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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 117
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4-1204.
The purposes of the Program are to:
(1) provide decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing for households of
lower income;
(2) provide financial assistance to political subdivisions or housing
authorities to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, or rehabilitate rental housing
affordable to households of lower income;
(3) stimulate the development and ownership of rental housing for
households of lower income by political subdivisions, housing authorities, or
partnerships that include political subdivisions or housing authorities;
(4) provide financial assistance to private [developers] SECTOR
ENTITIES to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, or rehabilitate housing units:
(I) for sale to political subdivisions, housing authorities, or
partnerships that include political subdivisions or housing authorities, as affordable
rental housing for households of lower income; OR
(II) FOR OCCUPANCY BY HOUSEHOLDS OF LOWER INCOME THAT
INCLUDE ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL NEEDS;
(5) promote affordable housing programs and increased contributions to
the production of affordable rental housing by political subdivisions [or], housing
authorities, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INCLUDING FOR PROFIT AND NONPROFIT
ENTITIES;
(6) encourage households of lower income that live in partnership rental
housing to contribute actively to the operation or maintenance of the housing or the
community; [and]
(7) finance rental housing that is:
(i) to be occupied by households of lower income;
(ii) to be owned by political subdivisions or housing authorities or
partnerships that include political subdivisions or housing authorities; and
(iii) expected to be financially self-sufficient, without further
governmental financing for maintenance, renovation, or operating subsidies; AND
(8) ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PROVIDE RENTAL HOUSING
FOR HOUSEHOLDS OF LOWER INCOME THAT INCLUDE ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL NEEDS.
4-1205.
(a) The Department shall:
(1) administer the Program;
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