RD 1980-12 Master Interest Assistance & Shared Equity Agreement wit

Form RD 1980-12
(Rev. 5-95)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Houseing Service

FORM APPROVED
OMB NO. 0575-0078

MASTER INTEREST ASSISTANCE AND SHARED EQUITY AGREEMENT WITH
PROMISSORY NOTE
State _____________________________________________
County ___________________________________________
Case No.__________________________________________

Date _____________________________________________
Date of Loan Note ____________________________________

Amount of Loan Note ______________________________

Date of Mortgage _____________________________________

Amount of Mortgage _______________________________

Date of Assumption ___________________________________

Maximum Amount of Interest
Assistance Per Year ________________________________

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (whether one or more persons, called “Borrower”) jointly and severally promised
to pay to the order of the United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service (RHS), United States Department of
Agriculture, (called the “Government”), all or a portion of the interest assistance paid on behalf of the Borrower, as calculated under
regulations in force on the date of payment, when the loan is settled or the Borrower ceases to occupy the property as his/her primary
residence.
Presentment, protest and notice are waived.
1.

This master agreement between the Government and Borrower, supplements the Promissory Note between ______________
(called Lender) and ____________________ Borrower(s). This agreement provides a mechanism for the granting of interest
assistance by the Government to the Borrower and for the shared equity of all or part of that assistance. The term assistance,
as used in this master agreement, means interest assistance payment.

2.

In consideration of the Lender’s making a RHS guaranteed loan to the Borrower(s), RHS agrees that it will supplement the
Borrower’s payments to the Lender in accordance with a subject to the conditions and requirements of this agreement.

3.

The Borrower’s annual household income at the time of excecution of this agreement is $_________________and represents
__________ percent of the area median income.

4.

The Borrower will remain eligible for interest assistance as long as the Borrrower continues to occupy the dwelling as his or
her primary residence and the RHS guaranteed loan remains unpaid except as otherwise provided in this document.

5.

The Government will provide interest assistance not to exceed $ _____ per month, as determined using the tables contained in
Exhibit D to 7 CFR Part 1980 Subpart D (available in any RHS office). The actual assistance will be based on the Borrower’s
household income and eligibility for assistance at the time of the annual review. Interest assistance funds will be paid directly
to the Lender, at the address specified by the Lender, on behalf of the Borrower, and must be applied to the Borrower’s loan
note installment.

6.

Original equity consists of the actual contribution by the Borrower and reduces the amount of the loan below the market value
of the property. The contribution may be in the form of cash and/or value of the lot if the home was constructed on theBorrower’s
property. The amount contributed by the Borrower for this agreement is $ _________ and represents ________ percent of the
market vallue of the security.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB
control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0575-0078. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1 hour per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

7.

The Borrower agrees to report any increase in income that amounts to $100 per month or more over the amount used in the
most current Annual Interest Assistance Agreement. The Borrower may report decreases in income which may affect eligibility
for assistance. Based on this information, the Government may adjust the assistance amount if the assistance required is at
least $20 or in accordance with floor rate as provided in Exhibit D.

8.

The Lender and the Government will enter into an Annual Interest Assistance Agreement for each period the Borrower is
entitled to receive interest assistance during the life of this master agreement.

9.

In the event of an overpayment of assistance, the Government reserves the right to collect overpayments from the Borrower
or the Lender or offset the overpayment by reducing future assistance payments at its option. Overpayment amounts may be
added to the shared equity amount at the Government’s option if not collected by other means.

10.

Underpayments of assistance by the Government will be paid in a lump sum to lender. Overpayments made by the Borrower
as a result of underpayments by the Government must be refunded to the Borrower by the Lender unless an agreement to apply
the payments to the loan is reached by the Borrower and the Lender.

11.

The Borrower agrees that the real property described in the mortgage listed above is pledged as security for repayment of the
assistance received or to the be received.

12.

The Lender agrees to provide for completion of the Annual Interest Assistance Agreements for submission RHS. This include
obtaining the necessary information and verifications of income and other information for calculation of the Annual Interest
Assistance Agreement.

13.

The Lender is not responsible for monitoring the Borrower’s income but will promptly provide information to RHS when
the Borrower reports a change in income.

14.

The Lender will not declare an account to be in default or otherwise penalize the Borrower because interest assistance
payments due from the Government have not been paid.

I have read and agree to the provisions of this agreement.

_______________________________________________
Borrower

____________________________________________________
Co-Borrower

Acknowledged

Accepted and Agreed to

By: _____________________________________________
Lender

By: ________________________________________________
Rural Housing Service (RHS)