chippewa Indians, and the Sioux
communities shall:
(1) enter into a loan agreement and other contractual arrangements with the agency for the
purpose of transferring the allocated portion of loan funds and to insure compliance with the
provisions of this section and this chapter; and
(2) agree that all of their official books and records related to such housing programs shall
be subjected to audit by the legislative auditor in the manner prescribed for agencies of state
government.
The agency shall submit a biennial report concerning the various housing programs for
American Indians, and related receipts and expenditures as provided in section 462A.22,
subdivision 9 , and such tribe, band, or communities to the extent that they administer such
programs, shall be responsible for any costs and expenses related to such administration provided,
however, they shall be eligible for payment for costs, expenses, and services pursuant to
subdivision 12 and section 462A.21. The agency may provide or cause to be provided essential
general technical services as set forth in subdivision 2, and general consultative project assistance
services, including, but not limited to, management training, and home ownership counseling
as set forth in subdivision 3. Members of boards, committees, or other governing bodies of the
tribe, band, and communities administering the programs authorized by this subdivision must be
compensated for those services as provided in section 15.0575.
(b) The agency may engage in demonstration projects to encourage the participation of
financial institutions or other leveraging sources in providing housing opportunities for American
Indians. The agency shall consult with the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Red Lake band of
Chippewa Indians, and the Sioux communities in developing the demonstration projects. The
income limits specified in paragraph (a) do not apply to the demonstration projects.
(c) The agency may make home improvement loans under this subdivision without regard
to household income.
    Subd. 15. Urban Indian housing program. It may engage in housing programs for low and
moderate income American Indians residing in the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121,
subdivision 2 , cities with a population greater than 50,000 persons, and cities with an American
Indian population greater than 1,000 persons. The programs shall demonstrate innovative
methods of providing housing for urban Indians, may involve the construction, purchase, and
rehabilitation of residential housing, and may be administered through any other provision of
this chapter. To the extent possible, the programs shall combine appropriated money with other
money from both public and private sources, except that interest earned on the portion of an
appropriation to be expended for Indian housing programs in the city of Duluth does not have
to be combined with money from other sources. Effective June 30, 1985, all money allocated
by the agency under this subdivision to programs for urban Indian housing that are not subject
to active contracts shall be reallocated by the agency to programs to fulfill the purposes of
this subdivision. Members of boards, committees, or other governing bodies of organizations
administering the urban Indian programs authorized by this subdivision must be compensated
for those services as provided in section 15.0575. The agency shall consult with the Advisory
Council on Urban Indians created pursuant to section 3.922, subdivision 8, in the development of
programs pursuant to this subdivision.
    Subd. 16. Cooperation with municipal programs. It may establish cooperative
relationships with municipal housing and redevelopment authorities and municipalities to develop
priorities for the use of agency resources and assistance within municipalities, and to consider
municipal housing plans and programs in the process of setting the priorities.
History: 1971 c 702 s 7; 1973 c 515 s 22; 1974 c 441 s 12-16; 1976 c 254 s 7-9; 1977 c 401
s 10-12; 1978 c 670 s 1; 1979 c 243 s 7-9; 1979 c 327 s 5; 1981 c 306 s 9; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983
c 201 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 130; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 339,340; 1988 c 542 s 4,5;
1989 c 270 s 11,12; 1993 c 236 s 3,4; 1994 c 586 s 4; 1996 c 298 s 3; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 99; art 2
s 62; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 55; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 14,15; 2005 c 56 s 1

462A.071 MS 2002 [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 5 art 3 s 96]

462A.072 [Repealed, 2002 c 379 art 1 s 114]

462A.073 SINGLE-FAMILY MORTGAGE BONDS; LIMITATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given them.
(b) "Existing housing" means single-family housing that (i) has been previously occupied
prior to the first day of the origination period; or (ii) has been available for occupancy for at least
12 months but has not been previously occupied.
(c) "New housing" means single-family housing that has not been previously occupied.
(d) "Origination period" means the period that loans financed with the proceeds of qualified
mortgage revenue bonds are available for the purchase of single-family housing. The origination
period begins when financing actually becomes available to the borrowers for loans.
(e) "Redevelopment area" means a compact and contiguous area within which the city
finds by resolution that 70 percent of the parcels are occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, or
other improvements and more than 25 percent of the buildings, not including outbuildings, are
structurally substandard to a degree requiring substantial renovation or clearance.
(f) "Single-family housing" means dwelling units eligible to be financed from the proceeds
of qualified mortgage revenue bonds under federal law.
(g) "Structurally substandard" means containing defects in structural elements or a
combination of deficiencies in essential utilities and facilities, light, ventilation, fire protection
including adequate egress, layout and condition of interior partitions, or similar factors, which
defects or deficiencies are of sufficient total significance to justify substantial renovation or
clearance.
    Subd. 2. Limitation; origination period. During the first ten months of an origination
period, the agency may make loans financed with proceeds of mortgage bonds for the purchase of
existing housing. Loans financed with the proceeds of mortgage bonds for new housing in the
metropolitan area may be made during the first ten months of an origination period only if the new
housing is serviced by the regional wastewater treatment system or by a wastewater treatment
system operated and maintained by a local unit of government.
Upon expiration of the first ten-month period, the agency may make loans financed with the
proceeds of mortgage bonds for the purchase of new and existing housing.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1999 c 211 s 17]
    Subd. 4. Limitation; commitments and loans to builders and developers. The agency
may not make available, provide set-asides, or commit to make available proceeds of mortgage
bonds for the exclusive use of builders or developers for loans to eligible purchasers for new
housing except for new housing described in subdivision 2. This prohibition is in effect for
the total origination period.
    Subd. 5. Reporting requirement. The agency shall report to the chairs of the appropriate
housing-related standing committees or divisions of the state senate and house of representatives
by January 1 of each year detailing new housing activity financed with the proceeds of mortgage
bonds, including a description of affordable housing initiatives, the number of loans, the average
purchase price, average borrower income, and steps taken to encourage loan activity as required
in subdivision 3.
History: 1991 c 346 s 1; 1992 c 522 s 31; 1992 c 545 art 1 s 2; 1999 c 211 s 3,4; 1Sp2001 c
4 art 4 s 16; 2003 c 61 s 3

462A.08 BONDS AND NOTES; PURPOSES, TERMS, APPROVAL.
    Subdivision 1. Issue of bonds and notes; generally. The agency from time to time may
issue its bonds and notes in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the agency, shall be
necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving its purposes, including the making of eligible
loans and the purchase of eligible securities, the payment of interest on bonds and notes of the
agency, the establishment of reserves to secure such bonds and notes, and the payment of all other
expenditures of the agency incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate
purposes and powers.
    Subd. 2. Issue of refunding bonds or notes. The agency from time to time may issue bonds
or notes for the purpose of refunding any bonds or notes of the agency then outstanding, or, with
the consent of the original issuer, any bonds or notes then outstanding issued by an issuer other
than the agency for the purpose of making or purchasing loans for single family housing or
multifamily housing developments, including the payment of any redemption premiums thereon
and any interest accrued or to accrue to the redemption date next succeeding the date of delivery
of such refunding bonds or notes. The proceeds of any such refunding bonds or notes may, in the
discretion of the agency, be applied to the purchase or payment at maturity of the bonds or notes
to be refunded, or to the redemption of such outstanding bonds or notes on the redemption date
next succeeding the date of delivery of such refunding bonds or notes and may, pending such
application, be placed in escrow to be applied to such purchase, retirement, or redemption. Any
such escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in obligations issued
or guaranteed by the state or the United States or by any agency or instrumentality thereof, or
in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured in such manner as the agency shall determine,
maturing at such time or times as shall be appropriate to assure the prompt payment of the
principal of and interest and redemption premiums, if any, on the bonds or notes to be refunded.
The income earned or realized on any such investment may also be applied to the payment of
the bonds or notes to be refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied, any
balance of such proceeds and investment income may be returned to the agency for use by it in
any lawful manner. All refunding bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this subdivision
shall be issued and secured in the manner provided by resolution of the agency. If bonds or notes
are issued by the agency to refund bonds or notes issued by an issuer other than the agency, as
authorized by this subdivision, the agency and said issuer may enter into such agreements as they
may deem appropriate to facilitate such transaction.
    Subd. 3. Notes and bonds; securities. All notes or bonds issued under this section are
securities as defined in section 336.8-102 and may be issued as certificated securities or as
uncertificated securities. Certificated securities may be issued in bearer or registered form. The
agency may perform all actions that are permitted or required of issuers of securities under
sections 336.8-101 to 336.8-511. If notes or bonds are issued as uncertificated securities, and this
chapter or other law requires or permits the notes or bonds to contain a statement or recital,
whether on their face or otherwise, it is sufficient compliance with the law that the statement or
recital is contained in the transaction statement or in a resolution or other instrument that is
made a part of the note or bond by reference in the transaction statement as provided in section
336.8-202. All notes and bonds so issued may be either general obligations of the agency, secured
by its full faith and credit, and payable out of any money, assets, or revenues of the agency,
subject to the provisions of resolutions or indentures pledging and appropriating particular money,
assets, or revenues to particular notes or bonds, or limited obligations of the agency not secured
by its full faith and credit, and payable solely from those moneys, assets, or revenues of the
agency as may be authorized by resolution or indenture.
History: 1971 c 702 s 8; 1973 c 515 s 23-25; 1974 c 441 s 17; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 341; 1987 c
350 s 9,10; 1991 c 292 art 9 s 26; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 100

462A.09 BONDS AND NOTES; RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING, ADDITIONAL
TERMS, SALE.
The notes and bonds of the agency shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions adopted
by the agency, shall bear such date or dates, shall mature at such time or times, shall bear interest
at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, carry such registration privileges,
be executed in such manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America, at such
place or places within or without the state, and be subject to such terms of redemption prior to
maturity as such resolutions or certificates may provide. If, for any reason, whether existing at the
date of issue of any bonds or notes or at the date of making or purchasing any loan or securities
from the proceeds or thereafter, the interest on any bonds or notes shall be or become subject
to federal income taxation, this shall not impair or affect the validity or the provisions made for
the security of the bonds or notes. The agency may make such covenants and take or cause to
be taken such actions as are in its judgment necessary or desirable to comply with conditions
established by federal law or regulations for the exemption of interest on its obligations. The
agency may refrain from compliance with such conditions if in its judgment this would serve
the purposes and policies set forth in this chapter with respect to any particular issue of bonds or
notes, unless this would violate covenants made by the agency. No note shall mature more than
ten years from its date or from the date of any note refunded thereby. The maximum maturity of
any bond, whether or not issued for the purpose of refunding, shall be 50 years from its date. The
notes and bonds of the agency may be sold at public or private sale, at such price or prices as the
agency shall determine; provided that (i) the aggregate price at which an issue of notes or bonds is
initially offered by underwriters to investors, as set forth in the agency's official statement with
respect to the offering, shall not exceed by more than three percent the aggregate price paid by
the underwriters to the agency at the time of delivery; (ii) the commission paid by the agency to
an underwriter or agent for placing an issue of notes or bonds with investors shall not exceed
three percent of the aggregate price at which the issue is offered to investors as set forth in the
agency's offering statement; and (iii) the spread or commission shall be an amount determined by
the agency to be reasonable in the light of the risk assumed and the expenses of issuance, if any,
required to be paid by the underwriters or agent.
History: 1971 c 702 s 9; 1973 c 515 s 26; 1977 c 401 s 13; 1979 c 327 s 6; 1980 c 607
art 14 s 45 subd 1; 1983 c 185 s 8

462A.10 BONDS AND NOTES; OPTIONAL RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT
PROVISIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Resolution terms part of contract. Any resolution authorizing any notes
or bonds or any issue thereof may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with
the holders thereof, as to the matters referred to in this section.
    Subd. 2. Liens. It may pledge or create a lien on all or any part of the moneys or property of
the agency and any moneys held in trust or otherwise by others to secure the payment of the notes
or bonds or of any issue thereof, subject to such agreements with bondholders or noteholders as
may then exist.
    Subd. 3. Treatment of agency money. It may provide for the custody, collection, securing,
investment, and payment of any moneys of the agency.
    Subd. 4. Reserves; sinking funds. It may set aside reserves or sinking funds and provide
for the regulation and disposition thereof and may create other special funds into which any
moneys of the agency may be deposited.
    Subd. 5. Limit application of sale proceeds; repayment pledge. It may limit the loans
and securities to which the proceeds of sale of notes or bonds may be applied and may pledge
repayments thereon to secure the payment of the notes or bonds or of any issue thereof.
    Subd. 6. Limit more notes, bonds. It may limit the issuance of additional notes or bonds,
the terms upon which additional notes or bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of
outstanding or other notes or bonds.
    Subd. 7. Amendment, consent procedure. It may prescribe the procedure, if any, by which
the terms of any contract with noteholders or bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the
amount of notes or bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which
such consent may be given.
    Subd. 8. Trustee vesting. It may vest in a trustee or trustees such property, rights, powers
and duties in trust as the agency may determine, which may include any or all of the rights,
powers and duties of the bondholders, or may limit the rights, powers and duties of such trustee.
    Subd. 9. Default and the like. It may define the acts or omissions to act which shall
constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the agency and may provide for the rights
and remedies of the holders of bonds or notes in the event of such default, and provide any other
matters of like or different character, consistent with the general laws of the state and other
provisions of this chapter, which in any way affect the security or protection of the notes or
bonds and the rights of the holders thereof.
    Subd. 10. Deferral of issuance and delivery. It may provide that the agency may defer the
issuance and delivery of the bonds to the underwriters to a designated future date when the
proceeds of the bonds are required for one or more of the purposes specified in section 462A.08.
History: 1971 c 702 s 10; 1973 c 515 s 27-31; 1994 c 586 s 5

