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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-811" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Maryland Home Financing Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To qualify for an emergency assistance loan made under § 4-804(4) of this subtitle, an applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be unable to keep payments current on the applicant’s home mortgage because of unforeseeable adverse personal or economic circumstances;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall be at risk of forfeiting title to the applicant’s home; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>reasonably may be expected to resume regular mortgage payments within 24 months after the first mortgage assistance payment is provided.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For an emergency assistance loan under § 4-804(4) of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Department shall consider the amount of equity in the property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the loan may not exceed an amount equal to 36 payments of principal and interest on all superior liens, plus:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>late fees;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>taxes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>insurance payments; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>other payments needed for the loan to be current.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
