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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 05.03.05.03" title_num="05" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="05" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Act” means Housing and Community Development Article, Title 4, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Borrower” means an applicant who receives a loan through the Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Closing costs” may include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Fees or premiums for title examination, title insurance, or similar expenses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Fees for preparation of a deed, settlement statement, or other documents;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Payments owed at the time of the loan closing for property taxes, hazard insurance premiums, or ground rent;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Fees for notarizing deeds and other documents;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Appraisal and survey fees;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Recordation taxes and fees;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Fees or premiums for mortgage insurance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Loan application fees;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Reasonable legal fees;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Payoff of prior liens or mortgages; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Other closing costs as approved by the Program.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, a principal department of the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Equity payment” means a loan disbursement made by the Department to a borrower.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Home”:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Means the real property which secures the loan and otherwise fulfills the requirements of Regulation .05;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Includes the residential dwelling unit, the lot upon which the residential dwelling unit sits, and the accompanying rights to occupy or use other real property in connection with ownership of the home.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Household” means the individual or individuals who occupy the home.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Household income” means 100 percent of the projected annual gross income, based on income for the year preceding the loan application, from all members of the borrower's household 18 years old or older, including social security, retirement income, pensions, wages, overtime, bonuses, commissions, investment and interest income, rental income, imputed income from non-income producing assets other than the borrower's home when the total value exceeds $20,000, disability or unemployment insurance, alimony and support payments, and all other income from any sources, less:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Unreimbursable medical expenses, and health or long term care expenses that enable the borrower to remain in the home, including but not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Adult day care,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Attendant care,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Durable medical equipment,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Health, supplemental medicare, or other long term care insurance premiums,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Home health care,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Hospice care,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Housekeeping assistance,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(viii)">
          <text>Nursing home expenses for a temporary stay for a borrower,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ix)">
          <text>Prescription drugs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Unusual or temporary income items as approved by the Program.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Joint borrower” means a borrower who receives a loan along with one or more other borrowers, all of whom together own the home.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Loan” means a loan made by the Department to a borrower through the Program and secured by the home.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Manufactured home” means a structure that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is intended for residential use by a single household;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <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="(c)">
        <text>Is not less than 24 feet in width and 40 feet in length;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Is installed permanently on an engineered foundation in conformance with the BOCA National Building Code (1990), which is incorporated by reference under COMAR 05.02.01, or the standards set by the American Standards Institute, Inc., which are incorporated by reference under COMAR 05.02.02, and is not independently capable of movement;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Has brick, wood, aluminum, or cosmetically equivalent exterior siding and a pitched composition shingle or wood shake roof;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <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="(g)">
        <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="(h)">
        <text>Meets all applicable zoning requirements as to number of dwelling units, lot size, and building setbacks; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Is reasonably expected to have an economic life equal to or greater than the term of the mortgage.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Program” means the Reverse Equity Mortgage Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>