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[75 Stat. 152]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1961
[75 Stat. 152]

152 12 USC i7i5i.

Interest rate.

Premium charges.

12 USC 171SZ.

PUBLIC LAW 87-70-JUNE 30, 1961

[75 S T A T.

mortgages coming within the provisions of subsection (d)(2) not to exceed from the date of the beginning of amortization of the mortgage (i) 40 years in the case of a family displaced from an urban renewal area or as a result of governmental action, (ii) 35 years in the case of any other family if the mortgage is approved for insurance prior to construction, except that the period m such case may be increased to not more than 40 years where the mortgagor is an owner-occupant of the property and is not able, as determined by the Commissioner, to make the req^uired payments under a mortgage having a shorter amortization period, and (iii) 30 years in the case of any other family where the mortgage is not approved for insurance prior to construction: Provided, That no mortgage insured under subsection (d)(2) shall have a maturity exceeding three-quarters of the Commissioner's estimate of the remaining economic life of the building improvements." (11) inserting before the period at the end of subsection (d)(5) the following: ": Provided, That a mortgage insured under the provisions of subsection (d)(3) shall bear interest (exclusive of any premium charges for insurance and service charge, if any) at not less than the annual rate of interest determined, from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury at the request of the Commissioner, by estimating the average market yield to maturity on all outstanding marketable obligations of the United States, and by adjusting such yield to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum, and there shall be no differentiation in the rate of interest charged under this proviso as between mortgagors under subsection (d)(3) on the basis of differences in the types or classes of such mortgagors"; (12) inserting the following at the end of subsection (f): "A property or project covered by a mortgage insured under the provisions of subsection (d)(3) or (d)(4) shall include five or more family units. The Commissioner is authorized to adopt such procedures and requirements as he determines are desirable to assure that the dwelling accommodations provided under this section are available to families displaced from urban renewal areas or as a result of governmental action. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the Commissioner, in order to assist further the provision of housing for low and moderate income families, in his discretion and under such conditions as he may prescribe, may insure a mortgage which meets the requirements of subsection (d)(3) of this section as in effect after the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1961, with no premium charge, with a reduced premium charge, or with a premium charge for such period or periods during the time the insurance is in effect as the Commissioner may determine, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to reimburse the Section 221 Housing Insurance F u n d for any net losses in connection with such insurance. No mortgage shall be insured under subsection (d)(2) or (d)(4) after July 1, 1963, or under subsection (d)(3) after July 1, 1965, except pursuant to a commitment to insure before that date, or except a mortgage covering property which the Commissioner finds will assist in the provision of housing for families displaced from urban renewal areas or as a result of governmental action."; (13) redesignating paragraph (3) of subsection (g) as paragraph (4) and inserting after paragraph (2) of subsection (g) a new paragraph as follows: