11-11-9. Costs covered by chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "housing development costs" means the sum total of all costs incurred in the development of a housing development or housing project which are approved by the authority as reasonable and necessary and which costs shall include, but are not necessarily limited to:

(1) Cost of land acquisition and any buildings thereon, including payments for options, deposits, or contracts to purchase properties on the proposed housing project or housing development site or payments for the purchase of such properties;

(2) Cost of site preparation, demolition, and development;

(3) Architectural, engineering, legal, accounting, authority, and other fees paid or payable in connection with the planning, execution, and financing of the housing development and the finding of an eligible mortgagee or mortgagees for such housing development;

(4) Costs of necessary studies, surveys, plans, and permits;

(5) Insurance, interest, financing, tax, and assessment costs and other operating and carrying costs during construction;

(6) Cost of construction, rehabilitation, reconstruction, fixtures, furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, and similar facilities related to the real property;

(7) Cost of land improvements, including without limitation, landscaping and offsite improvements, whether or not such costs have been paid in cash or in a form other than cash;

(8) Necessary expenses in connection with initial occupancy of the housing development or housing project;

(9) A reasonable profit and risk fee in addition to job overhead to the general contractor and if applicable, to a limited profit or limited dividend housing sponsor;

(10) An allowance established by the authority for working capital and contingency reserves, and reserves for any anticipated operating deficits during the first two years of occupancy; and

(11) The cost of such other items, including tenant relocation, as the authority shall determine to be reasonable and necessary for the development of the housing development or housing project, less any and all net rents and other net revenues received from the operation of the real and personal property on the development site during construction.Source: SL 1973, ch 180, § 2 (7); SDCL Supp, § 28-19-9.