limits of assistance

limits of assistance Sec. 104. (a) Assistance under this title with respect to a mortgage which meets the requirements of section 103 may be provided in the form of emergency mortgage relief loans and advances of credit insured pursuant to section 105 or in the form of emergency mortgage relief payments made by the Secretary pursuant to section 106. (b) Assistance under this title on behalf of a homeowner may be made available in an amount up to the amount of the principal, interest, taxes, ground rents, hazard insurance, and mortgage insurance premiums due under the homeowner’s mortgage, but such assistance shall not exceed the lesser of $250 per month or the amount determined to be reasonably necessary to supplement such amount as the homeowner is capable of contributing toward such mortgage payment. (c) Monthly payments may be provided under this title either with the proceeds of an insured loan or advance of credit or with emergency mortgage relief payments for up to twelve months, and, in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary, such monthly payments may be extended once for up to twelve additional months. A mortgagor receiving the benefit of mortgage relief assistance pursuant to this title shall be required, in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary, to report any increase in income which will permit a reduction or termination of such assistance during this period. (d) Emergency loans or advances of credit made and insured under section 105, and emergency mortgage relief payments made under section 106, shall be repayable by the homeowner upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe, except that interest on a loan or advance of credit insured under section 105 or emergency mortgage relief payments made under section 106 shall not be charged at a rate which exceeds the maximum interest rate applicable with respect to mortgages insured pursuant to section 203(b) of the National Housing Act. (e) The Secretary may provide for the deferral of the commencement of the repayment of a loan or advance insured under section 105 or emergency mortgage relief payments made under section 106 until one year following the date of the last disbursement of the proceeds of the loan or advance or payments or for such longer period as the Secretary determines would further the purpose of this title. The Secretary shall by regulation require such security for the repayment of insured loans or advances of credit or emergency mortgage relief payments as he deems appropriate and may require that such repayment be secured by a lien on the mortgaged property.