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GENERAL AND No LITIGATION CERTIFICATE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE We hereby certify that we are duly elected or appointed and acting officers of the City of La forte, Texas (the "City"). We do hereby further certify that; I. This Certificate is for the benefit of the Attorney General of the State of Texas (the "Attorney General") and all persons interested in the validity of the proceedings of The Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation (the "Corporation ") related to the issuance by the Corporation of its multifamily housing revenue bonds entitled "The Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (The Portofino)" issued in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000 (the "Bonds "). 2. The City Council (the "Governing Body") of the City authorized the membership of the City in the Corporation, a joint housing finance corporation created pursuant to the Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act, Chapter 394, Local Government Code, as amended (the "Act"), and approved the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation (and all amendments thereto). 3. The City has appointed Betty Moore to act as a member of the board of directors of the Corporation. The individual is a resident of a city or county which is a member of the Corporation. 4. The Governing Body has taken no action pursuant to the Act, including Section 394.016(c) thereof, or otherwise, to limit the effectiveness of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the Bonds or in any way affecting the proceedings relating to the issuance of the Bonds. 5. The Governing Body has not created any other Corporation that currently has the power to make home mortgages or loans to lending institutions, the proceeds of which are to be used to make home mortgage or loans on residential developments. 6. No litigation is pending, or to our knowledge threatened, in any court in any way affecting the existence of the Corporation or seeking to restrain or to enjoin the issuance, sale or delivery of the Bonds, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity or enforceability of the Bonds or the financing documents to which the Corporation is a party, or contesting in any way the completeness or accuracy of any disclosure document prepared in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, or contesting the powers of the Corporation or its authority with respect to the financing documents to which it is party. 7. Each of the undersigned officers of the City hereby certifies that he or she is the duly elected or appointed incumbent of the office appearing below his or her signature and that the signature of the other officer appearing below is the true and correct signature of such person. 8. The Attorney General of the State of Texas is hereby authorized and directed to date this certificate concurrently with the date of his approval of the Bonds and this Certificate shall be