Sec. 05.18.01.03. Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated and as defined in the Act.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Act" means Housing and Community Development Article, Title 4, Subtitle 17, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(2) "Administration" means the Community Development Administration, an agency within the Division of Development Finance of the Department.

(3) "Applicant" means any eligible local jurisdiction or nonprofit organization who applies for a technical assistance grant from the Program.

(4) "Department" means the Department of Housing and Community Development, a principal department of the State.

(5) "Director" means the Director of the Division of Development Finance of the Department.

(6) "Family of limited income" means one or more individuals residing as a household in a dwelling unit whose total combined annual income does not exceed income limits established from time to time by the Secretary, in accordance with Housing and Community Development Article, §4-1706, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(7) "Legal entity" means a corporation, association, general partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, nonprofit organization, business, government or political subdivision thereof, or governmental agency.

(8) Local Jurisdiction.

(a) "Local jurisdiction" means any municipal corporation in Maryland subject to the provisions of the State Constitution, Article XI-E, or any one of the 23 counties of the State or Baltimore City.

(b) "Local jurisdiction" includes any board, commission, agency, department, or authority of any municipal corporation, county, or Baltimore City with authority to carry out the rehabilitation or construction of housing.

(9) "Nonprofit organization" means a corporation, foundation, or other legal entity no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual holding an interest in the entity.

(10) "Owner-builder" means an individual or family who provides all, or a substantial amount as determined by the Department, of the labor necessary to build a housing unit that will be the principal residence of that individual or family as part of a project under the Program.

(11) "Owner-building" means the process engaged in by owner-builders in the construction of a principal residence as part of a project under the Program.

(12) "Program" means the Self-Help Homeownership Technical Assistance Program of the Department.

(13) "Project" means six or more housing units in close proximity to one another as determined by the Department which are built or rehabilitated using the self-help methods and with which the owner-builders or self-help rehabilitators work as a team on the construction or rehabilitation of each others' units.

(14) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Community Development.

(15) "Self-help rehabilitator" means an individual or family who provides all, or a substantial amount as determined by the Department, of the labor necessary to rehabilitate, renovate, or improve the principal residence of the individual or the family as part of a project under the Program.

(16) "Self-help rehabilitation" means the process engaged in by self-help rehabilitators in the rehabilitation, renovation, or improvement of their principal residences as part of a project under the Program.

(17) "Technical assistance grant" or "grant" means a grant awarded by the Program which enables a local jurisdiction or a nonprofit organization to provide technical assistance to owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators.