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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="6-307" title_number="6" title_name="Division of Neighborhood Revitalization" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Neighborhood Business Development Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Financial assistance under the Business Development Program shall be on the terms that the Department considers necessary to make the project financially feasible.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Financial assistance under the Business Development Program may be used for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a part of the development costs of a project;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the development costs, working capital, or business expenses of a microenterprise project; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in accordance with § 6–308.3 of this subtitle, small loans for food desert projects.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may require that financial assistance under the Business Development Program be secured by a mortgage or other security instrument, which may be subordinate to other security interests.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department may modify the interest rate, the time or amount of payment, or any other term of a grant or loan to facilitate the successful completion or operation of a project.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Department may contract for services related to the Business Development Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
