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A. Subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:489, a local housing authority may:
(1)Make mortgage loans and mortgage subsidy payments to or for the benefit of persons of eligible income.
(2)Act as a conduit, fiduciary, borrower, and lender in conduit financing programs which provide mortgage financing to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(3)Purchase mortgages given by persons of eligible income or mortgages encumbering housing for persons of eligible income.
(4)Make mortgage loans to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(5)Operate any program to provide mortgage or other financing available for the production and operation or the purchase of affordable housing through the use of federal or state tax credits or other tax-related
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A. Subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:489, a local housing authority may:
(1) Make mortgage loans and mortgage subsidy payments to or for the benefit of persons of eligible income.
(2) Act as a conduit, fiduciary, borrower, and lender in conduit financing programs which provide mortgage financing to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(3) Purchase mortgages given by persons of eligible income or mortgages encumbering housing for persons of eligible income.
(4) Make mortgage loans to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(5) Operate any program to provide mortgage or other financing available for the production and operation or the purchase of affordable housing through the use of federal or state tax credits or other tax-related inducements.
(6) Make acquisition, development, construction, and rehabilitation loans, long-term mortgage loans, and guarantees, to or for the benefit of persons, firms, partnerships, associations, joint ventures, or corporations, public or private, whether nonprofit or for-profit, for purposes of developing and constructing housing for persons of eligible income, including mixed-income housing developments.
(7) Engage in mortgage rate buy-downs and other actions of every kind and description to enhance the availability of mortgage financing that is affordable to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(8) Enter into and perform contracts, agreements, and arrangements of every kind and description with banks, thrift institutions, credit unions, mortgage bankers, and other lenders.
B. In order to enhance the supply of mortgage financing at rates and terms affordable to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c), and to enhance the supply of financing at rates and terms sufficiently attractive to encourage the production of rental and fee-ownership housing that is affordable to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c), a local housing authority may make and perform commitments relating to any action authorized under this Subsection, charge such fees and impose such repayment terms and other terms and conditions concerning loans, mortgages, guarantees, mortgage subsidies and other forms of loan and mortgage assistance provided by the authority as the authority shall from time to time determine to be necessary or appropriate, and make loans other than mortgage loans to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c) upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall deem appropriate. All actions taken by a local housing authority authorized in this Subsection above shall be consistent with the requirements of R.S. 40:489.