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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 05.03.03.04" title_num="05" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="03" heading="Eligible Residences.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An eligible residence:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall be the primary residence of the borrower;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall be a single family dwelling unit located in the State, including a townhouse or condominium;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Shall be real property owned by the borrower in fee simple or under a freely transferable, perpetually renewable, ground lease which permits the lessee to transfer the leasehold interest without the consent of the lessor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>May not be a cooperative or mobile home, which is treated as personalty for the purposes of establishing a security interest.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A manufactured housing unit may be an eligible residence if it:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is intended for residential use by a single household;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is a multisectional structure fabricated after June 14, 1976, in an off-site manufacturing facility for installation or assembly at the building site;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Is not less than 24 feet in width and 40 feet in length;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Is installed permanently on an engineered foundation in conformance with the BOCA National Building Code (1987), which is incorporated by reference under COMAR 05.02.02,and is not independently capable of movement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Has brick, wood, aluminum, or cosmetically equivalent exterior siding and a pitched composition shingle or wood shake roof;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Is certified by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as a manufactured home in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, or by the Department as an industrialized building in accordance with Public Safety Article, §12-308, Annotated Code of Maryland, and complies with all requirements set forth in COMAR 05.02.04;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Is installed on real property the borrower owns in fee simple or under a freely transferable ground rent lease, and the legal title to the improvements runs with the real property;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Meets all applicable zoning requirements as to number of dwelling units, lot size, and building setbacks; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Is reasonably expected to have an economic life equal to or greater than the term of the mortgage.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An eligible residence may not be encumbered by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>More than two other mortgage liens which collectively may secure a remaining mortgage debt of not more than 95 percent of the current value of the eligible residence, as determined by the Program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A mortgage lien that secures a line of credit loan; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other liens, including a tax lien.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>