reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:62 - Rulemaking.

    204-C:62 Rulemaking. –||Pursuant to RSA 204-C:53, the authority shall adopt rules governing the affordable housing fund. Such rules shall include, but shall not be limited to:||I. Eligibility requirements for applicants.||II. Criteria for eligible projects, including, but not limited to, construction and quality standards.||III. Procedures for monitoring the implementation and management of projects.||IV. Reasonable fees to offset the cost of monitoring the operation of projects funded under this subdivision.||V. Requirements for long-term affordability of housing units in projects financed under this subdivision. Such requirements shall ensure that, at a minimum, at least 50 percent of the units in a project shall remain affordable to low and moderate income persons for the period of any loan or 20 years, whichever is longer.||VI. Requirements regarding rents and fees which may be charged for housing units funded under this subdivision.||VII. Restrictions on the ability of loan recipients to convert housing units constructed under this subdivision to uses other than those permitted by this subdivision and provisions for financial penalties and equity sharing if such conversion occurs.||VIII. [Repealed.]||IX. Any other matter necessary for the administration of this subdivision.|||Source. 1988, 240:5. 1994, 386:11, eff. June 9, 1994; 386:12, eff. July 1, 1995; 386:13, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:63 - Purpose.

    204-C:63 Purpose. –||The purpose of this subdivision is to assist low and moderate income persons and families to purchase, rehabilitate, and improve housing.|||Source. 1988, 240:10, eff. July 1, 1988. 2014, 323:8, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:64 - Program Established.

    204-C:64 Program Established. –||There is hereby established a low and moderate income housing loan program to be administered by the New Hampshire housing finance authority which shall make low interest loans to low and moderate income persons for the purpose of assisting them to make down payments on single family homes, to pay closing costs and fees associated with the purchase of such homes, and to rehabilitate and improve their homes. For purposes of this section, "low and moderate income persons" shall mean individuals and families whose gross annual income is equal to or less than 100 percent of the median income of the geographic area in which they reside as determined by the authority.|||Source. 1988, 240:10. 1989, 18:1. 1995, 22:1, eff. June 17, 1995. 2014, 323:8, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:65 - Loans for Down Payments; Priority.

    204-C:65 Loans for Down Payments;  Priority. –||I. Such funds as the general court may specifically appropriate from time to time to the authority may be loaned to eligible low and moderate income persons or families for the purpose of making down payments on single family homes, paying closing costs and fees associated with the purchase of such homes, and rehabilitating and improving their homes. The appropriations made for purposes of this section and loan repayments, including interest, together with any funds which the authority may allocate from time to time to this program shall constitute a continuing revolving loan fund. The state's and the authority's interest in such property shall be protected by a lien or in such other manner as is acceptable to the authority. The authority shall require the applicant to invest personal funds, to the extent available, to ensure the applicant's commitment to the property purchased.||II. The interest rate and terms of repayment for loans made under this subdivision shall be determined by rules adopted by the authority under RSA 204-C:68.|||Source. 1988, 240:10. 1989, 18:2. 1995, 22:1, eff. June 17, 1995. 2014, 323:9, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:66 - Sale of Property.

    204-C:66 Sale of Property. –||The authority and the low or moderate income person shall enter into a contract providing that if the property is sold, or no longer owner occupied, the loan provided under this program shall be immediately due and payable.|||Source. 1988, 240:10. 1990, 187:1. 1995, 22:1, eff. June 17, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:67 - Public Benefit.

    204-C:67 Public Benefit. –||The authority shall review each request for assistance under this subdivision to objectively determine whether such request is primarily for a public purpose and benefit in accordance with RSA 204-C:20.|||Source. 1988, 240:10, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:68 - Rulemaking.

