2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 20. Housing › Chapter 2. Financing of Housing › 5-20-2-5. Other Limitations

Sec. 5. (a) Bonds shall not be issued by a county, city, town, or consolidated city for home mortgages under this chapter if at the time of issuance and delivery there remains unexpended or uncommitted more than five percent (5%) of the net proceeds of a prior bond issued by that county, city, town, or consolidated city under this chapter.
(b) Bonds shall not be issued under this chapter for home mortgages in an amount in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the average annual amount of mortgage lending in the county or municipality in the most recent three (3) year period for which the governing body shall by ordinance determine from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Public Law 94-200.
(c) No issue shall be approved by the authority if the amount of the issue exceeds the total amount of bond issues permissible under this chapter in the calendar year during which the proposed bonds will be issued. The total amount of bonds permissible under this chapter in any calendar year shall be fifty dollars ($50) multiplied by the population of the state of Indiana as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
(d) There is a five percent (5%) down payment requirement. An issue meets this requirement only if seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the owner-occupied financing provided by the issue is ninety-five percent (95%) financing. For purposes of this subsection, financing of a residence is ninety-five percent (95%) financing if such financing is ninety-five percent (95%) or more of the acquisition cost of such residence. A larger down payment is permitted in the case of alternative mortgage instruments as provided by law.
(e) No mortgage shall be made under this chapter the amount of which exceeds two and one-half (2 1/2) times the amount of the annual income of the prospective mortgagor. In addition, no financing shall be provided under this chapter to a prospective mortgagor who is already a mortgagor with respect to an existing mortgage financed under this chapter.
(f) The effective rate of interest on mortgages provided from a particular bond issue under this chapter may not exceed the yield on the issue by more than one (1) percentage point. For purposes of this subsection, the effective rate of mortgage interest and the bond yield shall be determined in accordance with reasonable procedures adopted by the authority. However, the authority may waive the restriction in this subsection if it determines that:
(1) waiver of the restriction with respect to a proposed issue is in the best interests of the citizens of the issuing jurisdiction and the state of Indiana; and
(2) the proposed issue is not marketable without waiver of the restriction.
(g) An issue meets the requirements of this section only if a preliminary official statement of such issue has been submitted to the authority, and:
(1) such authority has, within thirty (30) days after the date of such submission, issued an opinion that such issue meets the requirements of this section and section 4 of this chapter; or
(2) thirty (30) days have elapsed since such submission and during this thirty (30) day period the authority has not issued an opinion that the issue does not meet the requirements of this section and section 4 of this chapter.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.47, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.62, SEC.4; P.L.1-2006, SEC.107; P.L.181-2006, SEC.22; P.L.1-2007, SEC.30.