The authority may institute any action or proceeding against any housing sponsor or persons and families receiving a loan pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or owning any housing development or housing project pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any court of competent jurisdiction in order to enforce the provisions of this chapter or the terms and provisions of any agreement or contract between the authority and such recipients of loans under the provisions of this chapter, or to foreclose its mortgage, or to protect the public interest, the occupants of the housing development, or the stockholders or creditors of such sponsor.
SDCL 11-11-137