Pub. L. 83-560, tit. I, sec. 110

Sec. 110. Section 203 of said Act, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: “(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Commissioner is authorized to insure any mortgage which involves a principal obligation not in excess of $7,000 and not in excess of 100 per centum of the appraised value of a property upon which there is located a dwelling designed principally for a single-family residence, where the mortgagor is the owner and occupant and establishes (to the satisfaction of the Commissioner) that his home which he occupied as an owner or as a tenant was destroyed or damaged to such an extent that reconstruction is required as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe which the President, pursuant to section 2 (a) of the Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local governments in major disasters and for other purposes’ (Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, approved September 30, 1950), as amended, has determined to be a major disaster. “(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Commissioner is authorized to insure any mortgage which involves a principal obligation not in excess of $6,650 and not in excess of 95 per centum of the appraised value, as of the date the mortgage is accepted for insurance, of a property in an area where the Commissioner finds it is not practicable to obtain conformity with many of the requirements essential to the insurance of mortgages on housing in built-up urban areas, upon which there is located a dwelling designed principally for a single family residence, and which is approved for mortgage insurance prior to the beginning of construction: Provided, That (1) the mortgagor shall be the owner and occupant of the property at the time of insurance and shall have paid on account of the property at least 5 per centum of the Commissioner’s estimate of the cost of acquisition in cash or its equivalent, or (2) the mortgagor shall be the owner and occupant of the property at the time of insurance, regardless of his credit standing, with whom a person or corporation having a credit standing satisfactory to the Commissioner, shall have entered into a written contract (a) to pay on behalf of the prospective owner and occupant all or part of the downpayment required by this paragraph agreeing to take as security a note from the latter bearing interest at the rate of not more than 4 per centum per annum, maturing after the last maturity date of principal due on the insured mortgage, with a right in the holder to accelerate maturity to a date following prepayment of the entire mortgage debt, under the terms of which note all rights of such person or corporation are subordinated to the rights of the mortgagee or assignees of the mortgagee, and (b) to guarantee payment of the insured mortgage by the owner and occupant according to the terms of the mortgage, or (3) shall be the builder constructing the dwelling; in which case the 68 Stat. 593 principal obligation shall not exceed 85 per centum of the appraised value of the property or $5,950: Provided further, That the Commissioner finds that the project with respect to which the mortgage is executed is an acceptable risk, giving consideration to the need for providing adequate housing for families of low and moderate income particularly in suburban and outlying areas or small communities: Provided further, That under the foregoing provisions of this subsection the Commissioner is authorized to insure any mortgage issued with respect to the construction of a farm home on a plot of land five or more acres in size adjacent to a public highway, the total amount of insurance outstanding at any one time under this proviso not to exceed $100,000,000.”