C.R.S.
Section 24-32-717
Housing investment trust fund
- loans
- definitions
(1)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
The division shall establish a housing investment trust fund, referred to in this section as the “trust fund”. The division shall pay into the trust fund any moneys made available by the general assembly, all moneys collected by the division for purposes of this section from federal grants and from other contributions, gifts, grants, and donations received from any other organization, entity, or individual, public or private, and from any fees or interest earned on such moneys, which moneys the division is hereby authorized and directed to solicit, accept, expend, and disburse for the purpose of making loans or loan guarantees and for program administration as provided in this section. Any moneys in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year do not revert to the general fund. The moneys in the trust fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the division for the purposes specified in this section. For any given state fiscal year, no more than three percent of the moneys appropriated from the trust fund may be expended for the administrative costs of the division in administering the trust fund.(3)
As principal and interest payments are received by the division from the borrower, such moneys shall be deposited in the trust fund.(3.5)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, on or after May 29, 2014:(a)
The division may charge the borrower an origination fee for loans made from the trust fund. The fee must be used for direct and indirect costs associated with the administration of the trust fund.(b)
The division shall not guarantee any loan made to a for-profit organization or entity unless the loan is secured on a recourse basis; and(c)
The total amount of loan guarantees that may be made by the division against the trust fund shall not exceed either two million dollars for any one project or up to five million dollars for all such projects at any one time.(4)
For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply:(a)
“Family” means two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption who live or expect to live together as a single household in the same home, a single person who is either at least sixty-two years of age or has a disability, or a single person whom the board may by regulation determine to be eligible for assistance under this part 7.(b)
“Low- or moderate-income family” means a family whose income is insufficient to secure decent, safe, and sanitary housing provided by private industry without public assistance and whose income is below the respective income limits established by the board by regulation, taking into consideration such factors as the following:(I)
The amount of the total income of such family available for housing needs;(II)
The size of the family;(III)
The cost and condition of housing facilities available;(IV)
The ability of such family to compete successfully in the private housing market and to pay the amounts at which private enterprise is providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing; and(V)
Standards established by various programs of the federal government for determining eligibility based on the income of such family.(c)
“Low- or moderate-income housing” means a residential structure or structures occupied by one or more low- or moderate-income families.(5)
Repealed.
Source:
Section 24-32-717 — Housing investment trust fund - loans - definitions, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-24.pdf
(accessed Oct. 20, 2023).