§ 51527

(a) (1) The agency shall develop a borrower education program and disclosure statement designed to provide a borrower with sufficient information to understand the terms of a shared appreciation loan provided pursuant to this chapter.

(2) The disclosure statement required by this subdivision shall include the specific terms of the shared appreciation loan offered to the borrower.

(b) (1) Before making a shared appreciation loan, a participating lender shall provide a borrower with information to access the borrower education program and disclosure statement developed pursuant to subdivision (a).

(2) A participating lender shall require the borrower to acknowledge the receipt of the disclosure statement developed pursuant to subdivision (a) before closing the loan.

(c) (1) The agency may use program funds to design and implement an ongoing borrower outreach program that provides regular disclosures or loan counseling services to a borrower while the borrower has a shared appreciation loan outstanding.

(2) The purpose of the ongoing borrower outreach program authorized by this subdivision shall be to encourage a borrower to satisfy the shared appreciation loan in a manner that is in the best interest of the borrower.

(d) (1) The agency may meet its obligations under this section by partnering or contracting with housing counselors, community organizations with expertise in housing and mortgage finance, or any other person with expertise in housing or mortgage finance.

(2) In exercising its authority under this subdivision, the agency shall take reasonable efforts to ensure that any person or organization that assists the agency in meeting the agency’s obligations under this section is free of any conflicts of interests.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 43. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)