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Multifamily Loan Cap Increases by 25%

WASHINGTON, DC-The multifamily housing industry gets a boon as President Bush signs off on the 2002 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, which increases multifamily mortgage loan limits by 25%. Those in the industry express their approval of the President's and congressional leaders' action on the matter.

By Barbra Murray | Updated on November 30, 2001

WASHINGTON, DC-Federal Housing Administration (FHA) multifamily housing loan limits got an increase with the President’s signing of the 2002 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Appropriations bill. The legislation provides for a 25% increase in FHA multifamily mortgage loan limits, the first such increase in a decade.

Housing industry leaders applaud congressional efforts on the legislation that will help the vast number of families in need of affordable housing. “Mortgage bankers are ready to help build housing projects that will spur the US economy and provide decent, affordable housing,” says Michael F. Petrie, Mortgage Bankers Association of America Board of Directors member. At a Capitol Hill hearing on housing and community development needs, National Association of Homebuilders Executive Vice President Dave W. Curtis also commends the increase. “The limits, which remained at the level last set in 1992, made the program unworkable in many major urban areas,” he explains. However, Curtis expresses his organization’s disappointment that the 25% increase was not indexed to accommodate annual inflation rates.

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