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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-911" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To ensure that all areas of the State are served, the Department shall allocate at least annually among the counties the money appropriated for making Program loans under the Regular Rehabilitation Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When allocating money to a county, the Department shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the number of families of limited income in the county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the need to rehabilitate buildings in the county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the capability of the county to administer a local rehabilitation program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>other standards that the Department considers relevant to ensure fair and equitable distribution of money among counties.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>allocate on a countywide basis first and then make suballocations among participating municipal corporations and nonprofit sponsors within counties;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>allocate up to 25% of the total money available in the Special Loan Programs Fund to a reserve; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>from time to time, reallocate the money held in the reserve.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
