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 PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

101 STAT. 1885

"(i) issue regulations providing that, in order to receive insurance benefits, the insured mortgagee shall either assign the equity loan to the Secretary or bid the amount necessary to acquire the project and convey title to the project to the Secretary, in which case the insurance benefits paid by the Secretary shall include the amount bid by the mortgagee to satisfy the senior mortgage at the foreclosure sale; and "(ii) if the equity loan has been assigned to the Secretary, bid, in addition to amounts authorized under section 207(k), any sum not in excess of the total unpaid indebtedness secured by such senior mortgage and the equity loan, plus taxes, insurance, foreclosure costs, fees, and other expenses. "(5) A mortgagee approved by the Secretary may not withhold consent to an equity loan on a property on which that mortgagee holds a mortgage.". SEC. 232. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report setting forth the activities carried out under this subtitle. The report shall include a description of the plans of action approved under subsections (a) and (b) of section 225 and an analysis of the extent to which the plans retain housing affordable for very low-income families or persons, lower income families or persons, and moderate income families or persons. SEC. 233. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this subtitle: (1) The term "eligible low income housing" means any housing financed by a loan or mortgage— (A) that is— (i) insured or held by the Secretary under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act and assisted under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 or section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (ii) insured or held by the Secretary and bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of section 221(d)(5) of the National Housing Act; (iii) insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary under section 236 of the National Housing Act; or (iv) held by the Secretary and formerly insured under a program referred to in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); and (B) that, under regulation or contract in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act, is or will within 1 year become eligible for prepayment without prior approval of the Secretary. (2) The term "low income affordability restrictions" means limits imposed by regulation or regulatory agreement on tenant rents, rent contributions, or income eligibility in eligible low income housing. (3) The terms "lower income families or persons" and "very low-income families or persons" mean families or persons whose incomes do not exceed the respective levels established for lower income families and very low-income families under section 3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

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