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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="7-214" title_number="7" title_name="Assisted Housing Preservation Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Protected Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies if a protected action affects a unit occupied by a designated household that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is current in its rent and has not violated any other material term of the lease;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>within 60 days after the giving of the notice of intent, provides the owner with written notice showing that the household qualifies as a designated household and stating that the household is applying for an extended lease under this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>executes the extended lease form delivered in accordance with § 7-216(a)(2) of this subtitle and returns it to the owner within 60 days after the giving of the notice of intent.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except for a protected action under § 7-102(a)(3) of this title, an owner may not take a protected action that affects a unit in an assisted project occupied by a designated household without offering to the designated household an extended lease for at least 3 years beginning on the day of the giving of the notice of intent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner shall set aside at least 20% of the assisted units in an assisted project for designated households to receive extended leases under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the number of assisted units occupied by designated households that meet the standards of subsection (a) of this section exceeds 20% of the assisted units, the owner shall allocate the available units:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>first to designated households with an individual described under § 7-213(1) of this subtitle with priority based on length of continuous residence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>then to designated households that do not contain such an individual but include a minor, based on length of continuous residence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
