MSHDA AMENDMENTS H.B. 5617, 5618, & 5620:
FLOOR SUMMARY
House Bill 5617, 5618, and 5620 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Dale W. Zorn (H.B. 5617)
Representative Deb Shaughnessy (H.B. 5618)
Representative Wayne Schmidt (H.B. 5620)
Senate Committee: Economic Development
CONTENT
House Bill 5617 and House Bill 5618 would amend the State Housing Development Authority Act with respect to loan and grant programs of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA).
House Bill 5617 would revise the definition of "persons and families of low and moderate income" that applies to MSHDA's loan and grant program to finance the rehabilitation of certain residential property, and would delete a limit on the maximum principal amount of certain MSHDA home improvement loans.
Under the Act, MSHDA may make a loan or grant to persons or families of low and moderate income to finance the rehabilitation of residential property designed for occupancy by up to 24 families, that is owned or being purchased by one or more persons and families of low and moderate income. The Act defines "persons and families of low and moderate income" as people and families whose family income does not exceed $74,750 for eligible distressed areas, or $65,000 for any other area. Under the bill, the term would mean people and families whose family income does not exceed 175% of the statewide median gross income as determined under the Internal Revenue Code.
Currently, the maximum principal loan amount for home improvement loans, exclusive of finance charges, is $50,000 for a residential structure containing one dwelling unit. If the loan is made in conjunction with additional money provided by a municipality or nonprofit community-based organization, the limit is $35,000. The bill would delete that lower limit, and would refer to the loans as residential property rehabilitation loans, rather than home improvement loans.
House Bill 5618 would delete a restriction on MSHDA loans for the construction, rehabilitation, or long-term financing of certain multifamily housing projects, that limits funding to projects in eligible distressed areas. The projects for which these loans are to be used include multifamily housing projects in eligible distressed areas in which not less than 20% of the dwelling units are allotted to individuals of low or moderate income and not more than 80% of the units are available for occupancy without regard to income. The bill would eliminate the requirement that those multifamily housing projects be in eligible distressed areas.
House Bill 5620 would amend the State Housing Development Authority Act with respect to a mortgage credit certificate program administered by MSHDA.
The bill would revise purchase-price and family-income limits for the mortgage credit certificate program (a Federal income tax credit for borrowers), which MSHDA administers through participating mortgage lenders. For a borrower to qualify for a mortgage credit certificate with respect to the acquisition of a new or existing housing unit, the purchase price of the unit may not exceed three times the income limit for the program (described below). Under the bill, the purchase price could not exceed limits established in the Act for newly rehabilitated, newly constructed, or existing one- to four-unit housing units for which MSHDA may make loans to individual purchasers for acquisition and long-term financing or refinancing.
Currently, to qualify for a mortgage credit certificate with respect to the acquisition of a new or existing housing unit, a borrower's family income may not exceed $74,750 for eligible distressed areas, or $65,000 in other areas. Under the bill, after its effective date, a borrower's family income could not exceed limits established in the Act for individual purchasers to whom MSHDA may make loans for the acquisition and long-term financing or refinancing of newly rehabilitated, newly constructed, or existing one- to four-unit housing units.
In addition, to qualify for a mortgage credit certificate with respect to the improvement or rehabilitation of an existing housing unit, a borrower's family income may not exceed $74,750 for eligible distressed areas, or $65,000 in other areas. Under the bill, the borrower's family income could not exceed the limits established in Section 44a (the section House Bill 5617 would amend) for people and families of low and moderate income.
MCL 125.1444a (H.B. 5617) Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
125.1444c (H.B. 5618)
125.1432b (H.B. 5620)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 10-3-12 Fiscal Analyst: Elizabeth Pratt
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.