462A.105 INTEREST RATE EXCHANGES.
The agency may enter into an agreement with a third party for an exchange of interest rates
under this section. With respect to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to be issued bearing
interest at a variable rate, the agency may agree to pay sums equal to interest at a fixed rate or
at a different variable rate determined in accordance with a formula set out in the agreement on
an amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of the bonds or notes at the time of
payment, in exchange for an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to interest on a like
amount at a variable rate determined according to a formula set out in the agreement. With respect
to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to be issued bearing interest at a fixed rate or rates,
the agency may agree to pay sums equal to interest at a variable rate determined according to a
formula set out in the agreement on an amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of
the bonds or notes at the time of payment in exchange for an agreement by the third party to pay
sums equal to interest on a like amount at a fixed rate or rates set out in the agreement. Subject
to any applicable covenants of the agency, payments required to be made by the agency under
the swap agreement, including termination payments, may be made from amounts pledged or
available to pay debt service on the bonds or notes with respect to which the swap agreement was
made or from any other available source of the agency. The agency may issue bonds or notes
to provide for any payment, including a termination payment, due or to become due under a
swap agreement.
History: 2000 c 424 s 1

462A.11 PLEDGES.
Any pledge made by the agency shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is
made, the moneys or property so pledged and thereafter received by the agency shall immediately
be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the
lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any
kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the agency, irrespective of whether such parties have
notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created
need be recorded.
History: 1971 c 702 s 11

462A.12 BONDS AND NOTES; NONLIABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS.
Neither the members of the agency nor any person executing the notes or bonds shall be
liable personally on the notes or bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability
by reason of the issuance thereof.
History: 1971 c 702 s 12

462A.13 BONDS AND NOTES; PURCHASE BY AGENCY.
The agency, subject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then exist,
shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase notes or bonds of the agency,
either at initial issuance or at a subsequent date, for cancellation or as an investment of funds of
the agency until required for its authorized purposes. If so purchased, the notes or bonds shall be
purchased at a price not exceeding (a) if the notes or bonds are then redeemable, the redemption
price then applicable plus accrued interest to the purchase date, or (b) if the notes or bonds are not
redeemable, the redemption price applicable on the first date after such purchase upon which the
notes or bonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to the purchase date.
History: 1971 c 702 s 13; 1997 c 200 art 4 s 10

462A.14 BONDS AND NOTES; NONLIABILITY OF STATE.
The state of Minnesota shall not be liable on notes or bonds of the agency and such notes
and bonds shall not be a debt of the state. The notes and bonds shall contain on the face thereof,
a statement to such effect.
History: 1971 c 702 s 14

462A.15 STATE PLEDGE AGAINST IMPAIRMENT OF CONTRACTS.
The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this chapter,
that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the agency to fulfill the terms of any
agreements made with the holders thereof, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the
holders until the notes or bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid
installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by
or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. The agency is authorized to include
this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of such notes or bonds.
History: 1971 c 702 s 15; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 17

462A.16 DEFAULT IN PAYMENTS; APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE.
If the agency defaults in the payment of principal or interest on any issue of notes or bonds
after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or if the agency fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of
this chapter, or defaults in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds,
the holders of 25 percent in aggregate principal amount of the notes or bonds of such issue then
outstanding may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes or bonds for the purposes
set forth in section 462A.17, unless the notes or bonds are issued under an indenture made and
entered into by the agency with a designated trustee.
History: 1971 c 702 s 16; 1973 c 515 s 32

462A.17 POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
    Subdivision 1. Specific list. The trustee designated in any indenture or resolution securing an
issue of notes or bonds, or a trustee appointed pursuant to section 462A.16, may, and upon written
request of the holders of 25 percent in principal amount of such notes or bonds then outstanding
shall, in the trustee's own name, subject to the provisions of such indenture or resolution:
(a) enforce all rights of the noteholders or bondholders, including the right to require the
agency to collect fees and charges and interest and payments on eligible loans and mortgages
made and eligible securities purchased by it adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or
pledge of, such fees and charges and payments and to require the agency to carry out any other
agreements with the holders of such notes or bonds and to perform its duties under this chapter;
(b) bring suit upon such notes or bonds;
(c) require the agency to account as if it were the trustee of any express trust for the holders
of such notes or bonds;
(d) enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of holders
of such notes or bonds; or
(e) declare all such notes or bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good,
then, with the consent of the holders of 25 percent of the principal amount of such notes or bonds
then outstanding, the trustee may annul such declaration and consequences.
    Subd. 2. Other necessary or appropriate powers. In addition to the powers specifically
granted herein, the trustee shall have and possess all of the powers necessary or appropriate for
the exercise of any functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general representation
of bondholders or noteholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights.
    Subd. 3. Ramsey County venue; notice of principal due. The venue of any action or
proceedings brought by the trustees under this chapter, shall be in Ramsey County. Before
declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, the trustee shall first give 30 days'
notice in writing to the governor, to the agency, and to the commissioner of finance.
History: 1971 c 702 s 17; 1973 c 35 s 76; 1973 c 501 s 16; 1973 c 515 s 33; 1986 c 444;
1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 18; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50

462A.18 MONEYS OF AGENCY.
    Subdivision 1. Functions of commissioner of finance. All moneys of the agency, except as
otherwise authorized or provided in this section, shall be paid to the commissioner of finance
as agent of the agency, who shall not commingle such moneys with any other moneys. The
moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on warrants drawn by the commissioner on requisition
of the chair of the agency or of such other officer or employee as the agency shall authorize to
make such requisition. All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the commissioner or the
agency, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state of a market value equal at all
times to the amount of the deposit and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such
security for such deposits.
    Subd. 2. Contracts and security. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the agency
shall have power to contract with the holders of any of its notes or bonds, as to the custody,
collection, securing, investment, and payment of any money of the agency, or any money held
in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds, and to carry out such contract. Money
held in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds or in any way to secure notes or
bonds and deposits of such money may be secured in the same manner as money of the agency,
and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits. All
money so paid to the commissioner of finance as agent of the agency, from whatever source, is
appropriated to the agency. The agency's notes and bonds are not subject to sections 16C.03,
subdivision 4 , and 16C.05.
    Subd. 3. System of accounts. Subject to agreements with noteholders and bondholders, the
commissioner of finance shall prescribe a system of accounts.
History: 1971 c 702 s 18; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1973 c 515 s 34; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 350 s 11;
1998 c 386 art 2 s 92; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50

462A.19 EXEMPTION FROM TAXES.
    Subdivision 1. Property exempt from taxation. The property of the agency and its income
and operation shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1983 c 213 s 25]
History: 1971 c 702 s 19; 1983 c 213 s 19

462A.20 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; CREATION, SOURCES.
    Subdivision 1. Creation; revolving. There is created and established under the jurisdiction
and control of the agency a revolving fund to be known as the "housing development fund."
    Subd. 2. Which money in fund. There shall be paid into the housing development fund:
(a) any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purposes of the fund;
(b) any moneys which the agency receives in repayment of advances made from the fund;
(c) any other moneys which may be made available to the agency for the purpose of the fund
from any other source or sources;
(d) all fees and charges collected by the agency;
(e) all interest or other income not required by the provisions of a resolution or indenture
securing notes or bonds to be paid into another special fund.
    Subd. 3. Separate accounts; transfers; limits. Whenever any money is appropriated by
the state to the agency solely for a specified purpose or purposes, the agency shall establish a
separate bookkeeping account or accounts in the housing development fund to record the receipt
and disbursement of such money and of the income, gain, and loss from the investment and
reinvestment thereof. Earnings from investment of any amounts appropriated by the state to the
agency for a specified purpose or purposes may be aggregated. The costs and expenses necessary
and incidental to the development and operation of all programs funded by state appropriations
may be paid from the aggregated earnings from investments prior to periodic distributions
of earnings to separate accounts to be used for the same purpose as the respective original
appropriation. The agency may transfer unencumbered balances from one appropriated account
to another, provided that no money appropriated for the purpose of agency loan programs may
be transferred to an account to be used for making grants, except that money appropriated for
the purpose of section 462A.05, subdivision 14a, may be transferred for the purpose of section
462A.05, subdivision 15a.
    Subd. 4. Operating costs report. On or before February 15 of each year, the agency shall
deliver a report to the chairs of the finance and appropriations committees of the legislature on the
costs of operating the agency in the previous fiscal year. The report shall include the expenditures
for salaries and benefits, rent, professional and technical services, general agency administration,
and agency's audited financial statements which include information on expenditures and receipts
relating to debt issuance and administration and loan origination and administration. The report
shall include a budget plan for salaries and benefits, rent, professional and technical services,
and general administration for the current fiscal year, including estimates of changes in costs
from the previous fiscal year. If it appears that the costs in the current fiscal year will exceed the
budget plan contained in the report submitted under this subdivision, the agency must notify
the chairs of the legislative committees or divisions with jurisdiction over the agency's budget
that the costs in the current fiscal year will exceed the submitted budget plan and the reasons
for the changes in costs and must submit a revised budget plan to the commissioner of finance
and obtain the commissioner's concurrence with the revised plan. The agency must also notify
the chairs of the legislative committees or divisions with jurisdiction over the agency's budget
when the agency is considering an expansion of agency activities that were not contemplated in
the submitted budget plan.
History: 1971 c 702 s 20; 1973 c 515 s 35; 1974 c 441 s 18; 1977 c 401 s 14; 1981 c 306 s
10; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 342; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 39; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 49,50; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 19

462A.201 HOUSING TRUST FUND ACCOUNT.
    Subdivision 1. Creation. (a) The housing trust fund account is created as a separate account
in the housing development fund.
(b) The housing trust fund account consists of:
(1) money appropriated and transferred from other state funds;
(2) interest accrued from real estate trust accounts as provided under section 82.50,
subdivision 8 ;
(3) gifts, grants, and donations received from the United States, private foundations, and
other sources; and
(4) money made available to the agency for the purpose of the account from other sources.
    Subd. 2. Low-income housing. (a) The agency may use money from the housing trust
fund account to provide loans or grants for:
(1) projects for the development, construction, acquisition, preservation, and rehabilitation
of low-income rental and limited equity cooperative housing units, including temporary and
transitional housing;
(2) the costs of operating rental housing, as determined by the agency, that are unique to the
operation of low-income rental housing or supportive housing; and
(3) rental assistance, either project-based or tenant-based.
For purposes of this section, "transitional housing" has the meaning given by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Loans or grants for residential housing for
migrant farmworkers may be made under this section.
(b) The housing trust fund account must be used for the benefit of persons and families
whose income, at the time of initial occupancy, does not exceed 60 percent of median income
as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the
metropolitan area. At least 75 percent of the funds in the housing trust fund account must be used
for the benefit of persons and families whose income, at the time of initial occupancy, does not
exceed 30 percent of the median family income for the metropolitan area as defined in section
473.121, subdivision 2. For purposes of this section, a household with a housing assistance
voucher under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, is deemed to
meet the income requirements of this section.
The median family income may be adjusted for families of five or more.
(c) Rental assistance under this section must be provided by governmental units which
administer housing assistance supplements or by for-profit or nonprofit organizations experienced
in housing management. Rental assistance shall be limited to households whose income at
the time of initial receipt of rental assistance does not exceed 60 percent of median income,
as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the
metropolitan area. Priority among comparable applications for tenant-based rental assistance will
be given to proposals that will serve households whose income at the time of initial application
for rental assistance does not exceed 30 percent of median income, as determined by the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the metropolitan area. Rental
assistance must be terminated when it is determined that 30 percent of a household's monthly
income for four consecutive months equals or exceeds the market rent for the unit in which the
household resides plus utilities for which the tenant is responsible. Rental assistance may only
be used for rental housing units that meet the housing maintenance code of the local unit of
government in which the unit is located, if such a code has been adopted, or the housing quality
standards adopted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, if no
local housing maintenance code has been adopted.
(d) In making the loans or grants, the agency shall determine the terms and conditions of
repayment and the appropriate security, if any, should repayment be required. To promote the
geographic distribution of grants and loans, the agency may designate a portion of the grant
or loan awards to be set aside for projects located in specified congressional districts or other
geographical regions specified by the agency. The agency may adopt rules for awarding grants
and loans under this subdivision.
    Subd. 3. Matching funds. The agency may use money from the housing trust fund account
to match federal, local, or private money to be used for projects authorized under subdivision 2.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 10]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1993 c 309 s 32]
    Subd. 6. Report. The agency shall submit a biennial report to the legislature and the governor
on the use of the housing trust fund account including the number of loans and grants made, the
number and types of residential units assisted through the account, the number of households
for whom rental assistance payments were provided, and the number of residential units assisted
through the account that were rented to or cooperatively owned by persons or families at or below
30 percent of the median family income of the metropolitan area at the time of initial occupancy.
    Subd. 7. Capacity building grant set-aside. Five percent of the money credited to the
housing trust fund account under section 82.50, subdivision 8, may be used to make capacity
building grants as provided under section 462A.21, subdivision 3b.
History: 1988 c 654 s 5; 1990 c 520 s 1; 1993 c 236 s 5; 1994 c 586 s 6; 1995 c 224 s 99;
1996 c 305 art 2 s 63; 1997 c 200 art 4 s 11; 2000 c 499 s 19; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 1,2; 2004 c
203 art 2 s 61

