as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/18/2021 04:49pm
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 2020,
section 462A.05, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462A.05, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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The agency must 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. The rent, income, or rent and income restrictions
must be contained in a covenant running with the land for at least 30 years.
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This section is effective July 1, 2021, 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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