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[FR Doc No: 94-2475]


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[Federal Register: February 4, 1994]


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RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

 

Revised Policy Statement for the Disposition of Residential Units 
Which Were Previously Subject to Rent and Securities Regulations

AGENCY: Resolution Trust Corporation.

ACTION: Revised statement of policy.

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SUMMARY: The Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) has revised its policy 
statement concerning the abrogation of leases on units in properties 
which were subject to state and local rent or securities regulations 
prior to their acquisition by the RTC as conservator or receiver for an 
insured depository institution. This policy modifies the current 
Statement of Policy for the Disposition of Residential Units Which Were 
Previously Subject to Rent and Securities Regulations, dated February 
22, 1991, by increasing to 130 percent of area median income the 
maximum income of households governed by paragraph 4B of this policy.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This revised policy is effective February 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barry R. Wides, Deputy Director, Affordable Housing Disposition 
Program, (800) 842-2970, extension 67138. (This is a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Purpose

    To revise the policy statement concerning the abrogation of leases 
on units in properties which were subject to state and local rent or 
securities regulations prior to their acquisition by the RTC as 
conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution.

2. Scope and Applicability

    This statement of policy of the RTC is applicable when the RTC as 
conservator or receiver of an insured depository institution acquires 
cooperative and/or condominium residential dwelling units which were 
subject to state or local rent or securities regulations prior to their 
acquisition by the RTC.

3. Background

    It is clearly the intention of the RTC to avoid displacing low- and 
moderate-income tenants from such units. However, in making this 
statement of policy, the RTC recognizes the competing interests 
associated with such regulated cooperative and condominium units. On 
the one hand, some state or local rent and securities regulations have 
provided for the regulation of rents and the continuation of certain 
tenancies at specified levels. On the other hand, the RTC's statutory 
duties are to expeditiously manage and resolve failed insured 
depository institutions, to maximize returns on their assets and comply 
with the affordable housing provisions of the Financial Institutions 
Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA). The RTC, and 
ultimately the taxpayers, cannot be put in the position of continuing 
to underwrite rental of such units at a significant loss to the RTC, or 
be compelled to sell the units as tenant-occupied at greatly diminished 
values due to the possible applicability of the rent and securities 
regulations. The RTC has balanced the statutory mandates of the RTC and 
the state and local interests at issue, and has determined that 
disaffirmance or repudiation of leases of these units and the resulting 
preemption of state and local rent and securities regulations, is 
required in certain circumstances. The RTC has also determined that 
expanding the definition of low- and moderate-income from one hundred 
and fifteen percent (115 percent) of the median income in the area 
involved, to one hundred and thirty percent (130 percent) of the median 
income in the area involved, as determined by the U.S. Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with adjustments for family size, 
will assist the RTC in meeting its statutory mandate to maximize the 
preservation of the availability and affordability of residential real 
property for low- and moderate-income individuals without significantly 
adversely affecting the ability of the RTC to satisfy its numerous 
other statutory duties. Accordingly, the RTC hereby revises its 
Statement of Policy for the Disposition of Residential Units Which Were 
Previously Subject to Rent or Securities Regulations dated February 22, 
1991, as stated in paragraph 4B below. All other material terms of the 
February 22, 1991, Statement of Policy remain unchanged.

4. Policy and Guidelines

    A. The policy of the RTC will be to exercise its disaffirmance or 
repudiation powers with regard to cooperative and/or condominium 
residential dwelling units which were subject to state or local rent or 
securities regulations prior to their acquisition by the RTC as 
conservator or receiver of an insured depository institution when it 
determines that: (1) The insured depository institution is a party to 
the lease; (2) the performance of which the conservator or receiver 
determines, in its discretion, to be burdensome; and (3) the 
disaffirmance or repudiation of which the conservator or receiver 
determines, in its discretion, will promote the orderly administration 
of the institution's affairs, the RTC will not repudiate the leases.
    B. Where the RTC finds that units are leased by low- or moderate-
income tenants, the RTC will not exercise its disaffirmance or 
repudiation powers with respect to those units. For this purpose, a 
low- or moderate-income tenant is defined as a family or individual 
whose income does not exceed one hundred and thirty percent (130 
percent) of the median income in the area involved, as determined by 
the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with 
adjustments for family size.
    C. Where the RTC determines to disaffirm or repudiate leases of 
such units, the RTC may, in its discretion, offer the units for sale to 
the existing tenants or negotiate other arrangements, on terms which 
the RTC finds acceptable, in accordance with its mandate to maximize 
recoveries on the assets of the institutions in its control. If the 
existing tenants decline or fail to purchase the units or to enter into 
any other agreement acceptable to the RTC, the RTC will be free to 
consummate the disaffirmance or repudiation and to take whatever action 
it deems appropriate for the disposition of the units.

    By order of the Executive Committee.

    Dated at Washington, DC this 31st day of January, 1994.

Resolution Trust Corporation.
John M. Buckley, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-2475 Filed 2-3-94; 8:45 am]
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