462A.202 LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT HOUSING ACCOUNT.
    Subdivision 1. Account. The local government unit housing account is established as a
separate account in the housing development fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the
agency for loans to cities for the purposes specified in this section. The agency must take steps to
ensure distribution of the funds around the state.
    Subd. 2. Transitional housing. The agency may make loans with or without interest to cities
and counties to finance the acquisition, improvement, and rehabilitation of existing housing
properties or the acquisition, site improvement, and development of new properties for the
purposes of providing transitional housing, upon terms and conditions the agency determines.
For purposes of this section, "transitional housing" means housing that is provided for a limited
duration not exceeding 24 months, except that up to one-third of the residents may live in the
housing for up to 36 months. Preference must be given to cities that propose to acquire properties
being sold by the Resolution Trust Corporation or the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Loans under this subdivision are subject to the restrictions in subdivision 7.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 3a. Permanent rental housing. The agency may make loans, with or without interest,
to cities and counties to finance the construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of affordable,
permanent, publicly owned rental housing. Loans made under this subdivision are subject to the
restrictions of subdivision 7. In making loans under this subdivision, the agency shall give priority
to projects that increase the supply of affordable family housing.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48]
    Subd. 6. Neighborhood land trusts. The agency may make loans with or without interest
to cities and counties to finance the capital costs of a land trust project undertaken pursuant to
sections 462A.30 and 462A.31. Loans under this subdivision are subject to the restrictions in
subdivision 7.
    Subd. 7. Restrictions. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), the
city must own the property financed with a loan under this section and use the property for the
purposes specified in this section:
(1) the city may sell the property at its fair market value provided it repays the lesser of the
net proceeds of the sale or the amount of the loan balance to the agency for deposit in the local
government unit housing account; or
(2) the city may use the property for a different purpose provided that the city repays the
amount of the original loan.
If the city owns and uses the property for the purposes specified in this section for a 20-year
period, the agency shall forgive the loan.
(b) In cases where the property consists of land only, including land on which buildings
acquired with a loan under this section are demolished by the city, the city may lease the property
for a term not to exceed 99 years to a nonprofit organization to use for the purposes specified
in this section.
(c) In cases where the property consists of land and buildings, the city may do the following:
(1) demolish the buildings in whole or in part and use or lease the property under paragraph
(b);
(2) sell the buildings to a nonprofit organization to use for the purposes specified in this
section. If sold, the city must sell the buildings for fair market value and repay the proceeds of the
sale to the agency for deposit in the local government unit housing account;
(3) lease the buildings to a nonprofit organization to use for the purposes specified in this
section. If leased, except as provided in paragraph (d), the annual rental must equal the amount of
the loan attributable to the cost of the buildings, divided by the number of years of useful life of
the buildings as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. For
purposes of determining the required rental, the purchase price of land and buildings must be
allocated between them based on standard valuation procedures; or
(4) contract with a nonprofit organization to manage the property.
(d) A city may lease a building to a nonprofit organization for a nominal amount under
the following conditions:
(1) the lease does not exceed ten years;
(2) the city must have the option to cancel the lease with or without cause at the end of
any three-year period; and
(3) the city must determine annually that the property is being used for the purposes specified
in this section and that the terms of the lease, including any income limits for residents, are
being met.
(e) A city may sell single-family residential housing directly to persons and families of
low and moderate income.
(f) A city may lease the buildings to a partnership consisting of a nonprofit organization and
a limited partner if the nonprofit organization is the general partner and the financing for the land
trust project includes low-income housing tax credits. All conditions for leasing buildings to a
nonprofit organization as provided under this subdivision apply to the lease authorized under
this paragraph.
(g) The statutory lien created under section 16A.695 may be subordinate to liens created
by other sources of financing, at the discretion of the agency.
History: 1990 c 610 art 1 s 53; 1992 c 522 s 32-35; 1993 c 236 s 6; 1994 c 586 s 7; 1995 c
224 s 100,101; 2Sp1997 c 2 s 19,20; 1998 c 404 s 53; 2000 c 492 art 1 s 61

462A.203 HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment. The agency may establish a housing preservation program for
the purpose of making housing preservation grants to cities. Cities may use the grants to establish
revolving loan funds for the acquisition, improvement, or rehabilitation of residential buildings
for the purpose of preserving eligible housing. To achieve the policy of economic integration
stated in section 462A.02, subdivision 6, the aggregate original principal balances of noneligible
mortgagor loans must not exceed 25 percent of the total amount of housing preservation loan
funds allocated to a city provided that the mortgagor's income must not exceed 110 percent of the
area median income. Housing preservation loans may not be made for housing located within a
targeted neighborhood designated under a neighborhood revitalization program.
    Subd. 2. Eligibility requirements. A city's application for a housing preservation grant
must include a geographic description of the area for which the grant will be used. A city may
designate only one area for each grant application submitted, but may submit more than one
application. The application must include a city council resolution certifying that the designated
area meets the following requirements:
(1) at least 70 percent of the single-family housing is at least 35 years old;
(2) at least 60 percent of the single-family housing is owner-occupied;
(3) the average market value of the area's owner-occupied housing is not more than 100
percent of the purchase price limit for existing homes eligible for purchase in the area under the
agency's home mortgage loan program; and
(4) the geographic area consists of contiguous parcels of land.
    Subd. 3. Local match. In order to qualify for a program grant, a city must match every dollar
of state money with one dollar of city matching funds. City matching funds may consist of:
(1) money from the general fund or a special fund of the city;
(2) money paid or repaid to a city from the proceeds of a grant that the city has received from
the federal government, a profit or nonprofit corporation, or another entity or individual;
(3) the greater of the fair market value or the cost to the city of acquiring land, buildings,
equipment, or other real or personal property that a city contributes, grants, or loans to a profit
or nonprofit corporation, or other entity or individual in connection with the implementation of
the housing preservation program;
(4) money to be used to install, reinstall, repair, or improve the infrastructure facilities of
an eligible area;
(5) money contributed by a city to pay issuance costs or to otherwise provide financial
support for revenue bonds or obligations issued for a project or program related to the
implementation of a housing preservation program; and
(6) money derived from fees received by a city in connection with its community
development activities that are to be used in implementing a housing preservation program.
    Subd. 4. Advisory committee. Before a city may make any loans under the housing
preservation program, the city must establish an advisory committee to advise and assist the city
in implementing the housing preservation program.
History: 1989 c 328 art 1 s 9

462A.2035 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment. The agency shall establish a manufactured home park
redevelopment program for the purpose of making manufactured home park redevelopment grants
or loans to cities, counties, or community action programs. Cities, counties, and community
action programs may use grants and loans under this program to:
(1) provide current residents of manufactured home parks with buy-out assistance not to
exceed $4,000 per home with preference given to older manufactured homes;
(2) provide down-payment assistance for the purchase of new and preowned manufactured
homes that comply with the current version of the State Building Code in effect at the time of
the sale, not to exceed $10,000 per home; and
(3) make improvements in manufactured home parks as requested by the grant recipient.
    Subd. 2. Eligibility requirements. Households assisted under this section must have an
annual household income at or below 80 percent of the area median household income. Cities,
counties, or community action programs receiving funds under the program must give preference
to households at or below 50 percent of the area median household income. Participation in the
program is voluntary and no park resident shall be required to participate. The agency shall
attempt to make grants and loans in approximately equal amounts to applicants outside and
within the metropolitan area.
History: 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 20

462A.204 FAMILY HOMELESS PREVENTION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment. The agency may establish a family homeless prevention and
assistance program to assist families who are homeless or are at imminent risk of homelessness.
The term "family" may include single individuals. The agency may make grants to develop and
implement family homeless prevention and assistance projects under the program. For purposes
of this section, "families" means families and persons under the age of 22.
    Subd. 2. Selection criteria. The agency shall award grants to counties with a significant
number or significant growth in the number of homeless families and that agree to focus
their emergency response systems on homeless prevention and the securing of permanent or
transitional housing for homeless families. The agency shall take into consideration the extent
to which the proposed project activities demonstrate ways in which existing resources in an
area may be more effectively coordinated to meet the program objectives specified under this
section in awarding grants.
    Subd. 3. Set aside. At least one grant must be awarded in an area located outside of
the metropolitan area. A county, a group of contiguous counties jointly acting together, or a
community-based nonprofit organization with a sponsoring resolution from each of the county
boards of the counties located within its operating jurisdiction may apply for and receive grants
for areas located outside the metropolitan area.
    Subd. 4. Project requirements. Each project must be designed to stabilize families in their
existing homes, shorten the amount of time that families stay in emergency shelters, and assist
families with securing transitional or permanent affordable housing throughout the grantee's area
of operation. Each project must include plans for the following:
(1) use of existing housing stock, including the maintenance of current housing for those
at risk;
(2) leveraging of private and public money to maximize the project impact;
(3) coordination and use of existing public and private providers of rental assistance,
emergency shelters, transitional housing, and affordable permanent housing;
(4) targeting of direct financial assistance including assistance for rent, utility payments
or other housing costs, and support services, where appropriate, to prevent homelessness and
repeated episodes of homelessness;
(5) efforts to address the needs of specific homeless populations;
(6) identification of outcomes expected from the use of the grant award; and
(7) description of how the organization will use other resources to address the needs of
homeless individuals.
    Subd. 5. Authorized uses of grant. A grant may be used to prevent or decrease the period
of homelessness of families and to decrease the time period that families stay in emergency
shelters. Grants may not be used to acquire, rehabilitate, or construct emergency shelters or
transitional or permanent housing. Grants may not be used to pay more than 24 months of rental
assistance for a family.
    Subd. 6. Advisory committee. Each grantee shall establish an advisory committee consisting
of a homeless advocate, a homeless person or formerly homeless person, a member of the state
interagency task force on homelessness, local representatives, if any, of public and private
providers of emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent affordable housing, and other
members of the public not representatives of those specifically described in this sentence. The
grantee shall consult on a regular basis with the advisory committee in preparing the project
proposal and in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the project. The advisory committee
shall assist the grantee as follows:
(1) designing or refocusing the grantee's emergency response system;
(2) developing project outcome measurements; and
(3) assessing the short- and long-term effectiveness of the project in meeting the needs of
families who are homeless, preventing homelessness, identifying and developing innovative
solutions to the problem of homeless families, and identifying problems and barriers to providing
services to homeless families.
    Subd. 7. Reporting requirements. Each grantee shall submit an annual project report to
the state Interagency Task Force on Homelessness. The report must include the actual program
results compared to program objectives. The state interagency task force shall report on program
activities to all state agencies that provide assistance or services to homeless persons.
    Subd. 8. School stability. (a) The agency in consultation with the Interagency Task Force
on Homelessness may establish a school stability project under the family homeless prevention
and assistance program. The purpose of the project is to secure stable housing for families with
school-age children who have moved frequently and for unaccompanied youth. For purposes of
this subdivision, "unaccompanied youth" are minors who are leaving foster care or juvenile
correctional facilities, or minors who meet the definition of a child in need of services or
protection under section 260C.007, subdivision 6, but for whom no court finding has been made
pursuant to that statute.
(b) The agency shall make grants to family homeless prevention and assistance projects in
communities with a school or schools that have a significant degree of student mobility.
(c) Each project must be designed to reduce school absenteeism; stabilize children in one
home setting or, at a minimum, in one school setting; and reduce shelter usage. Each project
must include plans for the following:
(1) targeting of families with children under age 12 who, in the last 12 months have either:
changed schools or homes at least once or been absent from school at least 15 percent of the
school year and who have either been evicted from their housing; are living in overcrowded
conditions in their current housing; or are paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent;
(2) targeting of unaccompanied youth in need of an alternative residential setting;
(3) connecting families with the social services necessary to maintain the families' stability
in their home; and
(4) one or more of the following:
(i) provision of rental assistance for a specified period of time, which may exceed 24
months; or
(ii) development of permanent supportive housing or transitional housing.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, grants under this section may be used to acquire,
rehabilitate, or construct transitional or permanent housing.
(e) Each grantee under the project must include representatives of the local school district
or targeted schools, or both, and of the local community correction agencies on its advisory
committee.
History: 1993 c 369 s 137; 1995 c 224 s 102; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 51;
2001 c 178 art 1 s 44; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 21

