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MN Stat § 462A.2035 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.2035 — Manufactured Home Park Redevelopment Program.

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 for the purposes specified in this section. Subd. 1a. Individual assistance grants. Eligible recipients may use individual assistance 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; and (2) provide down-payment assistance for the purchase of new and preowned manufactured homes that comply with the current version of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Manufactured Housing Code in effect at the time of the sale, not to exceed $10,000 per home. Subd. 1b. Manufactured home park infrastructure grants. Eligible recipients may use manufactured home park infrastructure grants under this program for: (1) acquisition of and improvements in manufactured home parks; and (2) infrastructure, including storm shelters and community facilities. Subd. 2. Eligibility requirements. For individual assistance grants under subdivision 1a, households assisted 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. Subd. 3. Statewide program. The agency shall attempt to make grants and loans in approximately equal amounts to applicants outside and within the metropolitan area. Grants and loans under this section shall be provided in a manner consistent with the agency's policies and purposes in section 462A.02. Subd. 4. Infrastructure repair and replacement fund. Each recipient receiving a grant under subdivision 1b shall provide from year to year, on a cumulative basis, for adequate reserve funds to cover the repair and replacement of the private infrastructure systems serving the community. History:  1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 20; 2017 c 94 art 11 s 5; 2018 c 214 art 2 s 14,15; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 20,21
MN Stat § 462A.2065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.2065 — Report On Loss Of Housing.

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
MN Stat § 462A.2091 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.2091 — Contract For Deed Guarantee Account.

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
MN Stat § 462A.2093 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.2093 — Innovative And Inclusionary Housing Program.

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
MN Stat § 462A.2097 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.2097 — Rental Housing.

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
MN Stat § 462A.221 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.221 — Definitions.

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
MN Stat § 462A.225 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.225 — State Register Notice.

462A.225 STATE REGISTER NOTICE. The agency shall publish in the State Register a notice of the availability electronically of 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 and a link to the information described in this section. Publications under this section are not subject to chapter 14. History:  1987 c 350 s 15; 2014 c 161 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 462A.235 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.235 — Commissioner Of Commerce; Duties.

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
MN Stat § 462A.236 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.236 — Rules.

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
MN Stat § 462A.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.24 — Construction; Grants And Loans; Priorities.

462A.24 CONSTRUCTION; GRANTS AND LOANS; PRIORITIES. (a) 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. (b) To the extent practicable, the agency shall award grant and loan amounts with a reasonable balance between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas of the state. (c) Beginning with applications made in response to requests for proposals issued after July 1, 2020, after final decisions are made on applications for programs of the agency, the results of any quantitative scoring system used to rank applications shall be posted on the agency website. History:  1971 c 702 s 24; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 33; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 25
MN Stat § 462A.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.29 — Interagency Coordination On Homelessness.

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
MN Stat § 462A.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.30 — Definitions.

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 community 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 community 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 community land trust determined by means of the limited equity formula. Subd. 8. Community land trust. "Community 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 community 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) 115 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; 2012 c 288 s 12; 1Sp2021 c 8 art 2 s 9
MN Stat § 462A.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.34 — Visitability Requirement.

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
MN Stat § 462A.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.35 — Minnesota Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund.

462A.35 MINNESOTA MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND. Subdivision 1. Establishment of fund. The Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund is established as a separate account in the housing development fund. The agency may use the money from the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund to make payments to manufactured home owners under section 327C.095, subdivision 13, paragraphs (a) and (e). All interest earned from the investment or deposit of money in the trust fund must be deposited in the trust fund. The Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund account shall consist of: (1) payments collected from manufactured home park owners under section 327C.095, subdivision 12, paragraph (a), and subdivision 13, paragraph (e); (2) payments collected from manufactured home owners under section 327C.095, subdivision 12, paragraph (c); (3) interest earned on the money deposited into the trust fund; and (4) other appropriated funds. Subd. 2. Expending funds. The agency may expend the money in the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund to the extent necessary to carry out the objectives of section 327C.095, subdivision 13, by making payments to manufactured home owners, or other parties approved by the third-party neutral, under subdivision 13, paragraphs (a) and (e), and to pay the costs of administering the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the agency for these purposes and to the commissioner of management and budget to pay costs incurred by the commissioner of management and budget to administer the fund. History:  2007 c 141 s 8; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 462A.355 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.355 — Advances To Minnesota Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund.

462A.355 ADVANCES TO MINNESOTA MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND. (a) The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency or Department of Management and Budget as determined by the commissioner of management and budget, is authorized to advance up to $400,000 from state appropriations or other resources to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund established under section 462A.35 if the account balance in the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund is insufficient to pay the amounts claimed under section 327C.095, subdivision 13. (b) The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency or Department of Management and Budget shall be reimbursed from the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund for any money advanced by the agency under paragraph (a) to the fund. Approved claims for payment to manufactured home owners shall be paid prior to the money being advanced by the agency or the department to the fund. History:   1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 27
MN Stat § 462A.375 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.375 — Additional Purposes, Housing Infrastructure Bonds.

462A.375 ADDITIONAL PURPOSES, HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS. In addition to any other purpose authorized in this chapter for use of housing infrastructure bond proceeds, the agency may use the proceeds to fund loans, on terms and conditions the agency deems appropriate, to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of supportive housing for girls and women to provide them protection from and the means to escape exploitation and trafficking. History:   2012 c 292 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 462A.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462A — Housing Finance Agency|Section 462A.38 — Workforce And Affordable Homeownership Development Program.

462A.38 WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. A workforce and affordable homeownership development program is established to award homeownership development grants to cities, tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, cooperatives created under chapter 308A or 308B, and community land trusts created for the purposes outlined in section 462A.31, subdivision 1, for development of workforce and affordable homeownership projects. The purpose of the program is to increase the supply of workforce and affordable, owner-occupied multifamily or single-family housing throughout Minnesota. Subd. 2. Use of funds. (a) Grant funds awarded under this program may be used for: (1) development costs; (2) rehabilitation; (3) land development; and (4) residential housing, including storm shelters and related community facilities. (b) A project funded through the grant program shall serve households that meet the income limits as provided in section 462A.33, subdivision 5, unless a project is intended for the purpose outlined in section 462A.02, subdivision 6. Subd. 3. Application. The commissioner shall develop forms and procedures for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. The commissioner shall consult with interested stakeholders when developing the guidelines and procedures for the program. In making grants, the commissioner shall establish semiannual application deadlines in which grants will be authorized from all or part of the available appropriations. Subd. 4. Awarding grants. Among comparable proposals, preference must be given to proposals that include contributions from nonstate resources for the greatest portion of the total development cost. Subd. 5. Statewide program. The agency shall attempt to make grants in approximately equal amounts to applicants outside and within the metropolitan area. Subd. 6. Report. Beginning January 15, 2018, the commissioner must annually submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over housing and workforce development specifying the projects that received grants under this section and the specific purposes for which the grant funds were used. History:  2016 c 189 art 7 s 41; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 28
MN Stat § 462C.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 462C — Municipal Housing|Section 462C.01 — Authorization.

462C.01 AUTHORIZATION. A city may develop and administer programs of (1) making or purchasing mortgage or rehabilitation loans pursuant to section 462C.03 to finance the acquisition or rehabilitation of single family housing by low and moderate income persons and families anywhere within its boundaries, or (2) making or purchasing loans pursuant to section 462C.05 to finance multifamily housing developments or the rehabilitation of multifamily housing developments if the program is submitted for review pursuant to section 462C.04, subdivision 2. History:  1979 c 306 s 1; 1982 c 624 s 1; 1995 c 167 s 1