# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 6. Division of Neighborhood Revitalization

### Subtitle 5. Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative Program

#### Section 6-506

(a) The Department shall:

  (1) review each application submitted under Sec. 6-505 of this subtitle and may request additional information from the applicant;

  (2) accept public input on each application; and

  (3) consider the recommendation of any State unit.

(b)

  (1) The Department may not approve an application until the Department has provided written notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the political subdivision where the proposed community enhancement project is located.

  (2) If the application affects a neighborhood entirely within a municipal corporation, the Department must provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the municipal corporation and not the surrounding county.

  (3) If an application affects a neighborhood within more than one political subdivision, the Department must provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to each political subdivision.

(c) The Secretary shall award financial assistance to an applicant:

  (1) in the amount and of the type that the Secretary determines; and

  (2) under the terms of a Program agreement.

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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)