58-B - Sale or lease of project in connection with federal program of assistance for low income housing.

§ 58-b. Sale or lease of project in connection with federal program of  assistance  for low income housing.  In order to obtain for a project or  portion thereof the benefits of any federal program  of  assistance  for  housing  of persons and families of low income, an authority, other than  an authority in a city with a population of more than one million,  may,  subject  to  the  approval of the commissioner and the local legislative  body, contract to sell or lease, and  sell  or  lease,  the  project  or  portion  thereof upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate.  The commissioner shall not approve the transaction  unless  he  makes  a  finding  that:  (a)  the  federal  assistance available upon the sale or  lease will enable the project  to  provide  decent,  safe  and  sanitary  housing  within  the  financial  reach  of  persons  and families of low  income; and (b) sufficient provision has been made to pay  or  otherwise  assure  the  payment  or  retirement  of  all  bonds,  notes  and  other  obligations issued  to  finance  the  project  or  portion  thereof.  In  connection  with  such transaction, the authority, the municipality, the  commissioner, the attorney general, and the comptroller,  may  take  all  necessary   and  appropriate  actions,  including  the  modification  or  termination of any applicable loan  and  subsidy  agreement.  The  power  granted  by this section shall be in addition to any other power granted  to an authority by any other provision of this chapter or any other law.