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Maryland Code, Housing and Community Development § 4-502

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) In this section, “Fund” means the Homeownership Programs Fund.

(b) There is a Homeownership Programs Fund.

(c) As provided in the State budget, the Department shall use the Fund to:

(1) pay expenses of the Maryland Home Financing Program, including reserves for anticipated future losses directly related to the Maryland Home Financing Program;

(2) make loans under the Maryland Home Financing Program; and

(3) make loans and pay expenses of the Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program.

(d) The Fund consists of:

(1) money appropriated by the State for homeownership programs, including the Maryland Home Financing Program under Subtitle 8 of this title and the Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program under Subtitle 3 of this title;

(2) money from the sale of the State's general obligation bonds;

(3) repayments or prepayments of principal and payments of interest on loans made under the Maryland Home Financing Program, the Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, the Reverse Equity Program, or the Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program, formerly the Settlement Expense Loan Program;

(4) money transferred to the Fund in accordance with §§ 4-503(d), 4-504(f), and 4-505(h) of this subtitle and §§ 3-203(i) and 6-310(g) of this article; and

(5) investment earnings of the Fund.

(e) Subject to § 7-209 of the State Finance and Procurement Article and except as otherwise provided in the State budget, after the first 8 months of a fiscal year, the Department may transfer unencumbered money in the Fund to any other fund established under this title.

(f) Money received as repayment of principal or payment of interest on a loan made under the Maryland Home Financing Program that is not appropriated in the State budget may be credited to the Annuity Bond Fund and used to pay the principal of or interest on money borrowed by the State and appropriated to the Maryland Home Financing Program.

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