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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6805RESOLUTION NO. 6805 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR PUEBLO URBAN HOMESTEAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION, MORTGAGE BANKERS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SA14E BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, COLORADO that: SECTION 1 The Pueblo Urban Homestead Program Subsidy Agreement between Pueblo, Colorado, A Municipal Corporation and Universal Lending Corporation, Mortgage Bankers, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, having been approved by the City Attorney, is hereby approved. The City Manager of Pueblo is authorized and directed to execute the Agreement for and on behalf of the City and the City Clerk is directed to affix the seal of the City thereto and attest the same. INTRODUCED: August 26 1991 HOWARD WHTTT -QCK COUNCIL PERSON APPROVED: PRES OF THE COUNCIL ATTEST: M/14MA This agreement is made and entered into this �� day of a , 19-[, by and between Universal Lending Corpor ati n ("ULC"), and the City of Pueblo, a municipal corporation ( "CITY ") (the "Agreement") WHEREAS, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka ("FHLB") has implemented an Affordable Housing Program ("AHP") pursuant to the authority granted by the United States Congress in the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1430 (j)) and the regulations of the Federal Housing Finance Board (12 C.F.R. Part 960); and SFAS, Columbia Savings, a Federal Savings and Loan Association ( "Columbia "), in cooperation with the City of Pueblo submitted an application for subsidy funding to the FHLB in connection with the FHLB's AHP of One Hundred Twenty Seven Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Nine and No /100 Dollars ($127,489) which application was approved by the FHLB; and, SFAS, the City of Pueblo will be in charge of administering the Pueblo Urban Homestead Program ("PUHP") through the acquisition of federally -owned and privately -owned residential properties within the City's community development neighborhoods from the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( "HUD ") for use in connection with the PUHP for conditional conveyance of such properties to eligible PUHP Participants and, through agreements for program administration with Columbia, and BANK; and, SAS, The City, in cooperation with Columbia, HUD and ULC has developed the PUHP which requires eligible and qualified PUHP Participants to obtain financing to complete necessary repairs to PUHP properties; and, SFAS, ULC is a Federal Housing Administration - approved mortgagee; and, VMUA ULC has been approved by the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority ( "C FA") as a seller /servicer for Bond money; and, SFAS, ULC desires to provide loan assistance to qualified PUHP participants for the rehabilitation of PUHP properties using Section 203(k) loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, and cHFA funds; and, SFAS, The City and ULC desire to implement the PUHP utilizing the direct subsidy to be received from the FHLB and the 203(k) and CHFA funds pursuant to the terms, conditions and procedures imposed on those funds by their respective authorizing legislation, the regulations governing their use and the requirements promulgated by their overseeing agencies. 1 1 •• 1 1 IF. Za •_ QLI ULC agrees to allocate $500,00 0 of funds set aside by C[FA for the purchase of Federal Housing Administration Section 203(k) loans to accomnodate the purchase and rehabilitation by eligible PUHP Participants of PUHP properties. These loans shall be referred to as 11 203(k) PUHP Loans ", and shall be secured with a first mortgage against the PUHP property. ULC agrees to allocate $127,48 9 of subsidy funds provided by the FHLB for assistance to eligible purchasers of PUHP properties with downpayment, closing costs, and prepaid expense requirements associated with the purchase of PUHP properties, and purchase and rehabilitation expenses of those properties calculated according to a formula specified by Columbia. These loans shall be known as "Columbia Loans" and shall be secured with a second or third mortgage against the PUHP property. ULC shall have the sole authority and responsibility to apply federal 203(k), CFIF'A and FHLB requirements to determine the eligibility of borrowers for 203(k) PUHP Loans and Columbia Loans; and, to approve properties and proposed rehabilitation upon said properties pursuant to the provisions of Section 203(k) and all applicable regulations and guidelines. II. OOMMCNAL CONVEZ NCC OF THE With each PUHP Participant approved by ULC and selected by the City through qualifying criteria, the City will execute (1) a Purchase and Sale Contract ( "Sales Contract ") and (2) a PUHP Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement ") which shall set forth the terms and conditions of the sale of property to the participant as required by the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the Federal Housing Finance Board regulations. The City will also execute a Special Warranty Deed which will conditionally convey title to the PUHP property to the Participant's name, subject to a Right of Re -Entry for Condition Broken as defined by the Purchase Agreement. Under the terms of said Purchase Agreement each Participant will agree to substantially rehabilitate the property, maintain it and occupy it as his /her primary residence for at least five (5) years. After said five year period, if the Participant has satisfied all conditions subsequent set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the City will record, and deliver to the Participant a Certificate of Satisfaction and a Renunciation of Right of Re -Entry whereby the City will divest itself of any Right of Re -Entry previously reserved. The Participant will then hold fee simple title to the PUHP property. III. IRAN REPAYMENT GUARANTEE BY EHM The City recognizes that the loan security offered for the 203(k) Loans may be at risk during the five year period of conditional title; and also that the loans made to Participants pursuant to this Agreement will be at interest rates substantially below prevailing market rates. F4 To eliminate any risk arising out of the conditional conveyance of PUHP property, and in consideration of the preferred interest rates afforded to Participants, the City agrees to guarantee the repayment of each 203(k) Loan made pursuant to this Agreement. This guarantee shall remain in effect only while the City is vested with Right of Re -Entry in a PUHP Property, and shall be effective only upon the default of the Participant as defined in this Article III, paragraph 1, and according to the following terms and conditions: 1. The Participant shall be in default for purposes of this guarantee if he /she: a. fails to make any payment, or part thereof, for 60 consecutive days from the original due date or such payment; or b. defaults under the Deed of Trust from the Participant, to the Public