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Title 05 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTSubtitle 04 - SPECIAL LOAN PROGRAMS
Chapter 05.04.15 - Accessible Homes for Senior Homeowners Grant Program
Section 05.04.15.15 - General Provisions

Md. Code Regs. 05.04.15.15

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Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024
Section 05.04.15.15 - General Provisions
A. The Department may establish from time to time Program guidelines containing underwriting standards, grant processing requirements, and other requirements or matters relating to the financing of grants or to Program requirements.
B. The Department shall ensure that Program guidelines, fee information, and application forms are publically available on its website and at its offices.
C. Delegation. In addition to authorized officers identified in Regulation .02B of this chapter, the Secretary may delegate to any other official or employee of the Department or Administration the authority to execute or approve any Program documents or grant documents.
D. Through the agreement with the local administrator, specific staff members for the local administrator may be authorized by the Department to execute grant documents on behalf of the Department.
E. False Statements. A grantee who knowingly makes or causes to be made a false statement or report, whether in the nature of an understatement or overstatement of financial condition or any other fact material to the Department or the local administrator originating the grant, is subject to immediate acceleration of the grant, in addition to the penalties authorized by Housing and Community Development Article, § 4-933, Annotated Code of Maryland.
F. Waiver. The Secretary may waive or vary particular provisions of these regulations to the extent that the waiver is not inconsistent with the Act if:
(1) Conformance to the requirements of any federal agency in connection with any modification with respect to which federal assistance is sought necessitates waiver or variance of a regulation; or
(2) In the determination of the Secretary, the application of a regulation in a specific case or in an emergency situation would be inequitable or contrary to the purposes of the Act.

Md. Code Regs. 05.04.15.15

Regulations .15 adopted effective 41:19 Md. R. 1076, eff.9/29/2014