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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="7-220" title_number="7" title_name="Assisted Housing Preservation Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Protected Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After notice and public hearing, a political subdivision may find that, because of a protected action, a low-income and moderate-income rental housing emergency exists in all or part of its jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The political subdivision shall make findings as to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the nature and incidence of protected actions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the resulting hardship to and displacement of tenants; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the scarcity of low-income and moderate-income rental housing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on finding that there is an emergency under this section, a political subdivision may enact a law, ordinance, or regulation to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>grant to a designated household a right to an extended lease for a period in addition to that granted under § 7-214 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>extend any other provision of this subtitle concerning extended leases.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A political subdivision may not require that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>more than 20% of assisted units in an assisted project be set aside for extended leases for designated households; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the term of an extended lease for any household made a designated household by the political subdivision exceed 3 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The political subdivision may require that the notice required under § 7-216(a)(3) of this subtitle be modified to disclose the effects of any actions taken under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Within 10 days after enacting a law, ordinance, or regulation in accordance with this section, a political subdivision shall send a copy to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Housing and Community Development.</text>
  </level>
</section>