Trustee of the County in which the PUHP Property is located for the benefit of ULC; or C. shall have made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against such Participant seeking to adjudicate him /her a bankrupt or insolvent, or if all or any part of the property or an interest therein is foreclosed upon or is sold, transferred or assigned by Participant; or d. The Participant fails to keep all PUHP property insured for fire and extended coverage in an amount specified by ULC, with loss payable to ULC, the City and Columbia (as applicable) the FHLB; or e. The Participant fails to pay all taxes and assessments against the PUHP property; AMID 2. ULC has notified the City of any loan payment which is 30 days past due, or any other event of default within 10 days of ULC's acquisition of knowledge of such default, by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to City of Pueblo at the following address: Department of Housing And Community Development, 1 City Hall Place, Third Floor, Pueblo, CO 81001; and 3. ULC has made reasonable and diligent attempts to collect delinquent payments and /or remedy other events of default, including at least: a. transmittal of notification to the Participant, by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the Participant's last Dawn residential address, of the nature of default and the amount of action needed to cure the default, and b. certified attempt to contact the Participant by telephone at his /her last known residential and work telephone numbers; and C. certified attempt to contact the Participant, in person, at the last known residential address; and 3 d. If the Participant fails to cure his /her default on or before the expiration of 30 days from the date of certified notice to Participant of said default by ULC, then ULC shall send a Notice of Default to the City by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address indicated infra at Article III, paragraph 2. Said Notice of Default shall set forth the name of the Participant, the nature of the default, the amount needed to reinstate the loan, and documented collection efforts. The City shall commence the cure of the default within 20 days of receipt of the Notice of Default either by: (1) tendering the amount required to reinstate the loan and continue to make payments on the loan; or (2) paying the entire outstanding loan balance. The City shall have the sole discretion to select the method of curing the default. 4. In order to encumber the City's conditional interest in the PUHP property during the five year period in which it retains a conditional right of re- entry, and in order to make City's interest in the property subordinate to the interests of the Secretary of HUD, the City will execute the first mortgage Deed of Trust. IV. ULC agrees to allow a qualified borrower to assume the loan of a Participant in the event the Participant defaulted on the terms of the Purchase Agreement or City is required to guarantee repayment of the loan. The qualifications of a proposed assumptor shall be determined by ULC in accordance with the requirements and limitations upon 203(k) PUHP and CHFA loans, as well as the Federal Home Loan Bank Act Affordable Housing Program. ULC, in cooperation with the CHFA, shall have sole authority and responsibility to qualify a new borrower and is entitled to a maximum of five hundred and no /100 dollars ($500.00) for fees and costs incurred as a result of the assumption process. The guarantee under Section III of this agreement shall apply to any loan that is assumed by replacement Participant under this program. ULC agrees that it will make a determination within ten (10) calendar days after completion of processing the assumptor's loan application regarding the eligibility of a proposed assumptor presented to ULC by City, that it will notify City of its action and the reasons therefore within two (2) days of taking such action; and that it will not unreasonably withhold approval. V. MAN TEES Upon approval by ULC of a 203(k) loan application referred to ULC by City, ULC shall receive the allowable closing costs as provided by 203(k) loan regulations, as well as fees allowed pursuant to the commitment of funds as outlined by the CHFA. The loan amount shall be established using HUD and CHFA guidelines. Items known as prepaid expenses for taxes, hazard insurance premiums, and interest adjustments, shall also be appropriated and accounted for in the 203(k) PUHP Loans and Columbia Loans as permitted in the applicable law and regulations. These costs shall be charged to the Participant or City (as seller) as is customary. 4 ,t The 203(k) PUHP Loans shall be made at an interest rate of no more than eight and one -half percent (8.50 %), or any other rate of interest mutually agreed upon by City, ULC and CHFA. The Columbia Loans shall be made on a 20 year deferred basis at no interest. The 203(k) PUHP Loans shall be made for a term of 20 years. The Columbia Loans shall be deferred loans with terms of 20 years. Both types of loans are due upon sale of the PUHP Property. ■■ � r.. •• � is 1• The first payment date of the 203(k) PUHP Loans shall be the first day of the second month following the loan closing. In the event the property will not be habitable during the rehabilitation period, the monthly payments (up to a maximum of 6 months) that would become due and payable during that rehabilitation period can be included in the loan amount and paid out of the construction fund. Bank agrees to review and consider loan applications, to act on such loan applications within ten (10) days of completion of processing, and to notify City of its actions and the reasons therefore within two (2) days of taking action on the loan application. Loan application will include or be accompanied by, to the extent feasible, the following: 1. The borrowers) name(s), address, telephone number, and the address, telephone number, and the address and legal description of the City property. 2 Borrower(s) income and sources of income, major debts and monthly payments. 3. Purposes of the loan, including a summary of work to be done for improvement of the property and the estimated cost. 4. The required exhibits for rehabilitation under FHA 203(k). 5. Credit report and preliminary title report shall be ordered by Bank and a copy of the title report shall be furnished by City. The covenants herein contained shall bind, and the benefits and advantages inure to, the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto. 5 r N This agreement may be modified or amended only with the prior written consent of the parties. City and ULC agree that the only relationship established through this Agreement is for the provision of 203(k) PUHP and Columbia Loans and Loan guarantees as provided for in this Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall expire one year from the date of the Agreement (although the repayment guarantee shall survive the Term of this Agreement) . CITY OF PUEBLO, A MNICIPAL CORPORATION Attest: I • V� COIORR' :' :• :I' M �1 @►gyp • 81' A