462A.205 RENT ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILY STABILIZATION DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.
    Subdivision 1. Family stabilization demonstration project. The agency, in consultation
with the Department of Human Services, may establish a rent assistance for family stabilization
demonstration project. The purpose of the project is to provide rental assistance to families who,
at the time of initial eligibility for rental assistance under this section, were receiving public
assistance, and had a caretaker parent who was complying with the parent's job search support
plan or employment plan and at least one minor child and to provide rental assistance to families
who, at the time of initial eligibility for rental assistance under this section, were receiving public
assistance, and had a caretaker parent who had earned income and with at least one minor child.
The demonstration project is limited to counties with high average housing costs. The program
must offer two options: a voucher option and a project-based voucher option. The funds may
be distributed on a request for proposal basis.
    Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
given them.
(a) "Caretaker parent" means a parent, relative caretaker, or minor caretaker as defined by the
Minnesota family investment program, chapter 256J.
(b) "County agency" means the agency designated by the county board to implement
financial assistance for current public assistance programs and for the Minnesota family
investment program statewide.
(c) "Counties with high average housing costs" means counties whose average federal
Section 8 fair market rents as determined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
are in the highest one-third of average rents in the state.
(d) "Designated rental property" is rental property (1) that is made available by a
self-sufficiency program for use by participating families and meets federal Section 8 existing
quality standards, or (2) that has received federal, state, or local rental rehabilitation assistance
since January 1, 1987, and meets federal Section 8 existing housing quality standards.
(e) "Earned income" for a family receiving rental assistance under this section means cash or
in-kind income earned through the receipt of wages, salary, commissions, profit from employment
activities, net profit from self-employment activities, payments made by an employer for regularly
accrued vacation or sick leave, and any other profit from activity earned through effort or labor.
(f) "Employment and training service provider" means a provider as defined in chapter 256J.
(g) "Employment plan" means a plan as defined in chapter 256J.
(h) "Family or participating family" means a family that at the time it begins receiving rent
assistance has at least one member who is a recipient of public assistance, and:
(1) a family with a caretaker parent who is complying with the parent's job search support
plan or employment plan and with at least one minor child;
(2) a family that, at the time it began receiving rent assistance under this section, had a
caretaker parent complying with the parent's job search support plan or employment plan and
had at least one minor child;
(3) a family with a caretaker parent who is receiving public assistance and has earned income
and with at least one minor child; or
(4) a family that, at the time it began receiving rent assistance under this section, had a
caretaker parent who had earned income and at least one minor child.
(i) "Gross family income" for a family receiving rental assistance under this section
means the gross amount of the wages, salaries, Social Security payments, pensions, workers'
compensation, unemployment benefits, the cash assistance portion of public assistance payments,
alimony, and child support.
(j) "Local housing organization" means the agency of local government responsible
for administering the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 existing
voucher and certificate program or a nonprofit or for-profit organization experienced in housing
management.
(k) "Public assistance" means the Minnesota family investment program.
    Subd. 3. Local housing organization. The agency may contract with a local housing
organization to administer the rent assistance under this section. The agency may pay the local
housing organization an administrative fee.
    Subd. 4. Amount and payment of rent assistance. (a) This subdivision applies to both the
voucher option and the project-based voucher option.
(b) Within the limits of available appropriations, eligible families may receive monthly rent
assistance for a 60-month period starting with the month the family first receives rent assistance
under this section. The amount of the family's portion of the rental payment is equal to at least
30 percent of gross income.
(c) The rent assistance must be paid by the local housing organization to the property owner.
(d) Subject to the limitations in paragraph (e), the amount of rent assistance is the difference
between the rent and the family's portion of the rental payment.
(e) In no case:
(1) may the amount of monthly rent assistance be more than $250 for housing located within
the metropolitan area or more than $200 for housing located outside of the metropolitan area;
(2) may the owner receive more rent for assisted units than for comparable unassisted
units; nor
(3) may the amount of monthly rent assistance be more than the difference between the
family's portion of the rental payment and the fair market rent for the unit as determined by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    Subd. 4a. Additional authorized expenses. In addition to the monthly rent assistance
authorized under subdivision 4, rent assistance may include up to $200 for a security deposit for
housing located outside the metropolitan area and up to $250 for a security deposit for housing
located within the metropolitan area.
    Subd. 5. Voucher option. At least one-half of the appropriated funds must be made available
for a voucher option. Under the voucher option, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, in
consultation with the Department of Human Services, will award a number of vouchers to
employment and training service providers for participating families. Families may use the
voucher for any rental housing that is certified by the local housing organization as meeting
Section 8 existing housing quality standards.
    Subd. 6. Project-based voucher option. A portion of the appropriated funds must be
made available for a project-based voucher option. Under the project-based voucher option, the
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, in consultation with the Department of Human Services,
will award a number of vouchers to employment and training service providers for participating
families who live in designated rental property that is certified by a local housing organization as
meeting Section 8 existing housing quality standards.
    Subd. 7. Property owner. In order to receive rent assistance payments, the property owner
must enter into a standard lease agreement with the family which includes a clause providing for
good cause evictions only. Otherwise, the lease may be any standard lease agreement. The agency
and local housing organizations must make model lease agreements available to participating
families and property owners.
    Subd. 8. Authorized leverage of money. The agency may leverage federal program money
with program money from the family stabilization demonstration project authorized under this
section.
    Subd. 9. Vouchers for families with a caretaker parent with earned income. (a)
Applications to provide the rental assistance for families with a caretaker parent with earned
income under either the voucher or project-based option must be submitted jointly by a local
housing organization and an employment and training service provider. The application must
include a description of how the caretaker parent participants will be selected.
(b) Employment and training service providers awarded vouchers must select the caretaker
parents with earned income whose families will receive the rental assistance. The employment
and training service provider must notify the local housing organization and the agency if:
(1) at the time of annual recertification, the caretaker parent no longer has earned income and
is not in compliance with the caretaker parent's employment plan or job search plan; and
(2) for a period of six months after the annual recertification, the caretaker parent has no
earned income and has failed to comply with the job search support plan or employment plan.
(c) The local housing organization must provide the caretaker parent who, at the time of
annual recertification, has no earned income and is not in compliance with the job search support
plan or employment plan with the notice specified in Minnesota Rules, part 4900.3379. The local
housing organization must send a subsequent notice to the caretaker parent and the Minnesota
Housing Finance Agency 60 days before the termination of rental assistance.
(d) If the local housing organization receives notice from an employment and training
service provider that a caretaker parent whose initial eligibility for rental assistance was based
on the receipt of earned income no longer has earned income and for a period of six months
after the annual recertification has failed to comply with the caretaker parent's job search plan
or employment plan, the local housing organization must notify the property owner that rental
assistance may terminate and notify the caretaker parent of the termination of rental assistance
under Minnesota Rules, part 4900.3380.
(e) The employment and training service provider awarded vouchers for families with a
caretaker parent with earned income must comply with the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part
4900.3377.
(f) For families whose initial eligibility for rental assistance was based on the receipt of
earned income, rental assistance must be terminated under any of the following conditions:
(1) the family is evicted from the property for cause;
(2) the caretaker parent no longer has earned income and, six months after an annual
recertification, is not in compliance with the parent's job search or employment plan;
(3) 30 percent of the family's gross income equals or exceeds the amount of the housing
costs for two or more consecutive months;
(4) the family has received rental assistance under this section for a 60-month period; or
(5) the rental unit no longer meets federal Section 8 existing housing quality standards, the
owner refused to make necessary repairs or alterations to bring the rental unit into compliance
within a reasonable time, and the caretaker parent refused to relocate to a qualifying unit.
(g) If an employment and training service provider determines that a caretaker parent no
longer has earned income and is not in compliance with the parent's job search or employment
plan, the employment and training service provider must notify the caretaker parent of that
determination. The notice must be in writing and must explain the effect of not having earned
income or failing to be in compliance with the job search or employment plan will have on the
rental assistance. The notice must:
(1) state that rental assistance will end six months after an annual recertification;
(2) specify the date the rental assistance will end;
(3) explain that after the date specified, the caretaker parent will be responsible for the
total housing costs;
(4) describe the actions the caretaker parent may take to avoid termination of rental
assistance; and
(5) inform the caretaker parent of the caretaker parent's responsibility to notify the
employment and training service provider if the caretaker parent has earned income.
History: 1991 c 292 art 9 s 27; 1993 c 236 s 7-14; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1995 c 224 s 103; 1997
c 200 art 4 s 12; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 130; 1999 c 211 s 5-10; 1999 c 223 art 2 s
52; 2000 c 343 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 22,23

462A.206 COMMUNITY REHABILITATION FUND ACCOUNT.
    Subdivision 1. Account. The community rehabilitation fund account is established as a
separate account in the housing development fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the
agency for the purposes specified in this section.
    Subd. 2. Authorization. The agency may make grants or loans to cities, nonprofit, or
for-profit organizations for the purposes of construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition,
permanent financing, refinancing, construction financing, gap financing of housing for
homeownership, or full cycle home ownership services, as defined in section 462A.209,
subdivision 2 . Gap financing is financing for the difference between the cost of the improvement
of the blighted property, including acquisition, demolition, rehabilitation, and construction, and
the market value of the property upon sale. The agency shall take into account the amount of
money that the city, nonprofit, or for-profit organization leverages from other sources in awarding
grants and loans. The agency shall also consider the extent to which the grant or loan recipient
will coordinate use of the funds with its other housing-related efforts or other housing-related
efforts in the recipient's geographic area. In determining whether to award a grant or loan, the
agency shall seek to maximize the recycling of state resources wherever appropriate. The city,
nonprofit, or for-profit organization must indicate in its application how the proposed project
is consistent with the consolidated housing plan. Not less than ten days before submitting its
application to the agency, a nonprofit or for-profit organization must notify the city in which
the project will be located of its intent to apply for funds. The city may submit to the agency
its written comments on the nonprofit or for-profit organization's application and the agency
shall consider the city's comments in reviewing the application. Cities, nonprofit, and for-profit
organizations may use the grants and loans to establish revolving loan funds and to provide grants
and loans to eligible mortgagors. The city, nonprofit, or for-profit organization may determine
the terms and conditions of the grants and loans. An agency loan may only be used by a city,
nonprofit, or for-profit organization to make loans.
    Subd. 3. Requirements. Grants or loans made under this section must be used for housing
rented to or owned by persons or families with income less than or equal to 115 percent of the
greater of state or area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development. If a grant or loan is used for demolition, the cleared land must be used
for the construction of housing to be rented to or owned by persons or for other housing-related
purposes primarily for the benefit of persons residing in the adjacent housing.
    Subd. 4. Designated areas. For the purposes of focusing resources, a city, a nonprofit, or a
for-profit organization located in a metropolitan statistical area must designate neighborhoods
within which the grants or loans may be used, and a city, nonprofit, or for-profit organization
located outside of a metropolitan statistical area must designate a geographic area within which
the grants or loans may be used.
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 4 s 23]
History: 1993 c 236 s 15; 1995 c 224 s 104,105; 1997 c 200 art 4 s 13,14; 1999 c 211 s
11; 2000 c 424 s 2,3

462A.2065 REPORT ON LOSS OF HOUSING.
Each year, the commissioner shall report to the chair of the house of representatives Housing
and Housing Finance Division and to the chair of the senate Jobs, Energy, and Community
Development Committee, the information provided in the reports made to the commissioner
under section 469.0305.
History: 1997 c 200 art 4 s 15

462A.207 [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 10]

462A.208 [Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 4 s 120]

