§201H-151 - State mortgage guarantee.

E. State
Mortgage Guarantee Program

[§201H-151] State mortgage guarantee.
(a) The corporation may guarantee:

(1) Up to the top twenty-five per cent of the
principal balance of real property mortgage loans for the purchase of qualified
single-family or multifamily dwelling units;

(2) Up to one hundred per cent of the principal
balance of real property mortgage loans of qualified single-family housing
under section 213 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended; or

(3) Up to one hundred per cent of the principal
balance of real property mortgage loans of single-family or multifamily housing
developed under self-help or shell housing programs;

plus the interest due thereon, made to qualified
borrowers by qualified private lenders; provided that at no time shall the
corporation's liability, contingent or otherwise, on these guarantees exceed
$10,000,000.

For purposes of this section:

"Self-help housing program" means
development or preservation of housing in which prospective homeowners have
contributed labor, materials, or real property; provided that at least
two-thirds of the participating homeowners are qualified by income for
assistance under this subpart and that the program is carried out under the
sponsorship of a nonprofit community development organization.

"Shell housing program" means
development of housing which is habitable but unfinished and can be completed
or expanded; provided that one hundred per cent of the participating homeowners
are qualified by income for assistance under this subpart and that the program
is carried out under the sponsorship of a public, nonprofit, or private
organization.

(b) The loans shall be secured by a duly
recorded first mortgage upon the fee simple or leasehold interest of the
borrower in the single-family or multifamily dwelling owned and occupied by the
borrower and the borrower's permitted assigns. Private lenders shall include
all banks, savings and loan associations, mortgage companies, and other
qualified companies and trust funds whose business includes the making of loans
in the State.

(d) To be eligible for loans under this
section, a qualified borrower shall be:

(1) A citizen of the United States or a resident
alien;

(2) Qualified under the rules adopted by the
corporation; and

(3) Willing to comply with the rules as may be
adopted by the corporation.

The corporation may secure the services of a private
lender to process all applications and determine the qualification of borrowers
under this subpart.

(e) When the application for an insured loan
has been approved by the corporation, the corporation shall issue to the lender
a guarantee for that percentage of the loan on which it guarantees payment of
principal and interest. The private lender shall collect all payments from the
borrower and otherwise service the loan.

(f) In return for the corporation's guarantee,
the private lender shall remit out of monthly payments collected an insurance
fee as established by the corporation. The funds remitted shall be deposited
to the credit of the state general fund.

(g) When any installment of principal and
interest has been due for sixty days and has not been paid by the borrower, the
private lender may file a claim for the guaranteed portion of the overdue
payments with the corporation which may then authorize vouchers for these
payments, thereby acquiring a division of interest in the collateral pledged by
the borrower in proportion to the amount of the payment. The corporation shall
be reimbursed for any amounts so paid plus the applicable interest rate when
payment is collected from the borrower.

(h) If there is any default in any payment to
be made by the borrower, the lender shall notify the corporation within fifteen
days. Should the lender deem that foreclosure proceedings are necessary to
collect moneys due from the borrower, it shall notify the corporation. Within
thirty days of either notification, the corporation may elect to request an
assignment of the loan on payment in full to the lender of the principal
balance and interest due. Foreclosure proceedings shall be held in abeyance in
the interim.

(i) Every qualified borrower who is granted a
loan under this section shall comply with the following conditions:

(1) Expend no portion of the qualified borrower's
loan for purposes other than those sanctioned by the corporation;

(2) Not sell or otherwise dispose of the mortgaged
property except upon the prior written consent of the corporation and except
upon any conditions that may be prescribed in writing by the private
lender;

(3) Undertake to pay when due all taxes, liens,
judgments, or assessments that may be lawfully assessed against the property
mortgaged, together with the costs and expenses of any foreclosure of the
mortgage;

(4) Keep insured to the satisfaction of the private
lender all improvements and other insurable property covered by the mortgage.
Insurance shall be made payable to the mortgagee as its interest may appear at
the time of the loss. At the option of the private lender, subject to the
rules and standards of the corporation, sums so received may be used to pay for
reconstruction of the improvements destroyed, or for decreasing the amount of the
indebtedness;

(5) Keep the improvements in good repair; and

(6) The private lender may impose any other
conditions in its mortgage; provided the form of the mortgage has received the
prior approval of the corporation.

All of the conditions in paragraphs (1) through (6)
shall be held and construed to be provisions of any mortgage executed by virtue
of this section regardless of whether or not the conditions are expressly
incorporated in the mortgage document.

(j) Loans guaranteed and made under this subpart
shall be repaid in accordance with a payment schedule specified by the private
lender with payments applied first to interest and then to principal.
Additional payments in any sums and the payment of the entire principal may be
made at any time within the period of the loan. The private lender for
satisfactory cause and at its discretion, may extend the time within which the
installments of principal may be made for a period not to exceed two years.

(k) All interest and fees collected under this
subpart by the corporation shall be deposited into the general fund. All
moneys necessary to guarantee payment of loans made under this subpart and to
carry on the operations of the corporation in administering and granting loans
under this subpart shall be appropriated by the legislature out of the proceeds
of the general fund. The corporation shall include in its legislative
budgetary request for the upcoming fiscal period, the amounts necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this section. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §4]