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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-914" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Department certifies a political subdivision or nonprofit sponsor as capable of administering a local rehabilitation program, the political subdivision or nonprofit sponsor may originate and administer Program loans under regulations of the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>By regulation, the Department shall establish standards for determining the capability of a political subdivision or nonprofit sponsor to administer a local rehabilitation program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The standards shall include provisions on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the size, training, and experience of the professional staff that would administer the Program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the capability of the professional staff to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>determine rehabilitation needs;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>establish rehabilitation programs;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>evaluate applications for Program loans; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>monitor Program loans and the rehabilitation work done with them.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Department determines that a political subdivision or nonprofit sponsor cannot or does not want to administer a local rehabilitation program, the Department may originate and administer Program loans from the allocation or suballocation to that political subdivision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>help train employees of political subdivisions and nonprofit sponsors to administer local rehabilitation programs under the standards that the Department sets; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide political subdivisions and nonprofit sponsors advice and technical assistance on the administration of their local rehabilitation programs, including loan packaging, contractor and bid selection, zoning, marketing, engineering, and related services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