462A.209 HOMEOWNERSHIP EDUCATION, COUNSELING, AND TRAINING
PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Full cycle homeownership services. The homeownership education,
counseling, and training program shall be used to provide funding to community-based nonprofit
organizations and political subdivisions to assist them in building the capacity to provide and
providing full cycle homeownership services to low and moderate income home buyers and
homeowners, including seniors. The purpose of the program is to encourage private investment in
affordable housing and collaboration of nonprofit organizations and political subdivisions with
each other and private lenders in providing full cycle homeownership services.
    Subd. 2. Definition. "Full cycle homeownership services" means supporting eligible home
buyers and home owners through all phases of purchasing and keeping a home, by providing
prepurchase home buyer education; prepurchase counseling and credit repair; prepurchase and
postpurchase property inspection and technical and financial assistance to buyers in rehabilitating
the home; postpurchase counseling, including home equity conversion loan counseling, mortgage
default counseling, postpurchase assistance with home maintenance, entry cost assistance;
foreclosure prevention and assistance; and access to flexible loan products.
    Subd. 3. Eligibility. The agency shall establish eligibility criteria for nonprofit organizations
and political subdivisions to receive funding under this section. The eligibility criteria must
require the nonprofit organization or political subdivision to provide, to build capacity to provide,
or support full cycle homeownership services for eligible home buyers. The agency may fund a
nonprofit organization or political subdivision that will provide full cycle homeownership services
by coordinating with one or more other organizations that will provide specific components of full
cycle homeownership services. The agency may make exceptions to providing all components of
full cycle lending if justified by the application. If there are more applicants requesting funding
than there are funds available, the agency shall award the funds on a competitive basis and also
assure an equitable geographic distribution of the available funds. The eligibility criteria must
require the nonprofit organization or political subdivision to have a demonstrated involvement in
the local community and to target the housing affordability needs of the local community or to
have demonstrated experience with counseling older persons on housing, or both. The eligibility
criteria may include a requirement for specific training provided by designated state or national
entities. The agency may also include an eligibility criteria that requires counselor certification or
organizational accreditation by specified organizations which provide certification or accreditation
services. Partnerships and collaboration with innovative, grass roots, or community-based
initiatives shall be encouraged. The agency shall give priority to nonprofit organizations and
political subdivisions that have funding from other sources for full cycle homeownership services.
Applicants for funds under section 462A.057 may also apply funds under this program.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 10]
    Subd. 5. Selection criteria. The agency shall take the following criteria into consideration
when determining whether to award funds to an eligible organization:
(1) the extent to which there is an equitable geographic distribution of funds among program
applicants;
(2) the prior experience and documented familiarity of the organization, as may be
applicable, in establishing, administering, and maintaining some or all of the components of
full cycle homeownership services;
(3) the reasonableness of the proposed budget in meeting the program objectives, a
demonstrated ability to leverage program money with other sources of funding, and the extent of
the leveraging of other sources of funding;
(4) the extent to which efforts are targeted towards households with incomes that do not
exceed 80 percent of the state or area median income or underserved segments of the local
population; and
(5) the extent to which program funding does not duplicate other efforts currently available
in the local area and will enable, expand, or enhance existing activities.
    Subd. 6. Designated areas. A program administrator must designate specific areas,
communities, or neighborhoods within which the program is proposed to be operated for the
purpose of focusing resources.
    Subd. 7. Assistance to prevent mortgage foreclosures. (a) Program assistance and
counseling to prevent mortgage foreclosures or cancellations of contract for deeds includes
general information, screening, assessment, referral services, case management, advocacy, and
financial assistance to borrowers who are delinquent on mortgage or contract for deed payments.
(b) Not more than one-half of funds awarded for foreclosure prevention and assistance
activities may be used for mortgage or financial counseling services.
(c) Financial assistance consists of payments for delinquent mortgage or contract for deed
payments, future mortgage or contract for deed payments for a period of up to six months,
property taxes, assessments, utilities, insurance, home improvement repairs, future rent payments
for a period of up to six months, and relocation costs if necessary, or other costs necessary to
prevent foreclosure.
(d) An individual or family may receive a maximum of $5,500 of financial assistance to
prevent a mortgage foreclosure or the cancellation of a contract for deed.
(e) The agency may require the recipient of financial assistance to enter into an agreement
with the agency for repayment. The repayment agreement for mortgages or contract for deed
buyers must provide that in the event the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed, or
ceases to be the recipient's principal place of residence, the recipient shall repay all or a portion of
the financial assistance. The agency may take into consideration financial hardship in determining
repayment requirements. The repayment agreement may be secured by a lien on the property for
the benefit of the agency.
    Subd. 8. Report. By January 10 of every year, each nonprofit organization that delivers
services under this section must submit a report to the agency that summarizes the number of
people served and the sources and amounts of nonstate money used to fund the services. The
agency shall annually submit a report to the legislature by February 15.
History: 1995 c 224 s 106; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 53; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 3

462A.2091 CONTRACT FOR DEED GUARANTEE ACCOUNT.
    Subdivision 1. Creation. The contract for deed guarantee account is created as a separate
account in the housing development fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the agency
for the purposes of this section. The account consists of money appropriated to the account and
transferred from other sources and all earnings from money in the account.
    Subd. 2. Account uses. Money in the account may be used to create a guarantee fund for the
refinancing of contracts for deed.
    Subd. 3. Eligible property. Contracts for deed eligible for refinancing with guarantee fund
assistance must be for the purchase of an owner-occupied single-family or duplex structure. In a
city of the first class in the metropolitan area, eligible properties must be located in an area in
which at least one census tract meets at least three of the following four criteria:
(1) at least 70 percent of the housing structures were built before 1960;
(2) at least 60 percent of the single-family housing is owner-occupied;
(3) the median market value of the area's owner-occupied housing, as recorded in the
most recent federal decennial census, is not more than 100 percent of the purchase price limit
for existing homes eligible for purchase in the area under the agency's home mortgage loan
program; and
(4) between 1980 and 1990, the rate of owner occupancy of residential properties in the
area declined by at least five percent, or at least 80 percent of the residential properties in the
area are rental properties.
The area must include eight blocks in any direction from the census tract. Priority must be
given for property located in an area that meets all four criteria.
History: 1995 c 224 s 107; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 24

462A.2092 EMPLOYER HOUSING CONTRIBUTIONS; MATCHING GRANT.
(a) The commissioner may provide matching grants for contributions made by employers for
the development, rehabilitation, or acquisition of affordable housing. An employer contribution is
eligible for a matching grant or low-interest loan if the contribution is:
(1) made to a fund administered by a nonprofit corporation to which the employer is not
associated or to a government agency; and
(2) used to develop or rehabilitate affordable housing located in Minnesota or is used to assist
low-income and moderate-income households to acquire affordable housing located in Minnesota.
(b) The matching grant is available up to the amount of the contribution made by the
employer. The amount of the matching grant may not exceed the amount the commissioner
determines is necessary for the financial feasibility of the project or loan. The total matching
grants available for an employer's contributions may not exceed $250,000. The commissioner
shall award the matching grant to the housing project or initiative for which the employer
contribution is used.
History: 1998 c 389 art 16 s 18

462A.2093 INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given them in this subdivision.
(a) "Municipality" means a town or a statutory or home rule city.
(b) "Nonmetropolitan" means the area of the state outside of the metropolitan area.
(c) "Inclusionary housing development" means a new construction development including
owner-occupied or rental housing, or a combination of both, with a variety of prices and designs
which serve families with a range of incomes and housing needs.
    Subd. 2. Application criteria. The commissioner must give preference to economically
viable proposals to the degree that they: (1) use innovative building techniques or materials to
lower construction costs while maintaining high quality construction and livability; (2) are located
in communities that have demonstrated a willingness to waive local restrictions which otherwise
would increase costs of construction; and (3) include units affordable to households with incomes
at or below 80 percent of the greater of state or area median income.
Cost savings from regulatory incentives must be reflected in the sale of all residences in an
inclusionary housing development.
History: 1999 c 223 art 2 s 54; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 25

462A.2097 RENTAL HOUSING.
The agency may establish a tenant-based or project-based rental housing assistance program
for persons of low income or for persons with a mental illness or families that include an adult
family member with a mental illness. Rental assistance may be in the form of direct rental
subsidies for housing for persons or families with incomes, at the time of initial occupancy, of
up to 50 percent of the area median income as determined by the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for families of five or more. Housing for the mentally
ill must be operated in coordination with social service providers who provide services requested
by tenants. Direct rental subsidies must be administered by the agency for the benefit of eligible
tenants. Financial assistance provided under this section must be in the form of vendor payments
whenever possible.
History: 1995 c 224 s 108; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 26

462A.21 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; ADVANCES, USE REPAYMENT.
    Subdivision 1. Purposes. The agency may use the moneys held in the housing development
fund for the purposes provided in this section.
    Subd. 2. Loans to nonprofit sponsors. It may make temporary loans to "nonprofit" sponsors
to defray development costs, as provided by section 462A.05, subdivision 5. Each such loan shall
be repaid in full by the borrower to the agency concurrent with the initial endorsement of such
borrower's eligible construction loan, unless the authority extends the period for the repayment of
the advances. In no event shall the time of repayment be extended later than the date of the final
endorsement of the eligible mortgage loan. If no permanent financing is obtained the loan shall be
repaid in accordance with such terms and conditions as the agency has prescribed by rule.
    Subd. 3. Planning grants. It may make planning grants to local communities, pursuant to
rules promulgated by the agency, in such amounts as the agency determines, not to exceed the net
costs, exclusive of any federal or other aid or assistance, as are incurred by the local community
in planning for land and building acquisition, improvements, renewal, relocation or conservation.
Such grants shall be limited to planning for specific sites upon which housing is, or is to be,
situated and sites designated for other uses that are reasonably related to such housing.
    Subd. 3a. Capacity building revolving loan fund. It may establish a revolving loan fund
for predevelopment costs for nonprofit organizations and local government units engaged in
the construction or rehabilitation of low- and moderate-income housing, and for the purposes
specified in sections 462A.05, subdivision 5; and 462A.07, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 5, 5a, 6, 7,
11, and 16 . The agency may delegate the authority to administer the revolving loan fund for
designated areas in the state to existing nonprofit organizations. For purposes of the authority to
administer the revolving loan fund under this subdivision, a nonprofit organization includes a
private nonprofit corporation that is formed under laws other than the laws of this state, provided
that the nonprofit corporation has an office located in this state. Nonprofit entities selected to
exercise such delegated powers must have sufficient professional housing development expertise,
as determined by the agency, to evaluate the economic feasibility of an applicant's proposed
project. Loans to nonprofit organizations or local government units under this subdivision may
be made with or without interest as determined by the agency.
    Subd. 3b. Capacity building grants. It may make capacity building grants to nonprofit
organizations, local government units, Indian tribes, and Indian tribal organizations to expand
their capacity to provide affordable housing and housing-related services. The grants may be used
to assess housing needs and to develop and implement strategies to meet those needs, including
the creation or preservation of affordable housing, prepurchase and postpurchase counseling
and associated administrative costs, and the linking of supportive services to the housing. The
agency shall adopt rules specifying the eligible uses of grant money. Funding priority must be
given to those applicants that include low-income persons in their membership, have provided
housing-related services to low-income people, and demonstrate a local commitment of local
resources, which may include in-kind contributions. Grants under this subdivision may be made
only with specific appropriations by the legislature.
    Subd. 4. Special fund. It may pay all costs and expenses of financing not paid out of a
special fund created by a resolution or indenture securing notes or bonds.
    Subd. 4a. Correction of housing defects. It may make rehabilitation grants and expenditures
for correction of residential housing defects as provided in section 462A.05, subdivisions 15 and
16 . In order to insure the preservation of the maximum number of housing units with the money
appropriated by the legislature, grants shall be recovered by the agency to the extent provided
in this section to be used for future grants. Grants made under the terms of this subdivision
shall contain a requirement that the grant be recovered by the agency in accordance with the
following schedule:
(1) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the first three years after
the date of a grant, the recipient shall repay the full amount of the grant;
(2) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the fourth year after the
date of a grant, the recipient shall repay 75 percent of the amount of the grant;
(3) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the fifth year after the
date of a grant, the recipient shall repay 50 percent of the amount of the grant;
(4) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the sixth year after the
date of a grant, the recipient shall repay 25 percent of the amount of the grant;
(5) if the property is sold, transferred, or otherwise conveyed within the seventh year after
the date of the grant, or thereafter, there is no repayment requirement; provided that no repayment
is required to the extent that the grants are made to improve the accessibility of residential
housing to a disabled occupant.
    Subd. 4b. Establishment of loan funds. It may establish loan funds and may make eligible
loans from them, at rates of interest and with security as the agency deems advisable, if each
loan is determined by the agency to be necessary to permit the occupant of residential housing
financed wholly or in part by the loan to meet the occupant's housing costs without expending an
unreasonable portion of the occupant's income on them. It may combine loan funds established
pursuant to legislative appropriations with loan funds established for the same or similar purposes
pursuant to the sale of its notes or bonds, and such combined funds may be deposited with a
trustee. Portions of these funds derived from appropriations or the sale of its notes or bonds
may be set aside as reserves against losses on loans to be made from the combined funds. Each
combined fund, including loan and investment principal and income received therefrom, shall be
administered, disbursed, and collected as provided in the appropriation act and the resolution or
indenture securing the bonds or notes.
    Subd. 4c. Loans to American Indians. It may establish a revolving loan fund and may
make eligible loans, pursuant to subdivision 4b, to American Indians as provided in section
462A.07, subdivision 14, and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the
development and operation of such programs.
    Subd. 4d. Loans to urban American Indians. It may expend moneys for the purpose
of section 462A.07, subdivision 15, including the establishment of revolving loan funds for
programs for urban American Indians, and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and
incidental to the development and operation of the programs.
    Subd. 4e. Grants for residential multiunit housing. It may expend money for the purpose
of section 462A.05, subdivision 2a, and pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to
the development and operation of the grant program authorized therein.
    Subd. 4f. Accessibility grants. It may make grants for the purpose of section 462A.05,
subdivision 15a and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the development
and operation of the housing accessibility program.
    Subd. 4g. Energy conservation grants. It may make emergency energy conservation grants
as provided in section 462A.05, subdivision 15b and may pay the costs and expenses necessary
and incidental to the development of the emergency energy conservation grant program.
    Subd. 4h. Loans to veterans. It may create a revolving fund to be used to make loans for
the purpose of section 462A.05, subdivision 19, and pay the costs and expenses necessary and
incidental to the development and operation of the loan program authorized therein.
    Subd. 4i. Rehabilitation loans. It may establish a revolving loan fund for the purpose of
section 462A.05, subdivision 14a and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to
the development and operation of the loan program authorized therein.
    Subd. 4j. Insuring financial institution loans. It may expend money for the purposes of
section 462A.05, subdivision 23, and may pay the costs and expenses for the development and
operation of the program.
    Subd. 4k.[Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 4 s 23]
    Subd. 4l. Loan coinsurance. It may expend money for the purposes of section 462A.05,
subdivision 33 , and may pay the costs and expenses for the development and operation of the
program.
    Subd. 5. Other agency purposes. It may expend moneys in the fund, not otherwise
appropriated, for such other agency purposes as previously enumerated in this chapter as the
agency in its discretion shall determine and provide.
    Subd. 6. Limitation on certain grants. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision
5, the agency shall not expend money in the fund for the purpose of making rehabilitation
or accessibility grants except by specific appropriation by the legislature or by transfer of
unencumbered account balances as provided by section 462A.20, subdivision 3.
    Subd. 7. Energy efficiency loans. The agency may make loans to low and moderate
income persons who own existing residential housing for the purpose of improving the
efficient energy utilization of the housing. Permitted improvements shall include installation or
upgrading of ceiling, wall, floor and duct insulation, storm windows and doors, and caulking
and weatherstripping. The improvements shall not be inconsistent with the energy standards as
promulgated as part of the State Building Code; provided that the improvements need not bring
the housing into full compliance with the energy standards. Any loan for such purpose shall be
made only upon determination by the agency that such loan is not otherwise available, wholly or
in part, from private lenders upon equivalent terms and conditions. The agency may promulgate
rules as necessary to implement and make specific the provisions of this subdivision. The rules
shall be designed to permit the state, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, to seek
federal grants or loans for energy purposes.
    Subd. 8. Home ownership assistance fund. It may establish a home ownership assistance
fund, on terms and conditions it deems advisable, to assist persons and families of low and
moderate income in the purchase of affordable residential housing and may use the funds to
provide loans, additional security for eligible loans or to pay costs associated with or provide
additional security for bonds issued by the agency.
    Subd. 8a. Multifamily development assistance fund. It may establish a multifamily
development assistance fund, on terms and conditions it deems advisable, to be used in connection
with the financing of multifamily developments (a) to make loans, with or without interest,
pursuant to section 462A.05, subdivisions 2 and 3, or (b) to make payments into accounts of the
agency for the purpose of making payments required by a resolution for the issuance of its notes
or bonds, as permitted by section 462A.10, subdivision 4.
    Subd. 8b. Family rental housing. It may establish a family rental housing assistance program
to provide loans or direct rental subsidies for housing for families with incomes of up to 80 percent
of state median income. Priority must be given to those developments with resident families with
the lowest income. The development may be financed by the agency or other public or private
lenders. Direct rental subsidies must be administered by the agency for the benefit of eligible
families. Financial assistance provided under this subdivision to recipients of aid to families with
dependent children must be in the form of vendor payments whenever possible. Loans and direct
rental subsidies under this subdivision may be made only with specific appropriations by the
legislature. The limitations on eligible mortgagors contained in section 462A.03, subdivision 13,
do not apply to loans for the rehabilitation of existing housing under this subdivision.
    Subd. 8c.[Repealed, 1995 c 224 s 126]
    Subd. 8d. Authorized leverage of money. The agency may leverage federal program money
with program money from the family rental housing assistance program established under
subdivision 8b and the rental housing assistance program established under subdivision 8c.
    Subd. 9. Innovative housing loans. It may make loans to encourage innovations in the
development or rehabilitation of single or multifamily residential housing pursuant to section
462A.05, subdivision 18.
    Subd. 9a. Revolving fund. It may create a revolving fund to be used to make loans to
encourage innovative multifamily housing pursuant to section 462A.05, subdivision 18a.
    Subd. 10. Certain appropriations available until expended. Notwithstanding the
repeal of section 462A.26 and the provisions of section 16A.28 or any other law relating to
lapse of an appropriation, the appropriations made to the agency by the legislature in 1976
and subsequent years are available until fully expended, and the allocations provided in the
appropriations remain in effect. Earnings from investments of any of the amounts appropriated
to the agency are appropriated to the agency to be used for the same purposes as the respective
original appropriations, after payment of the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the
development and operation of the programs authorized under this chapter.
    Subd. 11.[Repealed, 1981 c 306 s 20]
    Subd. 12.[Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 4 s 23]
    Subd. 12a. Program money transfer. Unencumbered balances of money appropriated for
the purpose of loans or grants for agency programs under these subdivisions may be transferred
between programs created by these subdivisions or in accordance with section 462A.20,
subdivision 3 .
    Subd. 13. Accessibility programs. It may spend money for the purposes of section 462A.05,
subdivisions 14, 14a, and 24 , and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the
development and operation of the programs authorized in those subdivisions.
    Subd. 14.[Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 4 s 23]
    Subd. 15. Rural and urban homesteading program. It may make grants to eligible
organizations for the Minnesota rural and urban homesteading program under section 462A.057
and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the grant program.
    Subd. 16. Residential lead paint and lead contaminated soil abatement. It may make
loans or grants for the purpose of the abatement of hazardous levels of lead paint in residential
buildings and lead contaminated soil under section 462A.05, subdivision 15c, and may pay the
costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the development and operation of the program.
    Subd. 17.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 10]
    Subd. 18. Family homeless prevention and assistance. The agency may spend money for
the purposes of section 462A.204 and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to
the development and operation of the program.
    Subd. 19.[Repealed, 2000 c 260 s 97]
    Subd. 20. Community development corporations. It may make grants to and enter into
contracts with community development corporations under section 116J.982, and may pay the
costs and expenses for the development and operation of the program.
    Subd. 21. Community rehabilitation program. The agency or its grantees may spend
money for the purposes of the community rehabilitation program authorized under section
462A.206 and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the development and
operation of the program.
    Subd. 22. Contract for deed guarantee program. It may expend money for the purposes
of section 462A.2091 and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the
development and operation of the program authorized by section 462A.2091.
    Subd. 23. Rental housing. The agency may spend money for the purposes of the rental
housing program authorized under section 462A.2097, and may pay the costs and expenses
necessary and incidental to the development and operation of the program.
    Subd. 24. Employer housing contributions; matching grant. It may spend money for the
purpose of the matching grant for employer contributions program under section 462A.2092, and
may pay costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the development and operation of the
program.
    Subd. 25. Consumer-owned housing revolving account. The agency may create a
consumer-owned housing revolving account: (1) to assist in paying delinquent mortgage
payments of persons participating in the federal National Mortgage Association pilot program for
homeownership of persons with disabilities; or (2) for other activities that support homeownership
activities for persons with disabilities.
    Subd. 26. Full cycle home ownership services. The agency may spend money for the
purposes of section 462A.209 and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the
development and operation of the program.
    Subd. 27. Economic development and housing challenge program. The agency may spend
money for the purposes of section 462A.33 and may pay the costs and expenses necessary and
incidental to the development and operation of the program.
    Subd. 28. Family stabilization demonstration project. The agency may spend money for
the purposes of section 462A.205 and may pay costs and expenses necessary and incidental to
the development and operation of the project.
    Subd. 29. Disaster relief contingency fund. It may establish a disaster relief contingency
fund to provide loans or grants, on terms and conditions it deems advisable, to assist with the
rehabilitation or replacement of housing damaged as a result of a natural disaster in areas of the
state designated under presidential declarations of a major disaster. It may transfer to the disaster
relief contingency fund any repayments of grants or loans made from appropriations specifically
for assistance after natural disasters in areas of the state designated under a presidential declaration
of a major disaster.
    Subd. 30. Manufactured home park redevelopment. The agency may spend money for the
purposes of section 462A.2035 and may pay costs and expenses necessary and incidental to the
development and operation of the program.
History: 1971 c 702 s 21; 1973 c 515 s 36-38; 1974 c 441 s 19-25; 1976 c 254 s 10-12;
1977 c 401 s 15-19; 1978 c 670 s 2; 1979 c 50 s 61; 1979 c 243 s 10,11; 1979 c 327 s 4,7-9; 1980
c 579 s 21; 1980 c 593 s 5,6; 1980 c 614 s 150; 1981 c 306 s 11,12; 1983 c 185 s 9,10; 1983 c 301
s 208,209; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 343,344; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 58; 1987 c 404 s 176; 1988 c
689 art 2 s 235; 1989 c 270 s 13-15; 1989 c 328 art 1 s 10-17; 1990 c 429 s 5-7; 1991 c 292 art 9
s 28-31; 1993 c 236 s 16,17; 1993 c 369 s 140-143; 1994 c 586 s 8; 1995 c 224 s 109-115; 1997 c
200 art 4 s 21; 1998 c 389 art 16 s 19; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 71; 1999 c 211 s 12; 1999 c 223 art 2 s
55; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 27-31; art 5 s 4; 2003 c 61 s 4; 2005 c 56 s 1

