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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-919" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall establish standards to promote the maximum use of private financing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a portion of a rehabilitation project is to be financed by a private lending institution, the Department shall require that the sponsor use all the private financing that the rehabilitation project can support without impairing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the rehabilitation project; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>affordable housing for families of limited income, if the rehabilitation project is residential.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>As long as the State complies with all applicable federal treasury regulations governing borrowing money by the State, a Program loan shall be at an interest rate that at least covers:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the administrative and other expenses of the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>reasonably expected losses from defaults on Program loans.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
