{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-housing-and-community-development-4-1204","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 4–1204","heading":"","body":"The purposes of the Program are to:\n(1) provide decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing for households of lower income;\n(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;\n(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;\n(4) provide financial assistance to private sector entities to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, or rehabilitate housing units:\n(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\n(ii) for occupancy by households of lower income that include one or more individuals with disabilities or special needs;\n(5) promote affordable housing programs and increased contributions to the production of affordable rental housing by political subdivisions, housing authorities, and the private sector, including for profit and nonprofit entities;\n(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;\n(7) finance rental housing that is:\n(i) to be occupied by households of lower income;\n(ii) to be owned by political subdivisions or housing authorities or partnerships that include political subdivisions or housing authorities; and\n(iii) expected to be financially self-sufficient, without further governmental financing for maintenance, renovation, or operating subsidies; and\n(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.","path":["Article - Housing and Community Development"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ghs\u0026section=4-1204","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:07Z","sha256":"a665fa0ef131c2b5109e1c4fe693b2def59a239e5e356836f6d7ab253d1cc050","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-housing-and-community-development-4-1203","next":"us-md/md.-code-housing-and-community-development-4-1205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}