462A.22 BOND FUND.
    Subdivision 1. Debt ceiling. The aggregate principal amount of bonds and notes which are
outstanding at any time, excluding the principal amount of any bonds and notes refunded by the
issuance of new bonds or notes, shall not exceed the sum of $3,000,000,000.
    Subd. 1a.[Repealed, 1983 c 185 s 15]
    Subd. 2. Limit is not a contract. Subdivision 1 is not a contract with the holders of any
bonds or notes excluding the issuance of bonds or notes in excess of said maximum amount,
if such maximum shall be increased by law.
    Subd. 3. Debt service reserve funds. The agency may create and establish a special fund
or funds for the security of one or more or all series of its bonds or notes, which funds shall be
known as debt service reserve funds. The agency may pay into each debt service reserve fund (a)
any moneys appropriated by the state only for the purposes of such fund, (b) any proceeds of sale
of bonds or notes to the extent provided in the resolution or indenture authorizing the issuance
thereof, (c) any funds directed to be transferred by the agency to such debt service reserve fund,
and (d) any other moneys made available to the agency only for the purpose of such fund from
any other source or sources.
    Subd. 4. Solely for bonds, notes; exception. The moneys held in or credited to each debt
service reserve fund, except as provided in this section, shall be used solely for the payment of
the principal of bonds or notes of the agency as the same mature, the purchase of such bonds or
notes, the payment of interest thereon, or the payment of any premium required when such bonds
or notes are redeemed before maturity; provided, that moneys in any such fund shall not be
withdrawn therefrom at any time in such amount as would reduce the amount of the fund to less
than the amount which the agency shall determine to be reasonably necessary for the purposes of
the fund, except for the purpose of paying principal or interest due on bonds or notes secured by
the fund, for the payment of which other moneys of the agency are not available.
    Subd. 5. Investments. Moneys in any debt service reserve fund not required for immediate
use or disbursement may be invested in accordance with the provisions of section 462A.18,
subdivision 2 .
    Subd. 6. No similar bonds unless minimum in funds. If the agency shall create and establish
a debt service reserve fund for the security of any series of bonds or notes, it shall not issue any
additional bonds or notes which are similarly secured if the amount of any of the debt service
reserve funds at the time of such issuance does not equal or exceed the minimum amount, if any,
required by the resolution creating such fund, unless the agency shall deposit in each such fund at
the time of such issuance, from the proceeds of the bonds or notes or otherwise, an amount which,
together with the amount then in the fund, will be not less than the minimum amount so required.
    Subd. 7. Transfer of excess. To the extent consistent with the resolutions and indentures
securing outstanding bonds and notes, the agency may periodically transfer to any other fund or
account from any debt service reserve fund, any excess in that fund over the amount deemed by
the agency to be reasonably necessary for the purpose of the fund.
    Subd. 8. Annual certificate of minimum needed for budget. In order to assure the
payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and notes of the agency and the continued
maintenance of all debt service reserve funds created and established therefor, the agency shall
annually determine and certify to the governor, on or before December 1, (a) the amount, if any,
then needed to restore each debt service reserve fund to the minimum amount required by the
resolution or indenture establishing the fund, not exceeding the maximum amount of principal
and interest to become due and payable in any subsequent year on all bonds or notes which are
then outstanding and secured by such fund; and (b) the amount, if any, determined by the agency
to be needed in the then immediately ensuing fiscal year, with other funds pledged and estimated
to be received during that year, for the payment of the principal and interest due and payable in
that year on all then outstanding bonds and notes secured by a debt service reserve fund the
amount of which is then less than the minimum amount agreed. The governor shall include and
submit to the legislature, in the budget for the following fiscal year, or in a supplemental budget
if the regular budget for that year has previously been approved, the amounts certified by the
agency in accordance with this subdivision.
    Subd. 9. Biennial report. The agency shall also submit a biennial report of its activities
and receipts, and a plan for the next biennium, to the governor and the legislature on or before
February 15 in each odd-numbered year. The report shall include the distribution of money under
each agency program by county, except for counties containing a city of the first class, where the
distribution shall be reported by municipality.
In addition, the report shall include the cost to the agency of the issuance of its bonds for each
issue in the biennium, along with comparable information for other state housing finance agencies.
    Subd. 10. Audits. All of the books and records of the agency shall be subject to audit by the
legislative auditor in the manner prescribed for other agencies of state government. The agency is
authorized also to employ and to contract in its resolutions and indentures for the employment
of public accountants for the audit of books and records pertaining to any fund or funds. The
legislative auditor shall review contracts with public accountants as provided in section 3.972.
History: 1971 c 702 s 22; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1973 c 515 s 39; 1974 c 441 s 26; 1976 c 254 s
13; 1977 c 347 s 60; 1977 c 401 s 20-22; 1979 c 327 s 10-12; 1980 c 509 s 169; 1981 c 306 s 13;
1983 c 185 s 11,12; 1983 c 317 s 3; 1985 c 6 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 8 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 292
art 9 s 32; 1992 c 511 art 9 s 15; 1992 c 522 s 36; 2003 c 61 s 5,6

462A.221 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Terms. For purposes of sections 462A.221 to 462A.225, the following terms
have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 1a. Allocating agency. "Allocating agency" means the Minnesota Housing Finance
Agency and each county and city that allocates reserved tax credits as provided under section
462A.222, subdivision 1.
    Subd. 1b. Allocation. An "allocation" is considered to have been made either when Part I of
Internal Revenue Service Form 8609, Low-Income Housing Credit Allocation Certification, is
completed and signed by an authorized official of the allocating agency and mailed to the owner
of the qualified low-income building or when the allocating agency issues a carryover.
    Subd. 2. City. "City" means a statutory or home rule charter city.
    Subd. 2a. Commitment. "Commitment" means a nontransferable, legally binding agreement
between an allocating agency and a developer for the use of tax credits.
    Subd. 3. Housing and redevelopment authority. "Housing and redevelopment authority"
means a housing and redevelopment authority established pursuant to section 469.003, or other
law, or any other municipal department, agency, or authority which exercises the powers of a
housing and redevelopment authority pursuant to section 469.003 or other law.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 39]
    Subd. 5. Substantial rehabilitation. "Substantial rehabilitation" means rehabilitation of at
least $5,000 per unit.
History: 1987 c 350 s 12; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 368 s 1-3; 1993 c 164 s 1,2

462A.222 LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDITS.
    Subdivision 1. Credit reservations. The agency shall reserve a portion of the annual state
ceiling for low-income housing credits provided under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, to (1) cities with a population of at least 50,000 that have a housing and
redevelopment authority; (2) cities located in three or more counties that have a housing and
redevelopment authority; and (3) counties with a population of 100,000 or more that have a
housing and redevelopment authority. A city or county is eligible to receive a reserved portion
of the state ceiling under this subdivision if it submits a written request to the agency within 45
days after June 2, 1987, to act as a designated housing credit agency as provided in section 42
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. A city or county may designate its housing
and redevelopment authority as the agency to receive reserved low-income housing credits on
behalf of the city or county. The city of Minneapolis or the city of Saint Paul may designate the
Minneapolis/Saint Paul Housing Finance Board to receive reserved low-income housing credits
on behalf of each city.
    Subd. 1a. Determination of regional credit pools. The agency shall divide the annual per
capita amount used in determining the state ceiling for low-income housing tax credits provided
under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, into a metropolitan pool and
a greater Minnesota pool. The metropolitan pool shall serve the metropolitan area. The greater
Minnesota pool shall serve the remaining counties of the state. The percentage of the annual per
capita amount allotted to each pool must be determined as follows:
(a) The percentage set-aside for projects involving a qualified nonprofit organization as
provided in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, must be deducted from
the annual per capita amount used in determining the state ceiling.
(b) Of the remaining amount, the metropolitan pool must be allotted a percentage equal to
the metropolitan counties' percentage of the total number of state recipients of the Minnesota
family investment program, general assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, and supplemental
security income in the state, as reported annually by the Department of Human Services. The
greater Minnesota pool must be allotted the amount remaining after the metropolitan pool's
percentage has been allotted.
The set-aside for qualified nonprofit organizations must be divided between the two regional
pools in the same percentage as determined for the credit amounts above.
    Subd. 2. Credit formula. The agency shall reserve to each eligible city and county a
percentage amount from the appropriate regional pool equal to the city's or county's percentage
share of the total population of the counties comprising the pool and multiplied, in 1990 by 1.25.
After calendar year 1990, the agency shall allocate tax credits among eligible cities and counties
based on the distribution plan established under subdivision 4. For purposes of this subdivision,
the state demographer shall provide population estimates to the agency.
    Subd. 3. Allocation procedure. (a) Projects will be awarded tax credits in two competitive
rounds on an annual basis. The date for applications for each round must be determined by the
agency. No allocating agency may award tax credits prior to the application dates established
by the agency.
(b) Each allocating agency must meet the requirements of section 42(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1989, for the allocation of tax credits
and the selection of projects.
(c) For projects that are eligible for an allocation of credits pursuant to section 42(h)(4) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, tax credits may only be allocated if the project
satisfies the requirements of the allocating agency's qualified allocation plan. For projects that are
eligible for an allocation of credits pursuant to section 42(h)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, for which the agency is the issuer of the bonds for the project, or the issuer of
the bonds for the project is located outside the jurisdiction of a city or county that has received
reserved tax credits, the applicable allocation plan is the agency's qualified allocation plan.
(d) For applications submitted for the first round, an allocating agency may allocate tax
credits only to the following types of projects:
(1) in the metropolitan area:
(i) new construction or substantial rehabilitation of projects in which, for the term of the
extended use period, at least 75 percent of the total tax credit units are single-room occupancy,
efficiency, or one bedroom units and which are affordable by households whose income does
not exceed 30 percent of the median income;
(ii) new construction or substantial rehabilitation family housing projects that are not
restricted to persons who are 55 years of age or older and in which, for the term of the extended
use period, at least 75 percent of the tax credit units contain two or more bedrooms and at least
one-third of the 75 percent contain three or more bedrooms; or
(iii) substantial rehabilitation projects in neighborhoods targeted by the city for revitalization;
(2) outside the metropolitan area, projects which meet a locally identified housing need and
which are in short supply in the local housing market as evidenced by credible data submitted
with the application;
(3) projects that are not restricted to persons of a particular age group and in which, for the
term of the extended use period, a percentage of the units are set aside and rented to persons:
(i) with a serious and persistent mental illness as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 20,
paragraph (c);
(ii) with a developmental disability as defined in United States Code, title 42, section 6001,
paragraph (5), as amended through December 31, 1990;
(iii) who have been assessed as drug dependent persons as defined in section 254A.02,
subdivision 5 , and are receiving or will receive care and treatment services provided by an
approved treatment program as defined in section 254A.02, subdivision 2;
(iv) with a brain injury as defined in section 256B.093, subdivision 4, paragraph (a); or
(v) with permanent physical disabilities that substantially limit one or more major life
activities, if at least 50 percent of the units in the project are accessible as provided under
Minnesota Rules, chapter 1340;
(4) projects, whether or not restricted to persons of a particular age group, which preserve
existing subsidized housing, if the use of tax credits is necessary to prevent conversion to market
rate use or to remedy physical deterioration of the project which would result in loss of existing
federal subsidies; or
(5) projects financed by the Farmers Home Administration, or its successor agency, which
meet statewide distribution goals.
(e) Before the date for applications for the final round, the allocating agencies other than the
agency shall return all uncommitted and unallocated tax credits to a unified pool for allocation
by the agency on a statewide basis.
(f) Unused portions of the state ceiling for low-income housing tax credits reserved to cities
and counties for allocation may be returned at any time to the agency for allocation.
(g) If an allocating agency determines, at any time after the initial commitment or allocation
for a specific project, that a project is no longer eligible for all or a portion of the low-income
housing tax credits committed or allocated to the project, the credits must be transferred to the
agency to be reallocated pursuant to the procedures established in paragraphs (e) to (g); provided
that if the tax credits for which the project is no longer eligible are from the current year's annual
ceiling and the allocating agency maintains a waiting list, the allocating agency may continue to
commit or allocate the credits until not later than the date of applications for the final round, at
which time any uncommitted credits must be transferred to the agency.
    Subd. 4. Distribution plan. (a) By October 1, 1990, the Metropolitan Council, in
consultation with the agency and representatives of local government and housing and
redevelopment authorities, shall develop and submit to the agency a plan for allocating tax credits
in 1991 and thereafter in the metropolitan area, based on regional housing needs and priorities.
The agency may amend the distribution plan after consultation with the Metropolitan Council,
representatives of local governments, and housing and redevelopment authorities.
(b) By October 1, 1990, the agency, in consultation with representatives of local government
and housing and redevelopment authorities, shall develop a plan for allocating tax credits in 1991
and thereafter in greater Minnesota, based on regional housing needs and priorities. The agency
may amend the distribution plan after consultation with representatives of local governments
and housing and redevelopment authorities.
(c) In preparing the distribution plans, the Metropolitan Council and the agency shall
estimate the number of households in the metropolitan area and in greater Minnesota, respectively,
who are paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent and the cost of providing sufficient
rental or other assistance so that no household pays more than 50 percent of its income for rent. In
addition, the Metropolitan Council and the agency shall identify the nature and scope of existing
programs which primarily serve families at 60 percent of the median income and individuals at
30 percent of the median income.
History: 1987 c 350 s 13; 1988 c 542 s 6; 1990 c 368 s 4-7; 1990 c 552 s 1; 1991 c 292 art
9 s 33; 1993 c 164 s 3; 1994 c 586 s 9; 1996 c 362 s 1-4; 1998 c 389 art 14 s 5; 1999 c 159 s
131; 1999 c 211 s 13; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 32

