as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/07/2019 07:33pm
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Introduction | Posted on 02/21/2019 |
A bill for an act
relating to housing; maximizing the state's investment; preventing displacement;
requiring rental housing projects financed at least in part by the Housing Finance
Agency to be affordable for at least 30 years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018,
section 462A.05, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 462A.05, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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The agency may impose rent, income, or
rent and income restrictions on a multifamily rental housing development as a condition of
agency financing as required in this chapter, or as a condition of an allocation or award of
federal low-income housing tax credits. If the agency imposes rent, income, or rent and
income restrictions on a multifamily rental housing development, the rent, income, or rent
and income restrictions must be contained in a covenant running with the land for at least
30 years. The agency may waive this requirement if it determines a waiver is necessary to
finance an affordable multifamily rental housing development that furthers the policies in
this chapter.
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This section is effective July 1, 2020, and applies on or after that
date to any multifamily rental housing development for which the agency allocates
low-income housing tax credits or funding, or with which the agency enters into a financing
or grant agreement.
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