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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-1004" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Neighborhood Housing Services Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To be eligible for a grant under this subtitle, a neighborhood corporation or umbrella corporation shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submit a timely application in the form that the Secretary prescribes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>create a board of directors composed of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a member of the General Assembly;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>neighborhood residents;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>representatives of local financial institutions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>representatives of local political subdivisions, if not inconsistent with local law;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>be authorized to establish and administer a revolving loan fund by lending money at flexible rates and terms to neighborhood homeowners who cannot obtain mortgage financing on reasonable terms through normal lending channels to preserve or revitalize neighborhoods and encourage homeownership; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>be authorized to establish and administer, in cooperation with appropriate officials of the political subdivision, a housing program to bring neighborhood dwellings to acceptable levels of health and safety.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary or the Secretary’s designee shall be a voting member of each neighborhood corporation receiving grants from the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An application for a grant under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a description of the boundaries of the area that the neighborhood corporation or Program serves;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>certification that the applicant is registered with the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>certification of incorporation under State law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>certification of receipt of a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the applicant is exempt from federal income taxation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>certification that the portion of the applicant’s annual operating budget that will not be covered by the grant sought has been provided exclusively from political subdivisions or private sources; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>any other information that the Secretary requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
