Sec. 05.04.09.17. Certification of Income

A. The group home sponsor shall obtain, before initial occupancy and every year after that, a completed income certification form from all persons of lower income who will occupy the group home. Initial certification and periodic certification of income shall contain such information as may be required by the Department. Certificates are subject to review by the Department at any time.

B. For projects when existing tenants will continue occupancy during modification, the group home sponsor is required to obtain income certificates from income eligible persons of the group home before initial closing of the loan. The purpose of the certificates of income and the reports is to assure compliance with the upper income limits established in accordance with Housing and Community Development Article, §4-601(d), Annotated Code of Maryland. In the case of a project which receives federal assistance, the procedures for the certification of income prescribed by the federal agency may be employed to meet the Department's income certification requirement.

C. The group home sponsor shall retain all certificates of income and documents verifying the information contained in them for a period of at least 3 years from the date on which the income certification is submitted to the group home sponsor.