462A.223 MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY; DESIGNATED AGENCY.
    Subdivision 1. Credits to qualified nonprofit organizations. The agency is designated as a
housing credit agency with authority to provide low-income housing credits for projects involving
qualified nonprofit organizations under sections 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986. The agency shall provide the ten percent minimum amount of the state ceiling
required by section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for application to such projects.
    Subd. 2. Designated agency. The agency is designated as a housing credit agency to
allocate the portion of the state ceiling for low-income housing tax credits (1) not reserved to
cities and counties under section 462A.222; (2) not accepted for allocation by eligible cities
and counties; (3) returned to the agency for allocation; and (4) not otherwise reserved to the
agency for allocation under subdivision 1. Low-income housing tax credits shall be allocated by
the agency as provided in section 462A.222. The agency shall make no allocation for projects
located within the jurisdiction of the cities or counties that have received tax credits under section
462A.222, subdivision 1, except from the percentage set-aside for projects involving a qualified
nonprofit organization as provided under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended through December 31, 1989, until the amounts reserved to the cities and counties for
allocation have been allocated or committed or returned to the agency for allocation. In order that
all of a project's credits are allocated by a single allocating agency, the agency may apportion
additional tax credits to a city or county that has received tax credits under section 462A.222,
subdivision 1 , for a project that has already received a commitment or allocation of tax credits
from an eligible city or county, if all of the tax credits reserved to the eligible city or county
have been committed or allocated. A city or county that has received tax credits under section
462A.222, subdivision 1, may apportion tax credits to the agency for a project located within
the jurisdiction of the city or county.
    Subd. 3. Submission deadlines. In order to assist the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency to
comply with the reporting requirements of section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, cities and counties to which low-income housing tax credits are reserved under section
462A.222, subdivision 1, shall submit required documents relating to compliance, allocation or
commitment, carryover, issuance, and audit or review and shall return unused tax credits to
the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency by the deadlines established in the agency's qualified
allocation plan. Cities and counties to which low-income housing tax credits are reserved under
section 462A.222 that fail to meet the deadlines established by the agency for the submission
of required documents relating to allocation or commitment, carryover, issuance, and allocation
reporting shall pay the fees established in the agency's qualified allocation plan. Pursuant to the
qualified allocation plan, the agency may waive fees imposed for failure to meet the deadlines for
submission of required documents.
    Subd. 4. Review of allocations, compliance monitoring. The agency may review the
allocation and compliance monitoring processes established by a city or county to which
low-income tax credits are reserved under section 462A.222, subdivision 1, and may review
documentation related to the allocations made to and the compliance monitoring of projects
allocated credits from a city or county to which low-income tax credits are reserved under section
462A.222, subdivision 1.
History: 1987 c 350 s 14; 1990 c 368 s 8; 1996 c 362 s 5; 1998 c 363 s 1,2; 1999 c 211 s 14

462A.225 STATE REGISTER NOTICE.
The agency shall publish in the State Register all data relating to the state ceiling, state
demographer population and rental unit estimates, and other information or procedures specified
in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, applicable United States Treasury Department
regulations, and this subdivision, that the agency considers pertinent to the distribution of
low-income housing credits. Publications under this section are not subject to chapter 14.
History: 1987 c 350 s 15

462A.23 [Repealed, 1973 c 515 s 40]

462A.235 COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCE; DUTIES.
The commissioner of commerce shall strongly encourage all financial institutions organized
under chapter 47 to cooperate with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency to effectuate the
purposes of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Law of 1971, as amended.
History: 1976 c 254 s 14; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92

462A.236 RULES.
The agency may adopt rules for the efficient administration of section 462A.05, subdivisions
14b, 18a, and 23 .
History: 1983 c 301 s 210; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1996 c 305 art 2 s 64

462A.24 CONSTRUCTION.
This chapter is necessary for the welfare of the state of Minnesota and its inhabitants;
therefore, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.
History: 1971 c 702 s 24; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 33

462A.26 [Repealed, 1977 c 401 s 24]

462A.27 [Renumbered 462A.236]

462A.28 [Repealed, 1999 c 223 art 2 s 80]

462A.29 INTERAGENCY COORDINATION ON HOMELESSNESS.
The agency shall coordinate services and activities of all state agencies relating to
homelessness. The agency shall coordinate an investigation and review of the current system of
service delivery to the homeless. The agency may request assistance from other agencies of state
government as needed for the execution of the responsibilities under this section and the other
agencies shall furnish the assistance upon request.
History: 1990 c 520 s 2

462A.30 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 462A.02,
subdivision 11 , 462A.30, and 462A.31.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 39]
    Subd. 3. First option to purchase. "First option to purchase" means a right of a
neighborhood land trust or the agency to purchase all or any portion of the improvements and
leasehold interest of a lessee, sublessee, or other resident of property subject to a ground lease,
prior to the rights of any other party and at a limited equity price.
    Subd. 4. Ground lease. "Ground lease" means a lease of real property in which the lease
does not include buildings or other improvements.
    Subd. 5. Leasehold interest. "Leasehold interest" means the real property interest of a lessee
in a ground lease in which the neighborhood land trust is the lessor.
    Subd. 6. Limited equity formula. "Limited equity formula" means a method, approved by
the agency, for calculation of the limited equity price, designed to maintain the affordability of
the housing and the public subsidy.
    Subd. 7. Limited equity price. "Limited equity price" means a price for the sale of any
building or other improvement located on land owned by a neighborhood land trust determined by
means of the limited equity formula.
    Subd. 8. Neighborhood land trust. "Neighborhood land trust" means a city or a nonprofit
corporation organized under chapter 317A that complies with section 462A.31 and that qualifies
for tax exempt status under United States Code, title 26, section 501(c)(3), and that meets all other
criteria for neighborhood land trusts set by the agency.
    Subd. 9. Persons and families of low and moderate income. "Persons and families of low
and moderate income" means persons or families whose income does not exceed:
(1) 80 percent of the greater of state median income, or area or county median income as
determined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
(2) the amount that qualifies the organization for tax exempt status under United States Code,
title 26, section 501(c)(3), whichever is less.
History: 1991 c 287 s 2; 1992 c 522 s 37-39; 1994 c 586 s 10

462A.31 NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUSTS.
    Subdivision 1. Purposes. A neighborhood land trust must have as one of its purposes the
holding of land and the leasing of land for the purpose of preserving the affordability of housing
on that land for persons and families of low and moderate income.
    Subd. 2. Powers. A neighborhood land trust may have any or all of the powers permitted
to a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A, except that a neighborhood land trust must have
the power to buy and sell land, to mortgage and otherwise encumber land, and to negotiate and
enter into ground leases with an initial term of up to 99 years.
    Subd. 3. Restrictions. A ground lease in which a neighborhood land trust is the lessor must
contain provisions designed to preserve the affordability of housing on the land. Each ground
lease must reserve to the neighborhood land trust the first option to purchase any building or
improvement on the land, or any condominium or cooperative unit located in a building on the
land, at a limited equity price specified in the ground lease. Each ground lease must grant to the
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency the right to exercise that first option to purchase if the
neighborhood land trust does not, for any reason, exercise the first option. Each ground lease must
exempt sales to persons and families of low and moderate income from the provisions granting
the first option to purchase to the neighborhood land trust and to the Minnesota housing finance
agency. Sales to persons and families of low and moderate income are not exempt from the
limited equity price. A ground lease may also contain appropriate restrictions on:
(1) subletting or assigning the ground lease;
(2) construction and renovation of buildings and other improvements; and
(3) sale of buildings and improvements.
    Subd. 4. Mortgages. (a) A ground lease with a neighborhood land trust must prohibit the
lessee from mortgaging the lessee's interest in the lease or in buildings or other improvements
without the consent of the neighborhood land trust. A ground lease may obligate a neighborhood
land trust as lessor and fee title holder to consent to, join in, or subordinate its interest to, a
mortgage entered into by a lessee as mortgagor for the purpose of obtaining financing for
acquisition, construction, or renovation of housing on the land. A lease provision so obligating a
neighborhood land trust must specify that the mortgage must provide to the neighborhood land
trust the right to receive from the mortgagee prompt notice of default in the mortgage and the right
to cure the default or to purchase the mortgagee's interest in the mortgage. The limited equity
price and provisions in subdivision 3 do not apply if the lessee or the neighborhood land trust fails
to cure the default or purchase the mortgagee's interest in the mortgage.
(b) A ground lease with a neighborhood land trust must provide that the neighborhood land
trust will not, during the term of the lease, mortgage or otherwise encumber its interest in the
property or permit any liens on its interest in the property to exist. This prohibition does not apply
to mortgages that require the mortgagee to subordinate the lien of its mortgage to a mortgage
entered into by a lessee as mortgagor for the purpose of obtaining financing for acquisition,
construction, or renovation of housing on the land.
    Subd. 5. Rights of heirs. A ground lease with a neighborhood land trust must provide that
the heirs of the lessee may assume the lease, if the heirs agree to occupy the lease property as
their homestead. For purposes of this subdivision, "the heirs" means the heirs at law of a lessee
who dies intestate or the devises of a lessee who dies testate.
    Subd. 6. City land trust. A city may by resolution determine to act as a neighborhood land
trust with the powers and duties described in subdivisions 1 to 5.
    Subd. 7. Recording of ground lease. Any ground lease held by a neighborhood land trust
shall include the legal description of the real property subject to the ground lease and shall be
recorded with the county recorder or with the registrar of titles in the county in which the real
property subject to the ground lease is located.
History: 1991 c 287 s 3; 1992 c 522 s 40,41; 1994 c 586 s 11; 2005 c 4 s 112

462A.32 [Repealed, 1993 c 236 s 19]

462A.33 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING CHALLENGE PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Created. The economic development and housing challenge program is
created to be administered by the agency.
(a) The program shall provide grants or loans for the purpose of construction, acquisition,
rehabilitation, demolition or removal of existing structures, construction financing, permanent
financing, interest rate reduction, refinancing, and gap financing of housing to support economic
development and redevelopment activities or job creation or job preservation within a community
or region by meeting locally identified housing needs.
Gap financing is either:
(1) the difference between the costs of the property, including acquisition, demolition,
rehabilitation, and construction, and the market value of the property upon sale; or
(2) the difference between the cost of the property and the amount the targeted household
can afford for housing, based on industry standards and practices.
(b) Preference for grants and loans shall be given to comparable proposals that include
regulatory changes or waivers that result in identifiable cost avoidance or cost reductions, such
as increased density, flexibility in site development standards, or zoning code requirements.
Preference must also be given among comparable proposals to proposals for projects that are
accessible to transportation systems, jobs, schools, and other services.
(c) If a grant or loan is used for demolition or removal of existing structures, the cleared
land must be used for the construction of housing to be owned or rented by persons who meet
the income limits of this section or for other housing-related purposes that primarily benefit the
persons residing in the adjacent housing. In making selections for grants or loans for projects that
demolish affordable housing units, the agency must review the potential displacement of residents
and consider the extent to which displacement of residents is minimized.
    Subd. 2. Eligible recipients. Challenge grants or loans may be made to a city, a federally
recognized American Indian tribe or subdivision located in Minnesota, a tribal housing
corporation, a private developer, a nonprofit organization, or the owner of the housing, including
individuals. For the purpose of this section, "city" has the meaning given it in section 462A.03,
subdivision 21 . To the extent practicable, grants and loans shall be made so that an approximately
equal number of housing units are financed in the metropolitan area and in the nonmetropolitan
area.
    Subd. 3. Contribution requirement. Fifty percent of the funds appropriated for this section
must be used for challenge grants or loans which meet the requirements of this subdivision.
These challenge grants or loans must be used for economically viable homeownership or rental
housing proposals that:
(1) include a financial or in-kind contribution from an area employer and either a unit of
local government or a private philanthropic, religious, or charitable organization; and
(2) address the housing needs of the local work force.
For the purpose of this subdivision, an employer contribution may consist partially or wholly
of the premium paid for federal housing tax credits.
Preference for grants and loans shall also be given to comparable proposals that include a
financial or in-kind contribution from a unit of local government, an area employer, and a private
philanthropic, religious, or charitable organization.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 10]
    Subd. 5. Income limits. Households served through challenge grants or loans must not have
incomes at the time of initial occupancy that exceed, for homeownership projects, 115 percent
of the greater of state or area median income as determined by the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development, and for rental housing projects, 80 percent of the greater of
state or area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development except that the housing developed or rehabilitated with challenge fund grants
or loans must be affordable to the local work force.
Preference among comparable proposals shall be given those that provide housing
opportunities for an expanded range of household incomes within a community or that provide
housing opportunities for a wide range of incomes within the development.
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 10]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 4 art 5 s 10]
    Subd. 8. Limitation on return. The limitations on return of eligible mortgagors contained in
section 462A.03, subdivision 13, do not apply to loans or grants for rental housing if the loans
or grants made by the agency, from all sources, are less than 50 percent of the total costs, as
determined by the agency.
History: 1999 c 223 art 2 s 56; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 34; art 5 s 5-9; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 104

462A.34 VISITABILITY REQUIREMENT.
All new construction of single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes, and multilevel townhouses
that are financed in whole or in part by the agency must incorporate basic visitability access into
their design and construction. For the purpose of this section, "visitability" means designing a
dwelling so that people with mobility impairments may enter and comfortably stay for a duration.
The specific design elements include one no-step entrance, 32-inch clear doorways throughout
the dwelling, and a one-half bathroom on the main level. The agency may waive the one-half
bathroom requirement if it reduces affordability for the targeted population of the agency program
from which it is funded. The agency may waive the no-step entrance requirement if site conditions
make the requirement impractical or if it reduces affordability for the targeted population of the
agency program from which it is funded. This section does not apply to owner-occupied housing
financed by the agency through a mortgage program unless the agency has provided appropriated
funds to finance the construction of the new owner-occupied housing.
History: 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 35