(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds and determines that in order to provide for the greatest possible participation by the corporation in programs for the insurance or guarantee of mortgage loans for the construction or rehabilitation of residential housing projects by the United States of America, or an agency or instrumentality thereof; or by any other entity, including private mortgage insurance, which has been duly approved for these loans by the United States of America or by the Commonwealth or any agency or instrumentality thereof, if the criteria for state approval are specified in administrative regulations promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A by the state agency granting the approval; or for mortgage loans that are insured or reinsured by the corporation under KRS
198A.040(25), it is appropriate and proper that there be provision by which the maximum amounts of income for persons and families of lower and moderate income established by this chapter may be waived in certain circumstances so that the corporation may insure or reinsure mortgage loans or qualify for insurance or guarantee of mortgage loans.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 198A.065

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Commonwealth: means the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 198A.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means the Kentucky Housing Corporation created by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 198A.010
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Persons and families of lower and moderate income: shall include only those individuals whose family income combined does not exceed the income requirements defined under Section 143 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Kentucky Statutes 198A.010
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Residential housing: means a specific work or improvement undertaken primarily to provide dwelling accommodations for persons and families of lower and moderate income, including the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of land, buildings, and improvements, and other nonhousing facilities as may be incidental. See Kentucky Statutes 198A.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of KRS § 198A.010(14), 198A.060(1), or any other provisions of law to the contrary, the corporation may, by action of its board of directors, suspend or terminate any income-eligibility requirements established by this chapter, subject to subsection (3) of this section, upon written request of any private mortgage insurance company or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America which has insured or guaranteed mortgage loans made by the corporation for the construction or rehabilitation of a specific residential housing project or for any mortgage loan insured or reinsured by the corporation under KRS
198A.040(25), upon a finding by the board of directors of the existence of one (1)
or more of the following conditions with respect to that project:
(a) Serious rental or occupancy problems which threaten the financial stability of the project, defined as a project which cannot meet its debt service obligation from available rental income; or
(b) A default as to one (1) or more of the terms of the mortgage loan; or
(c) A foreclosure of the mortgage loan; or
(d) A conveyance of real estate by a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
(3) If the corporation suspends or terminates income eligibility requirements relating to a project financed by a loan which is insured or guaranteed by a private mortgage insurance company or the corporation, the corporation shall file with the Legislative Research Commission notice of, and an explanation of the need for, the suspension or termination. The Commission shall refer the notice and explanation to the appropriate interim joint subcommittee for review. The corporation shall also provide to the reviewing subcommittee information relating to the management of, and plans for, the project.
Effective: March 15, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 3, effective March 15, 2011. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 310, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. — Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
215, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988.