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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-930" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Radon and Asbestos Abatement Pilot Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>operate the Radon and Asbestos Abatement Pilot Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make loans for rehabilitation projects for radon and asbestos abatement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The terms of loans shall meet the requirements under §§ 4-917 through 4-919 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To qualify for a loan, an applicant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>own a building in need of radon or asbestos abatement:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>that is otherwise structurally sound; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for which the applicant provides a commitment from a lender to finance improvements to make the building structurally sound; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make a proposal to the Department for treatment that complies with the requirements and procedures of the Department of the Environment for radon or asbestos abatement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the requirements in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the applicant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>live in the building and be a family of limited income;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>agree to rent at least two-thirds of the dwellings in the building to families of limited income; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>agree to provide congregate or group housing or temporary shelters to families of limited income.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
