# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 7. Assisted Housing Preservation Act

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 7-105

A property qualifies as an assisted project if:

(1) it is a building or buildings under common ownership containing 10 or more dwelling units intended to be leased to assisted households for occupancy as their primary residences; and

(2)

  (i) a loan financing the property is insured or assisted under Sec. 221(d)(3), Sec. 202, or Sec. 236(a) or (b) of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. Sec. 1701q, Sec. 1715l(d)(3), or Sec. 1715z-1, or Sec. 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1485; or

  (ii) the project, the owner of the project, or a lender to the project receives project-based Sec. 8 rental assistance.

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