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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-901" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Cooperative housing corporation” has the meaning stated in § 5–6B–01 of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Cooperative interest” has the meaning stated in § 5–6B–01 of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Family of limited income” means a family or individual whose income does not exceed the limits that the Secretary establishes under § 4–915 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Family of limited income” includes a trust described in 42 U.S.C. § 1396p(d)(4), or a trust established for the benefit of an individual with a disability by an individual other than the beneficiary and that is funded with assets that were never owned or controlled by the beneficiary, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the income of the trust does not exceed the upper income limits established by the Secretary under § 4–915 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the beneficiary of the trust is an individual who resides in the residential building owned by the trust.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Local rehabilitation program” means a rehabilitation program that uses Program loans and is administered by a political subdivision or a nonprofit sponsor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Member” has the meaning stated in § 5–6B–01 of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Minimum livability code” means a regulation, statute, or ordinance that establishes minimum property maintenance standards that the State or a political subdivision adopts under § 12–203 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Nonprofit sponsor” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a nonprofit organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a political subdivision; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a limited partnership formed to undertake a rehabilitation project that is eligible wholly or partly for federal programs or incentives, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each general partner is a nonprofit organization or a political subdivision; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>each general partner is a wholly owned subsidiary of a nonprofit organization or political subdivision; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a nonprofit organization or political subdivision manages the rehabilitation project or will receive net cash flow or the residual sale proceeds on the sale of the rehabilitation project.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Program” means the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Program loan” means a loan or grant under the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program or a special loan program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Regular Rehabilitation Program” means the Program when used to fund a loan for a single family project.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Rehabilitation project” means a project to repair, reconstruct, renovate, redevelop, improve, modify, or add to a building for a purpose listed in § 4–923 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Rehabilitation project” includes providing utility submetering for dwellings in a residential rental building.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Special loan program” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Accessory, Shared, and Sheltered Housing Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Indoor Plumbing Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Lead Paint Abatement Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Migratory Worker Housing Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Radon and Asbestos Abatement Pilot Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Accessible Homes for Senior Homeowners Grant Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Special Rehabilitation Program” means the Program when used to fund a loan under a special loan program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Sponsor” means an owner who receives a loan to rehabilitate a building for residential rental purposes or nonresidential purposes.</text>
  </level>
</section>
