House File 536 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 536 BY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 39) A BILL FOR An Act concerning manufactured homes by creating a manufactured 1 housing program fund. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1695HV (3) 87 ec/sc/rj
H.F. 536 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 16.45 Manufactured housing program 1 fund. 2 1. A manufactured housing program fund is created within the 3 authority to further the goal of providing affordable housing 4 to Iowans. The moneys in the fund are to be used for the 5 purpose of providing funding to financing agents or financial 6 institutions to finance the purchase by an individual of a 7 manufactured home that is in compliance with all laws, rules, 8 and standards that are applicable to manufactured homes and 9 manufactured housing. 10 2. Moneys received by the authority for the manufactured 11 housing program fund, transferred by the authority for deposit 12 in the fund, appropriated to the fund, and any other moneys 13 available to and obtained or accepted by the authority for 14 placement in the fund shall be deposited in the fund and are 15 appropriated to the authority to be used as set forth in 16 this section. Additionally, recapture of awards and other 17 repayments to the fund shall be deposited in the fund and 18 are appropriated to the authority to be used as set forth in 19 this section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 20 unobligated moneys remaining in the fund on June 30 of any 21 fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall be 22 available for expenditure in subsequent years. Notwithstanding 23 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in 24 the fund or appropriated to the fund shall be credited to the 25 fund. 26 3. The authority shall allocate moneys available in the 27 manufactured housing program fund to financing agents or 28 financial institutions to be used as set forth in subsection 29 1. The authority may provide funding to financing agents or 30 financial institutions in the form of loans, linked deposits, 31 guarantees, reserve funds, or any other prudent financial 32 instruments. 33 4. The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 34 necessary to implement and administer this section, including 35 -1- LSB 1695HV (3) 87 ec/sc/rj 1/ 2
H.F. 536 but not limited to eligibility requirements for financing 1 agents or financial institutions to receive funding through the 2 manufactured housing program fund. 3 5. For purposes of this section, “manufactured home” or 4 “manufactured housing” means the same as the definition of 5 manufactured home in section 435.1. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill concerns manufactured homes. 10 New Code section 16.45 creates the manufactured housing 11 program fund within the Iowa finance authority to further the 12 goal of providing affordable housing to Iowans. The moneys in 13 the fund are annually appropriated to the authority for the 14 purpose of providing funding to financing agents or financial 15 institutions to finance the purchase by an individual of a 16 manufactured home that is in compliance with all applicable 17 laws, rules, and standards that are applicable to manufactured 18 homes and manufactured housing. 19 The authority is required to allocate the moneys in the fund 20 to financing agents and financial institutions to meet the 21 purposes set forth in the bill and may provide funding in the 22 form of loans, linked deposits, guarantees, reserve funds, or 23 any other prudent financial instruments. 24 The authority is required to adopt rules that include but 25 are not limited to eligibility requirements for financing 26 agents and financial institutions to receive funding, and any 27 other rules that are necessary to implement and administer the 28 provisions of the bill. 29 For purposes of the bill, “manufactured home” or 30 “manufactured housing” means a factory-built structure 31 constructed under authority of 42 U.S.C. §5403, that is 32 required by federal law to display a seal from the United 33 States department of housing and urban development, and was 34 constructed on or after June 15, 1976. 35 -2- LSB 1695HV (3) 87 ec/sc/rj 2/ 2