Loans may be restructured by cutting interest, deferring payments, or reamortizing
What the document says“``(1) reducing or eliminating interest; ``(2) deferring loan payments; ``(3) subordinating, reducing, or reamortizing loan debt;”
The new section 545 lets the Secretary of Agriculture restructure existing housing loans, on a proposal from either side, so that projects have enough resources to stay safe and affordable for low-income residents and farm laborers. The tools are cutting or removing interest, deferring payments, subordinating, reducing, or reamortizing debt, other financial help including advances, payments, and incentives allowing owners a reasonable return, and permanently taking some units out of income restrictions where vacancies have persisted.
What the document actually says“``(1) reducing or eliminating interest; ``(2) deferring loan payments; ``(3) subordinating, reducing, or reamortizing loan debt;”
The farm agency may lower or drop the interest. It may let payments wait. It may shrink the debt or spread it over more years.
Restructuring changes the terms of a loan already made. Here it is meant to keep the housing going. The owner or the agency may start the talks.
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