    204-C:68 Rulemaking. –||Pursuant to RSA 204-C:53, the authority shall adopt rules relative to:||I. Criteria for eligibility for loans made under this subdivision.||II. Application procedures for such loans.||III. Interest rates and amount of loans.||IV. Procedures for repayment of loans made under this subdivision.||V. Any other matter necessary to the administration of this subdivision.|||Source. 1988, 240:10. 1990, 187:2. 1995, 22:2, eff. June 17, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:69 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:69 - Coordination with Other Programs.

    204-C:69 Coordination with Other Programs. –||The authority shall establish procedures to ensure that the loan program established under this subdivision shall be coordinated with programs administered by the authority including but not limited to the other mortgage assistance programs administered by the authority.|||Source. 1988, 240:10, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:70 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:70 - Investment of Funds.

    204-C:70 Investment of Funds. –||Moneys appropriated under this subdivision and revenues received from interest payments or loan repayments may be invested by the authority. Income earned from such investment and any interest payments received from loan recipients shall be returned to the program; provided, however, that the authority may use up to 10 percent of any such income earned to defray the costs of administering this subdivision.|||Source. 1989, 18:3, eff. June 3, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:71 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:71 - Purpose.

    204-C:71 Purpose. –||The purpose of this subdivision is to assist nonprofit, for-profit, and business child care providers to develop or expand licensed quality child care centers or programs by establishing a guaranteed loan program for such purpose.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:73 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:73 - Rulemaking.

    204-C:73 Rulemaking. –||The authority shall adopt rules, pursuant to its own procedures, relative to:||I. The conduct of its business.||II. The selection and maintenance of eligible lenders.||III. The type of security it shall demand of eligible borrowers.||IV. A schedule of fees to be charged for the issuance of certificates of guarantee or other services.||V. The term of the loans guaranteed pursuant to this subdivision.||VI. Such other matters as are necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the authority under this subdivision.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:74 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:74 - Administration; Eligibility; Demonstration.

    204-C:74 Administration;  Eligibility;  Demonstration. –||I. The authority shall make a good faith effort to approve applications from both nonprofit and for-profit child care organizations and business organizations which currently provide or are planning to provide child care services for their employees, consistent with the minimum criteria established in this section. When entering into contracts for guaranteed loans pursuant to this subdivision, the authority shall require that applicants demonstrate that they, at a minimum, meet the requirements of paragraphs II and III.||II. Each applicant shall:||(a) Agree to apply for or hold a child care provider license pursuant to RSA 170-E.||(b) Register with the state as a private, nonprofit or for-profit child care organization or be a registered business organization which provides or plans to provide child care services to its employees.||(c) Address both a geographic and community need for projected service or agree to provide service to infants and toddlers.||(d) Agree to provide service to children who are eligible for Title XX assistance under Public Assistance Manual ITEM 390, sections 3980-3983.||(e) Be fiscally sound as shown in a financial statement.||(f) Agree to comply, if an applicant establishing a center or program, or comply with, if an existing child care provider, state and local public health, fire and life safety codes and zoning requirements.||III. Each applicant shall either:||(a) Seek a loan guarantee in order to renovate a facility or facilities to comply with life safety, fire, health, or other public codes, whether state or local, and shall demonstrate expected costs of such compliance; or||(b) Seek a loan guarantee in order to make capital expenditures necessary to meet licensing requirements related to planned establishment or expansion and shall demonstrate expected costs of such compliance.||IV. Loan guarantee recipients shall demonstrate to the authority the disposition of any moneys provided under the child care provider guaranteed loan program.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:75 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:75 - Guarantee.

    204-C:75 Guarantee. –||Upon application from a lender in such form as the authority may require, the authority may issue, or commit itself to issue, payable solely from the funds provided pursuant to 204-C:79, to the lender or its assigns, a certificate of guarantee equal to 50 percent of the outstanding principal due on the loan made to eligible child care agencies or organizations as defined in RSA 204-C:72. In no event shall any loan principal guaranteed under this section exceed the amount of $10,000 per recipient.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:76 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:76 - Guarantee Certificate Conclusive.

