KRS 198A.065: Waiver of income -- Eligibility requirements.

(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds and

determines that in order to provide for the greatest possible participation by the

corporation in programs for the insurance or guarantee of mortgage loans for the

construction or rehabilitation of residential housing projects by the United States of

America, or an agency or instrumentality thereof; or by any other entity, including

private mortgage insurance, which has been duly approved for these loans by the

United States of America or by the Commonwealth or any agency or instrumentality

thereof, if the criteria for state approval are specified in administrative regulations

promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A by the state agency granting the approval; or

for mortgage loans that are insure d or reinsured by the corporation under KRS

198A.040(25), it is appropriate and proper that there be provision by which the

maximum amounts of income for persons and families of lower and moderate

income established by this chapter may be waived in certain circumstances so that

the corporation may insure or reinsure mortgage loans or qualify for insurance or

guarantee of mortgage loans.

(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of KRS 198A.010(14), 198A.060(1), or any other

provisions of law to the contrary, the corporation may, by action of its board of

directors, suspend or terminate any income -eligibility requirements established by

this chapter, subject to subsection (3) of this section, upon written request of any

private mortgage insurance company or any agency or instrumentality of the United

States of America which has insured or guaranteed mortgage loans made by the

corporation for the construction or rehabilitation of a specific residential housing

project or for any mortgage loan insured or reinsured by the corporation under KRS

198A.040(25), upon a finding by the board of directors of the existence of one (1)

or more of the following conditions with respect to that project:

(a) Serious rental or occupancy problems which threaten the financial stability of

the project, defined as a project which cannot meet its debt service obligation

from available rental income; or

(b) A default as to one (1) or more of the terms of the mortgage loan; or

(c) A foreclosure of the mortgage loan; or

(d) A conveyance of real estate by a deed in lieu of foreclosure.

(3) If the corporation suspends or terminates income eligibility requirements relating to

a project financed by a loan which is insured or guaranteed by a private mortgage

insurance company or the corporation, the corporation shall file with the Legislative

Research Commission notice of, and an explanation of the need for, the suspension

or termination. The Commission shall refer the notice and explanation to the

appropriate interim joint subcommittee for review. T he corporation shall also

provide to the reviewing subcommittee information relating to the management of,

and plans for, the project.