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<chapter num="05" heading="Tenant Protection Assistance" title_num="05" subtitle_num="10">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="General.">
    <text>A tenant is entitled to tenant protection assistance, including relocation expenses and lease extensions, in accordance with §§7-212—7-219 of the Act.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Relocation Expenses.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>To receive the additional $475 for relocation expenses authorized in the Act, the tenant shall submit reasonable documentation of actual and reasonable relocation expenses to the owner within 60 days after the tenant vacates the unit.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The owner shall pay the additional relocation expenses to the tenant within 15 days after the documented expenses are submitted to the owner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Lease Extensions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The owner shall offer a lease extension for a period of at least 1 year from the date of the notice of intent to each assisted household that has not committed a material violation of the lease.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The owner shall include in each extended lease the criteria for early termination or cessation of the extended lease that are listed in §7-218 of the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Designated Households.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Designated households that do not receive an extended tenancy under the Act may be eligible for rental equivalent payments and relocation expense payments under §7-219(e) of the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>All designated households are eligible upon vacating their assisted unit for reimbursement by the project owner for ordinary relocation expenses payable to all assisted households in accordance with §7-212(b)(1) and (2) of the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Designated Household Assistance — Records.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The owner shall create and maintain accurate records that set forth:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The relocation and reimbursement expenses paid to each assisted household;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The rates of rent charged for the assisted units; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Any other information concerning tenant protection assistance provided by the owner.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The records shall be retained and available for inspection by the Department for five years after the date of the notice of intent delivered to the tenants.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Housing and Community Development Article, §§7-101—7-501, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: April 18, 2011 (38:8 Md. R. 505)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>