Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§1441a–2 Authorization for State housing finance agencies and nonprofit entities to purchase mortgage-related assets

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS › § 1441a–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

State housing finance authorities and nonprofits may buy mortgage assets from the Resolution Trust Corporation or from banks the FDIC is running. Purchase contracts work as written and do not need extra approvals. Any net income from those assets must support low- and moderate-income housing in the authority’s state or the nonprofit’s area.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §1441a–2

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, a State housing finance authority or nonprofit entity may purchase mortgage-related assets from the Resolution Trust Corporation or from financial institutions with respect to which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is acting as a conservator or receiver (including assets associated with any trust business), and any contract for such purchase shall be effective in accordance with its terms without any further approval, assignment, or consent with respect to that contract.
(b)Any State housing finance authority or nonprofit entity which purchases mortgage-related assets pursuant to subsection (a) shall invest any net income attributable to the ownership of those assets in financing, refinancing, or rehabilitating low- and moderate-income housing within the jurisdiction of the State housing finance authority or within the geographical area served by the nonprofit entity.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and

Enforcement

Act of 1989, and not as part of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions The definitions in section 1441a–1 of this title apply to this section.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

12 U.S.C. § 1441a–2

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73