# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 4. Division of Development Finance

### Subtitle 19. Disaster Relief Housing Program

#### Section 4-1902

(a) The purpose of the Program is to provide financial assistance in an area covered by a state of emergency declared under Sec. 14-107 of the Public Safety Article or in a federally declared disaster area to rehabilitate or replace a primary residence to:

  (1) a family whose primary residence was damaged or destroyed by the disaster; and

  (2) a nonprofit entity that assists a family in rehabilitating and replacing a primary residence destroyed by the disaster.

(b) The Department may continue to provide financial assistance under this subtitle after the expiration of a state of emergency declared under Sec. 14-107 of the Public Safety Article.

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