(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) (1) “Group home” means a housing facility that offers: (i) supportive services or supervisory personnel to individuals with special housing needs who are not related to the group home sponsor; and (ii) common, shared, or independent living, dining, kitchen, sanitary, and sleeping facilities. (2) “Group home” need not include […]
There is a Group Home Financing Program.
The purpose of the Program is to provide loans to group home sponsors to finance or refinance the costs of acquiring, constructing, or modifying buildings as group homes for persons of lower income, elderly households, individuals with disabilities, and other residents of the State with special housing needs.
The Department may establish: (1) eligibility standards for group home sponsors; (2) Program loan fees and charges; (3) maximum Program loans for group homes based on their size, use, and location; and (4) a process for selecting group homes to be financed under the Program that promotes statewide distribution of money.
The Department shall: (1) administer the Program; (2) adopt policies that encourage the establishment of group homes for persons of lower income throughout the State; (3) attach to a purchase, sale, or lease of a group home or land for a group home the terms needed to carry out the Program; (4) establish guidelines for monitoring the group homes […]
The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the Program.
To qualify for a Program loan, a group home sponsor shall own and operate a group home and be: (1) a nonprofit organization; (2) an individual; or (3) a limited partnership if: (i) 1. each general partner qualifies as a nonprofit organization; or 2. each general partner is a wholly owned subsidiary of a nonprofit organization; (ii) the limited partnership is formed […]
The Program shall be operated with money in the Special Loan Programs Fund under § 4-505 of this title.
In reviewing an application for a Program loan, the Department shall consider: (1) the economic feasibility of the group home; and (2) the ability of the group home sponsor to manage the group home, provide necessary services, and repay the Program loan.
(a) (1) A Program loan shall be secured by a mortgage lien and may include the terms that the Department considers necessary to make the group home affordable to persons of lower income. (2) In exceptional circumstances, the terms may include: (i) deferred payment of principal and interest; and (ii) interest rates as low as 0%. (b) Each loan shall require […]
Subject to the approval and permitting procedures of the local zoning authority, a group home that houses four or more individuals may provide for nonresidential uses that: (1) are in a minor part of the building; (2) conform with local zoning requirements; and (3) although not directly related to the housing facility, offer goods or services for persons […]
(a) (1) A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement or report in a document required to be submitted to the Department under an agreement relating to a Program loan. (2) A loan applicant may not knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement or report to influence the Department’s […]
