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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-238" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Community Development Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>New mortgage loans that the Administration purchases shall be loans to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>families of limited income;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sponsors of community development projects; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>homeowners:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>with primary residences located in sustainable communities;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>who refinance a residential mortgage loan made by the Department or Administration; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>who use the loan proceeds to:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>purchase the homeowner’s primary residence and make payments on the homeowner’s student loan debt; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>purchase 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>A commitment that the Administration makes to purchase new mortgage loans shall specify:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the interest rate on loans eligible for purchase, which may not exceed the prevailing interest rate on comparable mortgage loans available in the State, independent of public assistance or purchase; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the numbers or volumes of loans under the commitment to be made in specific geographic areas.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For any residential mortgage loans to be used to acquire homes for families of limited income, the commitment shall be limited to loans of a specified amount per dwelling unit, based on the current average sale price of new homes in the area, as determined by the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A commitment that the Administration makes to purchase existing mortgages shall require that the proceeds of the purchase be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reinvested, within specified time limits, in new mortgage loans to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>families of limited income; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sponsors of community development projects; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>invested in short-term obligations pending the purchase or making of the mortgages.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
