Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026)

12 U.S.C. § 1701l–1

Mortgage proceeds fraudulently misappropriated by mortgagor; recovery of deficiency after foreclosure

Section text and notes

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take action to secure the payment of any deficiency after foreclosure on a mortgage insured or assisted under Federal law where the Secretary has reason to believe that the mortgage proceeds have been fraudulently misappropriated by the mortgagor.

Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 81988 Stat. 740 (, , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.