Minnesota Statutes Local Government Police Powers (Ch. 460-463) § 462A.33. Economic development and housing challenge program

Subd. 2. Eligible recipients. Challenge grants or loans may be made to a city, a federally recognized American Indian tribe or subdivision located in Minnesota, a tribal housing corporation, a private developer, a nonprofit organization, or the owner of the housing, including individuals. For the purpose of this section, “city” has the meaning given it in section 462A.03, subdivision 21. To the extent practicable, grants and loans shall be made so that an approximately equal number of housing units are financed in the metropolitan area and in the nonmetropolitan area.

Subd. 3. Contribution requirement. Fifty percent of the funds appropriated for this section must be used for challenge grants or loans for housing proposals with financial or in-kind contributions from nonstate resources that reduce the need for deferred loan or grant funds from state resources. Challenge grants or loans must be used for economically viable homeownership or rental housing proposals that address the housing needs of the local work force.

Among comparable proposals, preference must be given to proposals that include contributions from nonstate resources for the greatest portion of the total development cost. Comparable proposals with contributions from local units of government or private philanthropic, religious, or charitable organizations must be given preference in awarding grants or loans.

For the purpose of this subdivision, a contribution may consist partially or wholly of the premium paid for federal housing tax credits.

Subd. 4. Repealed by Laws 2001, 1st Sp., c. 4, art. 5, § 10

Subd. 5. Income limits. Households served through challenge grants or loans must not have incomes at the time of initial occupancy that exceed, for homeownership projects, 115 percent of the greater of state or area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for rental housing projects, 80 percent of the greater of state or area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development except that the housing developed or rehabilitated with challenge fund grants or loans must be affordable to the local work force.

Preference among comparable proposals shall be given those that provide housing opportunities for an expanded range of household incomes within a community or that provide housing opportunities for a wide range of incomes within the development.

Subds. 6, 7. Repealed by Laws 2001, 1st Sp., c. 4, art. 5, § 10

Subd. 8. Limitation on return. The limitations on return of eligible mortgagors contained in section 462A.03, subdivision 13, do not apply to loans or grants for rental housing if the loans or grants made by the agency, from all sources, are less than 50 percent of the total costs, as determined by the agency.