    204-C:76 Guarantee Certificate Conclusive. –||The certificate of guarantee issued by the authority, in the hands of the original lender to whom the certificate was issued, shall be conclusive evidence of its validity for the purposes of this subdivision, except for fraud.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:77 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:77 - Subrogation and Order of Payment.

    204-C:77 Subrogation and Order of Payment. –||Whenever the authority pays to a lender any sum in discharge of the state's liability as guarantor under this section, the authority shall be to that extent subrogated to the lender's right, title and interest in any security pledged to the loan. Amounts received by the authority to discharge the state's guarantee shall be returned to the treasury less any costs incurred in collection.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:78 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:78 - Guarantee Fee.

    204-C:78 Guarantee Fee. –||The authority shall collect from the lender a guarantee fee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such fee may be assessed by the lender against the borrower as a permitted loan charge. The authority shall segregate such fees into a special account subject to withdrawal in order to discharge any of the authority's personnel and administrative expenses.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:79 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:79 - Guarantee; Credit of State Pledged.

    204-C:79 Guarantee;  Credit of State Pledged. –||The full faith and credit of the state is pledged to support and redeem the certificates of guarantee issued by the authority. In furtherance of that pledge, the state treasurer shall advance to the authority from available cash in the treasury or from proceeds of bonds or notes of the state issued pursuant to this subdivision, such amounts as may be requested from time to time by the authority to enable it to perform all guarantee obligations punctually and in accordance with their terms. The authority shall request such advances from time to time as additional amounts are required for such purpose. The treasurer shall, subject to the approval of the governor and council, issue full faith and credit bonds of the state from time to time in amounts equal to advances made under this subdivision, and borrow in anticipation of the proceeds of such bonds. The obligation of the state under the provision of this section shall at no time exceed the amount of $300,000.|||Source. 1989, 411:3, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:80 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:80 - Purpose.

    204-C:80 Purpose. –||The purpose of this subdivision is to establish a homeless prevention program and a fund therefor to be used to provide housing assistance on behalf of very low income persons and families in order to help them meet their housing costs, thereby preventing homelessness resulting from their inability to meet such costs, and to maximize the opportunity for homeless families and individuals to obtain housing in the private market. This subdivision is also intended to assist persons and families who are receiving public assistance or have recently graduated from public assistance to low wage jobs and persons with disabilities to enable them to afford decent, safe housing.|||Source. 1992, 12:1. 2000, 251:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:81 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:81 - Definitions.

    204-C:81 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Fund" means the homeless prevention fund.||II. "Housing assistance payments" means rent subsidies, security deposit advances, mortgage assistance payments, and any other shelter cost-related payments made on behalf of very low income households.||III. "Minor child" means a person under 18 years of age.||IV. "Severely rent burdened" means a household for which the monthly rent and utility costs exceed 50 percent of the gross monthly income.||V. "Very low income households" means individuals or families whose gross income is 50 percent or less of the median income, adjusted for household size, as published periodically by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.|||Source. 1992, 12:1. 2000, 251:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:82 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:82 - Fund Established.

    204-C:82 Fund Established. –||I. There is hereby established within the authority a homeless prevention fund. The fund shall be comprised of donations from private persons or entities, grants, set-asides, and other appropriations authorized by law. All sums from government appropriations or grants shall be credited to the fund, but such sums shall not be deemed to be money received on account of the state, and nothing in this subdivision shall be understood as pledging the faith and credit of the state.||II. The authority shall use moneys deposited in the fund for the following purposes:||(a) Direct housing assistance payments to eligible very low income persons or households.||(b) The provision and coordination of services, such as jobs, training, financial counseling, and other supportive services, which are made available to very low income households participating in the homeless prevention program.||(c) The creation of new or rehabilitated dwelling units to be made available to very low income households assisted under this subdivision.||(d) Matching grants to units of local government or local housing authorities established under RSA 203 to support homeless prevention programs for very low income households.||(e) The purchase of existing single family homes by or on behalf of low income households or to prevent the household occupants from becoming homeless.|||Source. 1992, 12:1. 2000, 251:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:83 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:83 - Program Design.

    204-C:83 Program Design. –||The homeless prevention fund shall be administered so as to promote the following goals and objectives:||I. Applications for the benefits provided under this subdivision shall be streamlined so as to enable the authority to provide assistance to the eligible households as quickly as practicable.||II. The program shall be as flexible as possible in order to maximize housing opportunities for very low income people.||III. Give priority to very low income persons or families who are:||(a) At households which include an employed person or a person in an employment training program.||(b) Households which include a minor child or children, and the household is homeless or at risk of homelessness due to severe rent burden.||(c) Households which are actually experiencing homelessness, and are currently residing in homeless or emergency shelters or receiving services as defined in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 204-C:85.||(d) Households which consist of one or more disabled person(s) as defined in 42 United States Code, Section 12102.||IV. Assistance shall only be provided to eligible households for dwelling units located in New Hampshire.||V. Assistance granted to a household under this subdivision shall terminate after 36 consecutive months, provided however that the authority shall extend the assistance beyond this time limit when it is necessary to:||(a) Enable a household member to complete an education, training, or vocational rehabilitation program in which he or she is currently involved when the 36-month time limit expires.||(b) Provide reasonable accommodation for the disability of a household member.||(c) Prevent an employed household member from facing a serious risk of job loss due to inability to obtain affordable housing within a reasonable distance from his or her job.||VI. All households which receive assistance under this subdivision shall, within 60 days of obtaining such assistance, make an application to their local public housing authority or the authority for federal rental assistance.||VII. No public housing authority created pursuant to RSA 203 shall reject an applicant for federal rental assistance or deny such applicant a priority on its waiting list for which such applicant would otherwise qualify, on the basis that such applicant is receiving rental assistance under this subdivision.|||Source. 1992, 12:1. 2000, 251:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:84 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:84 - Investment of Funds.

    204-C:84 Investment of Funds. –||Moneys deposited into the fund may be invested by the authority. Income earned from such investments shall be returned to the fund, provided, however, that the authority may use up to 10 percent of any such investment income to defray the cost of administering this subdivision.|||Source. 1992, 12:1. 2000, 251:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:85 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:85 - Rulemaking.

    204-C:85 Rulemaking. –||The authority shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 204-C:53, governing the homeless prevention fund. Such rules shall include:||I. The nature and extent of the rent subsidy authorized under this subdivision.||II. Qualifications of households eligible to receive direct housing assistance payments.||III. The nature and extent of ancillary payments on behalf of eligible households to prevent homelessness.||IV. The types of supportive services which may be eligible for payment from the fund.||V. The application process for benefits under this subdivision.||VI. The method of distribution of program funds.||VII. Any other matters necessary for the administration of this subdivision.|||Source. 1992, 12:1. 2000, 251:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:86 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:86 - Coordination with Other Programs.

    204-C:86 Coordination with Other Programs. –||The authority shall ensure that the homeless prevention program supported through the fund is coordinated with other housing assistance programs administered by the authority, the federal government, state agencies, local public authorities, and local governments.|||Source. 2000, 251:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:87 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:87 - Assistance to Applicants.

    204-C:87 Assistance to Applicants. –||When an individual applies for rental assistance, the authority shall provide the individual with application forms and information about the Link-Up New Hampshire and Lifeline Telephone Assistance programs, shall offer to assist the individual to apply for these programs, and shall provide such assistance.|||Source. 2007, 263:172, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 204-C:88 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 204-C - Housing Finance Authority|Section 204-C:88 - Definitions.

    204-C:88 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Multi-unit" means more than one dwelling unit.||II. "Property" means a rental or owner-occupied residential property, or a child care facility licensed under RSA 170-E.||III. "Unit" means a single dwelling unit within a structure that contains more than one dwelling unit. "Unit" may also include any dwelling unit within a structure that is otherwise used for non-residential purposes.|||Source. 2019, 346:376, eff. July 1, 2019.|