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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-916" 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 Department may make Program loans for housing on terms that the Department considers necessary to make the housing affordable to families of limited income.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department may make Program loans in the form of a grant to a family of limited income if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the family of limited income owns and occupies the dwelling; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Department determines the family of limited income cannot undertake the rehabilitation project without a grant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The terms may include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>deferred payment of principal and interest until the maturity date or the date of any sale or other transfer of the building or an interest in the building;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an interest rate as low as 0% or as high as is reasonable, given the incomes of the proposed occupants, if the interest rate does not violate any federal regulation governing the borrowing of money by the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>increased interest rates or accelerated payments of principal and interest, if the borrower no longer qualifies for the Program loan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>advance payments to a nonprofit sponsor for certain development costs, including architectural, engineering, and attorneys’ fees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within the maximum income limits for families of limited income, the Secretary may establish:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>lower income ranges;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>interest rates to be available on Program loans serving occupants with incomes within those lower ranges; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any preference or reservation of money for applications for Program loans to finance housing to serve occupants in those lower income ranges.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
