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A land trust or cooperative may buy the housing back under set conditions

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 501, Sec. 501. Written by .

A land trust or cooperative may buy the housing back under set conditions

The document says “canWho acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 501 in the PDF
What the document says

“the Secretary may permit a participating jurisdiction to allow a community land trust, housing cooperative, or a community development corporation that used assistance provided under this subtitle for the development of housing that meets the criteria under paragraph (1), to acquire the housing--”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 501

The section lets the Secretary permit a participating jurisdiction to allow a community land trust, housing cooperative, or community development corporation that used HOME assistance to develop qualifying housing to acquire that housing under its purchase option, lease, or covenant. The purchase must be to enter the chain of title, to enable a purchase by a qualifying person on the group's waitlist, to carry out needed rehabilitation, to add a subsidy preserving affordability, or for another purpose the Secretary thinks fit, and the housing must then be sold within a reasonable time to a qualifying person.

What the document actually says

“the Secretary may permit a participating jurisdiction to allow a community land trust, housing cooperative, or a community development corporation that used assistance provided under this subtitle for the development of housing that meets the criteria under paragraph (1), to acquire the housing--”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 501
That sentence, in plain words

A land trust or a housing group may buy the home back. It must have used this program's money to build it. The housing agency must allow it and the local body must agree.

What this is about

The group buys the home to pass it to the next family. It may also repair it or add money to keep it cheap. It must sell it on within a reasonable time.

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