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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07-1" citation="COMAR 05.04.01.07-1" title_num="05" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Program Grants.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department may make a Program loan in the form of a grant to a single family owner-occupant that meets the requirements of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To be eligible for a grant, an applicant shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Own and occupy the dwelling;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a family of very low income; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be unable to undertake the rehabilitation project without a grant as determined by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A grant may provide for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>No required payments;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The deferral of payments; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The reduction of the principal balance owed over a period of time.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Department shall follow Regulations .09 —.15 of this chapter for approving and processing grants.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A grant may be unsecured or secured by a security instrument acceptable to the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Department may establish limitations:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>On the percentage of allocations and the percentage of the annual funding appropriated to the Program which may be used for grants; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>On the maximum grant amount that may be awarded for a dwelling.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>