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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 05.04.01.05" title_num="05" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Eligible Uses.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Buildings shall meet the following requirements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be located within the State;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contain not more than four residential units or shared living unit facilities for more than four households;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be properly zoned for the proposed use;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Be in need of repairs or modifications considered eligible under this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Have the potential to be rehabilitated, reconstructed, renovated, redeveloped, improved, or modified as determined by the local administrator;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Be owned by an eligible borrower who shall provide assurance of title or evidence of ownership acceptable to the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>If the building is in the 100-year flood plain, as designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, be covered by a flood plain insurance policy which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is an amount equal to the loan,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Names the Department as beneficiary, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provides that the policy may not be terminated without prior notification to the Department.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A manufactured housing unit is eligible if it is intended for residential use by a single household, and:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <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="(2)">
      <text>Is not less than 24 feet in width and 40 feet in length;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Is not independently capable of movement and is installed permanently on an engineered foundation in conformance with COMAR 05.02.04;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Has brick, wood, aluminum, or cosmetically equivalent exterior siding and a pitched composition shingle or wood shake roof;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Is certified by the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Complies with all requirements set forth in COMAR 05.02.04;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Is installed on real property the occupant 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="(7)">
      <text>Meets all applicable zoning requirements as to number of dwelling units, lot size, and building setbacks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <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>Manufactured homes which are taxed as personal property may be eligible for loans in amounts of $5,000 or less. Applications for manufactured homes shall be reviewed and approved by the Department on a case-by-case basis.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Condominiums and cooperative units may be eligible buildings and shall be reviewed by the Department on a case-by-case basis before loan approval.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Other types of property are not eligible buildings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>All of the dwelling units in sponsor-owned or nonprofit sponsor-owned residential properties shall be occupied upon completion by families of limited income until the later of the date:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>On which the payment of all principal and any interest on the loan is made; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>15 years after completion of rehabilitation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>