§445. Mortgaging, pledging, encumbering property and assets

A. A local housing authority may mortgage, encumber, pledge, convey by trust deed or deed to secure debt, assign, or otherwise grant or consent to a lien or other security interest in, any real or personal property, or any interest therein, owned or held by the authority or in which the authority may hold an interest; take any and all actions to provide security for the repayment of borrowed funds, or to secure any guarantee of such repayment or any other performance by the authority, or to secure any payment, guarantee, or performance of any affiliate of the authority or of any arrangement into which the authority shall have entered in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter. Any such action shall be upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall in its discretion from time to time determine.

B. The terms and conditions of any mortgage or other instrument granting or consenting to a security interest in property of a local housing authority may include any and all provisions that are deemed necessary by the authority. Such terms and conditions may, among other things, contain a power of sale or right of foreclosure in the event of nonpayment of other default thereunder; notwithstanding the foregoing, no guarantee of indebtedness or security interest given by a local housing authority in connection with acquiring or modernizing any development shall unreasonably jeopardize the financial well-being of the authority as a whole, or unreasonably expose to foreclosure, levy, or other loss any property of the authority other than the development acquired or modernized with funds derived from the indebtedness that is so guaranteed or secured.

C. The authority shall not provide a guarantee that is backed by the full faith and credit of the authority or its assets in general.

D. All actions taken by a local housing authority authorized in this Section shall be consistent with the requirements of R.S. 40:489 and shall comply with the requirements of R.S. 40:488, where such requirements are applicable.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.