# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 4. Division of Development Finance

### Subtitle 12. Partnership Rental Housing Program

#### Section 4-1206

A household qualifies as a household of lower income:

(1) for initial occupancy, if the gross annual income of the household does not exceed:

  (i) 50% of the statewide median income for a household of like size; or

  (ii) a lower income level that the Secretary establishes for a particular partnership project or for a unit of partnership rental housing to be occupied by one or more individuals with disabilities or special needs; and

(2) for continuing occupancy, if the gross annual income for the household does not exceed the greater of:

  (i) an income level that the Secretary establishes; and

  (ii) an applicable federal requirement.

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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)