Notwithstanding any provision of law or guidelines to the contrary, for the purposes of the Statewide Local Share Account Program, the Department of Community and Economic Development may not deem an application ineligible if it is for a project where a down payment was required and the applicant made the down payment after the application submission date. This section shall apply regardless of when a purchase agreement was executed.
72 P.S. § 1744-F.1