Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1459
Amendment No. 008889
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Zapata offered the following:
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3     Substitute Amendment for Amendment (736621)
4     Remove line(s) 47-56 and insert:
5     (5)(a)  No less than 50 percent of the revenues collected
6in the Housing Assistance Loan Trust Fund shall be used to
7finance construction, rehabilitation, or purchase of single-
8family housing for homeownership assistance for low-income and
9moderate-income families.
10     (b)  For purposes of this subsection, the term
11"homeownership assistance" means assisting low-income and
12moderate-income families in purchasing a home as their primary
13residence by reducing the cost of the home with below-market
14construction financing, the amount of down payment and closing
15costs paid by the borrower, or the mortgage payment to an
16affordable amount for the purchaser or any other financial
17assistance measure set forth in s. 420.5088.
18     (6)  Rehabilitation of housing owned by a recipient
19government shall only be authorized after an affirmative vote of
20the governing body that no other sources of funds are available.
21     (7)  At least 10 percent of the funds used for financing,
22construction, rehabilitation, or purchase pursuant to
23subsections (5) shall be used for down payment assistance.
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