2020 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 234. Wisconsin housing and economic development authority.
234.53 Housing rehabilitation loan fund.

234.53 Housing rehabilitation loan fund.

(1) The authority shall establish the housing rehabilitation loan fund. All moneys resulting from the sale of bonds issued under the authority of s. 234.50, not including bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds, and unless credited to the housing rehabilitation loan program capital reserve or bond redemption funds, shall be credited to such fund.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (2m), the authority shall use moneys in the fund for the purpose of purchasing housing rehabilitation loans or for funding commitments for loans to lenders for housing rehabilitation loans. All disbursements of funds under this subsection for purchasing such loans shall be made payable to an authorized lender, as defined in s. 234.49 (1) (b), or a duly authorized agent thereof.

(2m) The authority may use moneys in the fund for the purpose of funding or purchasing loans under any down payment assistance program established by the authority.

(3) Moneys of the fund may be invested as provided in s. 234.03 (18). All such investments shall be the exclusive property of the fund. All earnings on or income from such investments shall be credited to the fund.

(4) The authority may use moneys in the fund to cover actual and necessary expenses incurred in the sale of housing rehabilitation bonds and investment of the proceeds thereof.

(5) Any moneys not needed for the purposes of the fund shall be transferred to the housing rehabilitation loan program bond redemption fund.

History: 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 361 s. 113; 1985 a. 29 ss. 3200 (28), 3202 (14); 2017 a. 277; s. 35.17 correction in (2).