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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 05.04.05.05" title_num="05" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="05" heading="Eligible Building.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>All buildings shall meet the following requirements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be located within the State;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a structurally and mechanically sound building except as permitted under §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be in need of indoor plumbing pipes, equipment, wells, septic tanks, or other on-site sewerage system, or connection to community water and sewerage systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Have:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>No or incomplete indoor plumbing, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An existing, failing septic system;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <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="(6)">
      <text>Contain not more than 20 dwelling units.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Buildings which are not structurally and mechanically sound may be eligible buildings if the owner of the building provides a commitment from a public or private lender to finance improvements required to make the building structurally and mechanically sound.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <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 05.02.01, or the standards set by the American National Standards Institute, Inc. which are incorporated by reference under 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 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;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Complies with all requirements set forth in COMAR 05.02.04;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <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="(8)">
      <text>Meets all applicable zoning requirements as to the 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="D.">
    <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="E.">
    <text>Condominiums and cooperative units may be eligible buildings and shall be reviewed by the Department on a case-by-case basis.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Property being purchased under a land installment contract, or other types of property are not eligible buildings.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>