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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1216
April 11, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives MADISON, RATCLIFF, CLANCY, STUBBS,
BARE, MOORE OMOKUNDE and BALDEH. Referred to Committee on Government
Accountability and Oversight.
1 AN ACT to create 20.490 (6) (e) and 234.663 of the statutes; relating to: creating
2 a housing cooperative conversion revolving loan fund and loan program and
3 making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill establishes a revolving loan fund under the jurisdiction of the
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority for the purpose of issuing
loans to housing cooperatives to construct or acquire resident-owned housing.
Under the bill, WHEDA may target the program to housing cooperatives seeking to
construct or acquire manufactured or mobile home communities or multi-family
apartment complexes.
The bill requires WHEDA to enter into an agreement with each housing
cooperative receiving a loan under the bill that establishes the term and other
conditions of the loan. Under such an agreement, WHEDA must establish an
interest rate at or below the market interest rate or establish no interest, and the
housing cooperative must, for as long as the housing cooperative owns the housing,
set aside at least 50 percent of units within the housing as affordable housing.
Affordable housing is defined in the bill as residential housing that has an annual
cost of 30 percent of 80 percent of the area median income and that is for occupancy
by individuals whose annual household income does not exceed 80 percent of the area
median income. Additionally, under a loan agreement, the full amount of a loan will
become immediately due upon the housing cooperative's sale of housing constructed
or acquired with loan proceeds, unless the sale is to a current resident as part of a
rent-to-own agreement and the sale is approved by WHEDA.
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In establishing policies and procedures to administer the loan program in the
bill, WHEDA must consult with housing cooperatives that own manufactured and
mobile home communities, other resident-owned manufactured and mobile home
communities, other housing cooperatives, and nonprofit organizations working with
housing cooperatives and other forms of resident-owned housing.
Because this bill may increase or decrease, directly or indirectly, the cost of the
development, construction, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of
housing in this state, the Department of Administration, as required by law, will
prepare a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
2 the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
2023-24 2024-25
3 20.490 Wisconsin Housing and Economic
4 Development Authority.
5 (6) FUNDS
6 (e) Housing cooperative conversion
7 revolving loan fund GPR C 25,000,000 -0-
8 SECTION 2. 20.490 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
9 20.490 (6) (e) Housing cooperative conversion revolving loan fund. As a
10 continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for deposit into the housing
11 cooperative conversion revolving loan fund under s. 234.663 (2).
12 SECTION 3. 234.663 of the statutes is created to read:
13 234.663 Housing cooperative conversion revolving loan program. (1)
14 DEFINITIONS. In this section:
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1 (a) “Affordable housing” means residential housing that satisfies all of the
2 following, as determined by the authority:
3 1. The estimated annual housing costs, as defined under s. 16.301 (3), do not
4 exceed, or are not expected to exceed, 30 percent of 80 percent of the area median
5 income, with family size determined using the federal imputed income limitation, as
6 defined in 26 USC 42 (g) (2) (C).
7 2. The housing is for occupancy by individuals whose annual household income
8 does not exceed 80 percent of the area median income.
9 (b) “Area median income” means the area median family income in the county
10 in which the housing is located, adjusted for family size, as published annually by
11 the federal department of housing and urban development.
12 (c) “Housing cooperative” means a cooperative incorporated under ch. 185 or
13 organized under ch. 193 that owns residential property that is used or intended to
14 be used, in whole or in part, by the members of the cooperative as their homes or
15 primary residences.
16 (d) “Manufactured home” has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
17 (e) “Manufactured or mobile home community” means any plot or plots of
18 ground upon which 3 or more manufactured or mobile homes that are occupied for
19 dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured or mobile home
20 community” does not include a farm where the occupants of the manufactured or
21 mobile homes are the father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or sister of the farm
22 owner or operator or where the occupants of the manufactured or mobile homes work
23 on the farm.
24 (f) “Mobile home” has the meaning given under s. 101.91 (10), but does not
25 include a recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r).
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1 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. There is established under the jurisdiction of the
2 authority a housing cooperative conversion revolving loan fund, for the purpose of
3 providing loans under sub. (3). The authority may use moneys in the fund to cover
4 actual and necessary expenses incurred to accomplish the purposes of this section
5 and administer the fund. The fund shall consist of all of the following:
6 (a) All moneys appropriated to the authority for the fund.
7 (b) All moneys received from the repayment of loans under sub. (3).
8 (3) ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM. (a) The authority shall
9 establish and administer a housing cooperative conversion funding program for the
10 purpose of issuing loans under this subsection.
11 (b) From the housing cooperative conversion revolving loan fund, the authority
12 may issue loans to housing cooperatives to finance the costs of constructing or
13 acquiring resident-owned housing. The authority may target the program to
14 housing cooperatives seeking to construct or acquire manufactured or mobile home
15 communities or multi-family apartment complexes.
16 (c) The authority and each housing cooperative receiving a loan under this
17 subsection shall enter into an agreement establishing the terms and other conditions
18 of the loan. The agreement shall include, and give the authority the power to enforce,
19 all of the following requirements:
20 1. That the full amount of the loan shall become due upon the housing
21 cooperative's sale of the housing constructed or acquired with loan proceeds, unless
22 the sale is to a current resident as part of a rent-to-own agreement and the sale is
23 approved by the authority.
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1 2. That the authority establish an interest rate for any loan issued under this
2 subsection at or below the market interest rate or that the authority establish no
3 interest.
4 3. That the housing cooperative shall, for as long as the housing is owned by
5 the housing cooperative, set aside at least 50 percent of units within the housing as
6 affordable housing.
7 (4) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. The authority shall establish policies and
8 procedures to administer the housing cooperative conversion revolving loan fund
9 and program. In establishing such policies and procedures, the authority shall
10 consult with housing cooperatives that own manufactured and mobile home
11 communities, other resident-owned manufactured and mobile home communities,
12 other housing cooperatives, and nonprofit organizations working with housing
13 cooperatives and other forms of resident-owned housing.
14 (END)