Section 241 (Supplemental Loans for Multifamily Projects).
Sections 241 and 241(f) of the
Housing Act provide for FHA insurance to finance property improvements, energy-conserving improve-
ments or additions to any FHA-insured multifamily loan. The overall purpose of the Section 241 loan
program is to provide a project with a means to remain competitive, to extend its economic life and to
finance the replacement of obsolete equipment without the refinancing of the existing mortgage.
Section 538 Guarantee Program
The Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (Section 538) is under the United
States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (Rural Development). The authorizing statute is
Title V of the Housing Act. Rural Development operates a broad range of programs that were formerly
administered by the Rural Housing Service and the Farmers Home Administration to support affordable
housing and community development in rural areas. Mortgage loans are provided by Rural Develop-
ment-approved multifamily lenders, including state and local housing agencies. The Mortgage Loan
guaranteed under the program described below will have the maturity and amortization features as
Rural Development may approve.
Tenant eligibility for Section 538-guaranteed projects is restricted to persons with income not in
excess of 115% of the area median income.
The following is a summary of Section 538 under which one of the Mortgage Loans is guaranteed.
Section 538.
Section 538 was established pursuant to Title V of the Housing Act. Section 538 is
designed to increase the supply of affordable rural rental housing, through the use of loan guarantees
that encourage partnerships between Rural Development, private lenders and public agencies.
Certain Additional Characteristics of the Mortgage Loans
Mortgage Rates; Calculations of Interest.
The Mortgage Loans bear interest at Mortgage Rates that
will remain fixed for their remaining terms. All of the Mortgage Loans accrue interest on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. See Characteristics of the Ginnie Mae Multifamily
Certificates and the Related Mortgage Loans in Exhibit A to this Supplement.
Due Dates.
Monthly payments on the Mortgage Loans are due on the first day of each month.
Amortization.
The Mortgage Loans are fully-amortizing over their remaining terms to stated
maturity.
Certain of the Mortgage Loans may provide that, if the related borrower makes a partial principal
prepayment, such borrower will not be in default if it fails to make any subsequent scheduled payment
of principal provided that such borrower continues to pay interest in a timely manner and the unpaid
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan at the time of such failure is at or below what it would
otherwise be in accordance with its amortization schedule if such partial principal prepayment had not
been made. Under certain circumstances, the Mortgage Loans also permit the reamortization thereof if
prepayments are received as a result of condemnation or insurance payments with respect to the related
Mortgaged Property.
Level Payments.
Although the Mortgage Loans currently have amortization schedules that provide
for level monthly payments, the amortization schedules of substantially all of the FHA-insured Mortgage
Loans are subject to change upon the approval of FHA that may result in non-level payments.
Furthermore, in the absence of a change in the amortization schedule of the Mortgage Loans,
Mortgage Loans that provide for level monthly payments may still receive non-level payments as a result
of the fact that, at any time:
FHA may permit any Mortgage Loan to be refinanced or partially prepaid without regard to any
lockout period or Prepayment Penalty; and
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