1660                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 423

CHAPTER 423
(House Bill 167)
AN ACT concerning

Governor — Executive and Administrative Departments -
Community Development Administration

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Economic
and Community Development to establish upper income
limits in defining families of limited income for
purposes of community development projects.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 11 - Governor-Executive and

Administrative Departments
Section 266DD-3(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 266DD-3(c) of Article 41 -
Governor — Executive and Administrative Departments, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume
and 1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments

266DD-3(c) .

"Families of limited incomes11 means families whose
incomes do not exceed [the] upper income limits [for
moderate income as defined by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development in establishing criteria by which
families qualify for occupancy of dwellings under the
moderate—income rental and home ownership programs in
effect from time to time under the National Housing Act
or any successor legislation thereto] ESTABLISHED BY THE
SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TAKING
INTO CONSIDERATION FACTORS INCLUDING (1) THE AMOUNT OF
THE TOTAL INCOME OF SUCH FAMILIES AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING
NEEDS, (2) THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY, (3) THE COST AND
CONDITION OF HOUSING FACILITIES AVAILABLE, (4) THE
ABILITY OF SUCH FAMILIES TO COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY IN THE
NORMAL PRIVATE HOUSING MARKET, AND (5) STANDARDS AND