Section 58-18-8.3 - Rules and regulations of the authority; home improvement loan program.
58-18-8.3. Rules and regulations of the authority; home improvement loan program.
Prior to implementing the home improvement loan program referred to in Subsection B of Section 58-18-7.3 NMSA 1978, the authority shall adopt, subject to prior approval by the Mortgage Finance Authority Act oversight committee, rules and regulations governing the purchase of home improvement loans or loans to mortgage lenders to fund home improvement loans under the program, which shall provide at least for the following:
A. procedures for submission by mortgage lenders to the authority of offers to sell home improvement loans;
B. standards for approving qualifications of mortgage lenders;
C. standards for allocating bond proceeds or other authority funds among mortgage lenders offering to sell home improvement loans to the authority and among mortgage lenders receiving loans from the authority to fund home improvement loans;
D. qualifications or characteristics of:
(1) residential housing upon which a home improvement loan may be made;
(2) the types of home improvements that may be made with the proceeds of home improvement loans, except that the authority shall not permit the proceeds to be used for landscaping, lawn sprinkling systems, swimming pools, tennis courts, saunas or other recreational facilities; and
(3) the persons of low or moderate income who may apply for home improvement loans;
E. restrictions as to the interest rates to be allowed on home improvement loans and the fees and other profit to be realized by mortgage lenders; and
F. procedures for determining eligibility for any subsidies to be provided to persons of low or moderate income.