Prior to financing a multiple-family dwelling project or transitional or congregate housing facility, the authority shall adopt, subject to prior approval by the Mortgage Finance Authority Act oversight committee, rules and regulations governing the purchase of project mortgage loans and the making of loans to finance project mortgage loans, which shall provide at least for the following:
A. procedures for the submission by mortgage lenders to the authority of: (1) offers to sell project mortgage loans; or B. standards for approving qualifications of sponsors and mortgage lenders; C. standards for determining minimum equity requirements for sponsors and acceptable debt-to-equity ratios for sponsors; D. methods for establishing uniform accounting systems for sponsors; E. standards for approving costs of such projects; and F. guidelines establishing reasonable geographic allocation procedures for project mortgage loans. 1978 Comp., § 58-18-8.1, enacted by Laws 1982, ch. 86, § 7; 1995, ch. 9, § 17.