New Hampshire Revised Statutes 204-C:24 – Tenants and Operations
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 204-C:24
- Authority: shall mean the New Hampshire housing finance authority. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 204-C:1
- Eligible persons and families: shall mean a person or persons, and families of 2 or more persons, irrespective of race, creed, national origin, sex, or gender identity, determined by the authority to require assistance under this chapter on account of insufficient personal or family income taking into consideration, without limitation, such factors as follows: (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 ability of such persons and families to compete successfully in the normal private housing market and to pay the amounts at which private enterprise is providing decent, safe and sanitary housing; and (e) if appropriate, standards established for various federal programs determining eligibility based on income of such persons and families. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 204-C:1
- Housing: shall mean one or more new or existing dwelling units in the state financed pursuant to this chapter, including homes for persons with disabilities, mobile homes, prefabricated homes, any buildings, land, improvements, equipment, facilities or other real or personal properties which are deemed by the authority to be necessary, convenient, ancillary or desirable in connection with such dwelling units, and including, but not limited to, streets, sewers, utilities, parks, site preparation, off-site facilities, landscaping and other nonhousing facilities such as administrative, community, transportation, health, recreational, educational, commercial, retail, welfare and public facilities. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 204-C:1
- Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
With respect to mortgage loans made by the authority under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 204-C:15, before making a loan commitment for multi-family housing, the authority shall approve a tenant or owner selection plan submitted by the eligible mortgagor. The authority shall make and publish rules from time to time governing the terms of such tenant or owner selection plans. Such plans shall include criteria for tenant or owner selection which establish income limits for eligible persons and families in accordance with rules of the authority, but which may vary with the size and circumstances of such person or family. Tenant or owner selection plans shall provide that as between applicants equally in need and eligible for occupancy of a unit, preference shall be given to persons displaced by public action or natural disaster, pursuant to such rules as the authority may adopt.