90-6-131. Legislative declaration. (1) The legislature finds that escalating land costs, current economic conditions, federal housing policies, and declining resources at the federal, state, and local levels adversely affect the ability of low-income and moderate-income persons to obtain safe, decent, accessible, and affordable housing.
(2) The legislature further finds that the state will lose substantial sums allocated to it by the federal government for affordable housing for low-income and moderate-income households unless matching funds are provided.
(3) The legislature declares that it is in the public interest to establish a continuously renewable financial resource known as the housing Montana fund to assist low- and moderate-income citizens in meeting their basic housing needs. Long-term affordability is the goal.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 312, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 455, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 426, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 90. Planning, Research, and Development
Chapter 6. Community Impact -- Planning and Abatement
90-6-102. Legislative declaration
90-6-104. General powers of the board
90-6-105. Meetings and acts of the board
90-6-107. Deposit and expenditure of funds
90-6-108. Financing programs of the board
90-6-109. Procedure prior to financing of housing developments
90-6-110. Supervision of housing sponsors
90-6-112. Provision of bond resolutions
90-6-115. Purchase of notes and bonds -- cancellation
90-6-117. Negotiability of bonds
90-6-118. Signatures of board members
90-6-119. Reserve funds and appropriations
90-6-120. Maintenance of capital reserve account
90-6-121. Refunding obligations -- issuance
90-6-122. Refunding obligations -- sale
90-6-123. Credit of state not pledged
90-6-125. Tax exemption of bonds
90-6-127. Allocation of state limit
90-6-128. through 90-6-130 reserved
90-6-131. Legislative declaration
90-6-133. Housing Montana fund -- administration
90-6-135. Coordination with other programs
90-6-136. Administrative rules
90-6-137. Alternate funding source for housing loans -- use of coal tax trust fund money