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Household Finance Corporation
Household Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust 1996-2
Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed
Certificates - Series 1996-2
P & S Agreement Date: November 1, 1996
Original Settlement Date: November 26, 1996
Series Number of Class A-1 Certification: 441919AK3
Original Sale Balance: $776,373,000
Servicer Certificate (Page 1 of 3)
Distribution Date: 05/22/2000
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Investor Certificateholder Floating Allocation 92.42%
Percentage
Investor Certificateholder Fixed Allocation 97.32%
Percentage
Aggregate Amount of Collections 10,676,507.51
Aggregate Amount of Interest Collections 3,038,739.12
Aggregate Amount of Principal Collections 7,637,768.39
Class A Interest Collections 2,808,327.14
Class A Principal Collections 7,240,913.58
Seller Interest Collections 230,411.98
Seller Principal Collections 396,854.81
Weighted Average Loan Rate 13.66%
Net Loan Rate 12.66%
Weighted Average Maximum Loan Rate 18.90%
Class A-1 Certificate Rate 6.2700%
Maximum Investor Certificate Rate 12.6554%
Class A-1 Certificate Interest Distributed 1,268,720.01
Class A-1 Investor Certificate Interest 0.00
Shortfall before Draw
Unpaid Class A-1 Certificate Interest Shortfall 0.00
Received
Unpaid Class A-1 Certificate Interest Shortfall 0.00
Remaining
Unpaid Class A-1 Carryover Interest Amount 0.00
Maximum Principal Dist. Amount (MPDA) 7,432,938.72
Alternative Principal Dist. Amount (APDA) 7,240,913.58
Rapid Amortization Period? (Y=1, N=0) 0.00
Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount (SPDA) 7,240,913.58
Principal allocable to Class A-1 7,240,913.58
SPDA deposited to Funding Account 0.00
Subsequent Funding Mortgage Loans Purchased in 0.00
Period
Cumulative Subsequent Funding Mortgage Loans 135,722,113.20
Purchased
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Accelerated Principal Distribution Amount 0.00
APDA allocable to Class A-1 0.00
Reimbursement to Credit Enhancer 0.00
Spread Trigger hit? No
Loss Trigger hit? No
Reduction in Certificate Principal Balance
due to Current Class A-1 Liquidation Loss 329,790.58
Amount
Cumulative Investor Liquidation Loss Amount 329,790.58
Total Principal allocable to A-1 7,570,704.16
Beginning Class A-1 Certificate Principal 227,641,150.75
Balance
Ending Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance 220,070,446.59
Pool Factor (PF) 0.2834597
Servicer Certificate (Page 2 of 3)
Distribution Date: 05/22/2000
Retransfer Deposit Amount (non 2.07 transfers) 0.00
Servicing Fees Distributed 193,018.80
Beg. Accrued and Unpaid Inv. Servicing Fees 0.00
Accrued and Unpaid Inv. Servicing Fees Recv'd 0.00
End. Accrued and Unpaid Inv. Servicing Fees 0.00
Number of Mortgage Loans Retransferred pursuant 0
to 2.07
Cumulative Number of Mortgage Loans 0
Retransferred pursuant to 2.07
Mortgage Loans Retransferred pursuant to 2.07 0.00
($)
Cumulative Mortgage Loans Retransferred 0.00
pursuant to 2.07 ($)
Aggregate Investor Liquidation Loss Amount 329,790.58
Investor Loss Reduction Amount 0.00
Beginning Pool Balance 250,626,256.17
Ending Pool Balance 243,027,869.52
Beginning Invested Amount 231,622,554.75
Ending Invested Amount 224,051,850.59
Beginning Seller Principal Balance 19,003,701.42
Ending Seller Principal Balance 18,976,018.93
Additional Balances 396,854.81
Beginning Funding Account Balance 0.00
Ending Funding Account Balance 0.00
Ending Funding Account Balance % (before any 0.00%
purchase of Subsequent Loans or release to
Certs.)
Ending Funding Account Balance % (after 0.00%
purchase of Subsequent Loans or release to
Certs.)
Principal Balance of Subsequent Funding Loans $0.00
Purchased in Period
Principal Collections to purchase Additional $0.00
Balances and/or paid to Cert.
Investment Earnings on Funding Account $0.00
Excess Funding Amount $0.00
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Beginning Spread Account Balance 2,786,983.00
Ending Spread Account Balance 2,786,983.00
Beginning Seller Interest 7.58%
Ending Seller's Interest 7.81%
Delinquency & REO Status
30 - 59 days (Del Stat 3)
No. of Accounts
Trust Balance 587
60 - 89 days (Del Stat 4) 20,150,230.09
No. of Accounts 162
Trust Balance 4,777,654.73
90+ (Del Stat 5+)
No. of Accounts 250
Trust Balance 7,193,191.51
REO
No. of Accounts 41
Trust Balance 1,250,016.14
Rapid Amortization Event ? No
Failure to make payment within 5 Business No
Days of Required Date ?
Failure to perform covenant relating to No
Trust's Security Interest ?
Failure to perform other covenants as No
described in the Agreement ?
