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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-915" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall set upper limits on the income that a family or individual may have to qualify as a family of limited income.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In setting the limits, the Secretary shall consider factors that include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the portion of the total family income available for housing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the size of the family;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the cost and condition of available housing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the ability of the family to compete successfully in the private housing market; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>relevant standards and definitions established for federal and State housing programs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary may waive income limits for a borrower or occupant seeking a Program loan to rehabilitate a building that the State historical preservation officer finds historically or architecturally significant.</text>
  </level>
</section>
