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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-215" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Community Development Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration shall administer a home buyer assistance program that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>assists home buyers to receive low–interest mortgage loans, with down payment and closing cost assistance options, for the purchase of homes near their place of employment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>coordinates with, and matches where appropriate, similar programs offered by private employers and county and municipal governments so as to maximize the total amount that home buyers can receive under the program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>With reference to loans under this program, the Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>allow home buyers to utilize the loans for the purchase of newly constructed or existing homes; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>require a home purchased under this program to be occupied by the home buyer as a principal residence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Administration shall facilitate the marketing of the program with private employers and county and municipal governments, and, where appropriate, other units of State government and nonprofit organizations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Administration shall adopt regulations to implement the program established under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Department shall report to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the program established under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