Breach of Representation or Warranty ? No
Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Receivership No
relating to Seller ?
Subject to Investment Company Act of 1940 No
Regulation ?
Servicing Termination ? No
Aggregate of Credit Enhancement Draw Amounts No
exceed 1% of the Cut-off Balance and Pre-Funded
Amount
Servicer Certificate (Page 3 of 3)
Distribution Date: 05/22/2000
Event of Default ? No
Failure by Servicer to make payment within 5 No
Bus. Days of Required Date ?
Failure by Servicer to perform covenant No
relating to Trust's Security Interest ?
Failure by Servicer to perform other No
covenants as described in the Agreement?
Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Receivership No
relating to Master Servicer ?
Trigger Event ? No
Policy Fee Distributed to Credit Enhancer (Paid N/A
directly from HFC)
Premium Distributed to Credit Enhancer 0.00
Amount Distributed to Seller 627,266.79
Master Servicer Credit Facility Amount 0.00
Guaranteed Principal Distribution Amount 0.00
Credit Enhancement Draw Amount 0.00
Spread Account Draw Amount 0.00
Capitalized Interest Account Draw 0.00
Amount re-imbursed to Credit Enhancer 0.00
(5.01(a)(vi))
Amount paid to Trustee 0.00
Cumulative Draw under Policy 0.00
Net Yield 5.27%
Total Available Funds
Aggregate Amount of Collections 10,676,507.51
Deposit for principal not used to purchase 0.00
subsequent loans
Interest Earnings on the Funding Account 0.00
Total 10,676,507.51
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Application of Available Funds
Servicing Fee 193,018.80
Prinicpal and Interest to Class A-1 8,839,424.17
Seller's portion of Principal and Interest 627,266.79
Funds deposited into Funding Account (Net) 0.00
Funds deposited into Spread Account 0.00
Excess funds released to Seller 1,016,797.75
Total 10,676,507.51
OFFICERS'S CERTIFICATE
All computations reflected in this Servicer
Certificate were
made in conformity with the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
The attached Servicing Certificate is true and
correct in all
material respects.
A Servicing Officer
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Statement to Certificateholders (Page 1 of 2)
Distribution Date: 05/22/2000
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INVESTOR CERTIFICATES DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY (PER
$1000)
Class A Certificateholder Floating Allocation 92.4175%
Percentage
Class A Certificateholder Fixed Allocation 97.3182%
Percentage
Beginning Class A-1 Certificate Balance 227,641,150.75
Class A-1 Certificate Rate 6.270000%
Class A-1 Certificate Interest Distributed 1.634163
Class A-1 Certificate Interest Shortfall 0.000000
Distributed
Remaining Unpaid Class A-1 Certificate Interest 0.000000
Shortfall
Rapid Amortization Event ? No
Class A-1 Certificate Principal Distributed 9.751375
Maximum Principal Distribution Amount 9.573927
Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount 9.326591
(SPDA)
Accelerated Principal Distribution Amount 0.000000
Aggregate Investor Liquidation Loss Amount 0.424784
Distributed
Total Amount Distributed to Certificateholders 11.385538
Principal Collections deposited into Funding 0.00
Account
Ending Funding Account Balance 0.00
Ending Class A-1 Certificate Balance 220,070,446.59
Class A-1 Factor 0.2834597
Pool Factor (PF) 0.2834597
Unreimbursed Liquidation Loss Amount $0
Accrued Interest on Unreimbursed Liquidation $0
Loss Amount
Accrued & Unpaid Interest on Unreimbursed $0
Liquidation Loss Amount
Class A Servicing Fee 193,018.80
Beginning Invested Amount 231,622,554.75
Ending Invested Amount 224,051,850.59
Beginning Pool Balance 250,626,256.17
Ending Pool Balance 243,027,869.52
Spread Account Draw Amount 0.00
Credit Enhancement Draw Amount 0.00
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Statement to Certificateholders (Page 2 of 2)
Distribution Date: 05/22/2000
DELINQUENCY & REO STATUS
30 - 59 days (Del Stat 3)
No. of Accounts 587
Trust Balance 20,150,230.09
60 - 89 days (Del Stat 4)
No. of Accounts 162
Trust Balance 4,777,654.73
90+ (Del Stat 5+)
No. of Accounts 250
Trust Balance 7,193,191.51
REO
No. of Accounts 41
Trust Balance 1,250,016.14
Aggregate Liquidation Loss Amount for 356,848.57
Liquidated Loans
Class A-1 Certificate Rate for Next To be updated
Distribution Date
Amount of any Draws on the Policy 0.00
Subsequent Mortgage Loans
No. of Accounts 0.00
Trust Balance 0.00
Cumulative No. of Accounts 4,332.00
Cumulative Trust Balance 135,722,113.20
Retransferred Mortgage Loans pursuant to 2.07
Number of Mortgage Loans Retransferred 0
pursuant to 2.07
Cumulative Number of Mortgage Loans 0
Retransferred pursuant to 2.07
Mortgage Loans Retransferred pursuant to 0.00
2.07 ($)
Cumulative Mortgage Loans Retransferred 0.00
pursuant to 2.07 ($)
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