# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 4. Division of Development Finance

### Subtitle 7. Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Loan Program

#### Section 4-704

(a) The Department may establish:

  (1) loan fees and charges;

  (2) maximum loan or grant amounts for lead hazard reduction activities; and

  (3) guidelines that give financing priority to lead hazard reduction activities that include replacing windows containing lead-based paint on friction surfaces.

(b)

  (1) On application of a political subdivision, the Department may provide money from the Fund allocated to the Grant Program or the Loan Program to the political subdivision to make a grant or loan, on behalf of the Department, to an eligible owner of residential property or a child care center in the political subdivision.

  (2) The Department may limit the amount of money that a political subdivision may request under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

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