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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-237" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Community Development Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>purchase or commit to purchase, from a mortgage lender that is eligible under § 4–236 of this subtitle, a note, mortgage, or partial interest in a note or mortgage that evidences:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a residential mortgage loan to a family of limited income;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a mortgage loan to a sponsor of a community development project or a public purpose project;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a residential mortgage loan to a homeowner for the purchase or rehabilitation of the homeowner’s primary residence if the primary residence is located in a sustainable community;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a residential mortgage loan for the refinancing of a residential mortgage loan made by the Department or Administration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a residential mortgage loan to a homeowner for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>purchasing the homeowner’s primary residence and making payments on the homeowner’s student loan debt; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>purchasing the homeowner’s primary residence in conjunction with the homeowner obtaining separate financial assistance from the Administration for making payments on the homeowner’s student loan debt;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make a loan to an eligible mortgage lender in accordance with this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>finance, with proceeds of its revenue bonds or notes, all or part of a mortgage purchase program or a loan to a mortgage lenders program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>take any action necessary or convenient to carry out this subsection, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>settling or compromising an obligation or debt to the Administration, subject to any agreement with bondholders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>acquiring an interest in real or personal property by gift, purchase, foreclosure, or otherwise, and selling or otherwise disposing of the property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>obtaining insurance against loss in connection with its property and other assets, including mortgage loans, in the amount and from the insurer that the Administration considers desirable;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>contracting for servicing of a mortgage loan or an interest in a mortgage loan that the Administration holds or takes as collateral; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>making a contract or commitment that relates to the exercise of any of the powers listed in this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administration may adopt regulations or program directives, as appropriate, to carry out this section, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>procedures to submit requests for the purchase or sale of mortgage loans or for loans to the eligible mortgage lenders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>restrictions as to the number of family units, locations, or other qualifications or characteristics of dwellings to be financed by residential mortgage loans;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>restrictions as to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the interest rates on loans made from the proceeds of purchases of mortgage loans or from the proceeds of loans to eligible mortgage lenders; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>returns realized by eligible mortgage lenders;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>restrictions on maturities and other terms of loans made from the proceeds of purchases of mortgage loans or from the proceeds of loans to eligible mortgage lenders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>requirements as to the application by eligible mortgage lenders of the proceeds of the purchases or loans;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>schedules of fees and charges necessary to provide for expenses and reserves of the Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>standards for allocating money among areas of the State and among eligible mortgage lenders; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>provisions on warranties, representations, certifications, rights of inspection and audit, program sanctions, and other methods of ensuring compliance with the terms of purchase commitments and loans.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
