Section 4-1708 - Technical assistance grants - For self-help construction. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-1708. Technical assistance grants - For self-help construction.
 

(a)  Authorized.- The Department may award a technical assistance grant to a political subdivision or nonprofit organization to help families of limited income that are owner-builders or self-help rehabilitators. 

(b)  Purposes of grant.- A technical assistance grant under this section shall be used to: 

(1) help, train, and supervise owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators in self-help construction activities and techniques; 

(2) help in project development, including: 

(i) preparing plans for self-help housing; 

(ii) preparing contracts for professional services; 

(iii) applying for financing; 

(iv) packaging applications for assistance; 

(v) preparing subdivision maps; 

(vi) reviewing engineering plans and specifications for construction and rehabilitation projects; and 

(vii) complying with the requirements of political subdivisions and funding entities; and 

(3) pay the administrative costs of providing technical assistance for the activity that the Department finances. 

(c)  Limits on use.- A technical assistance grant may not be: 

(1) used to purchase land, materials, tools, or construction equipment or to pay for construction costs; or 

(2) awarded for a project of fewer than six dwellings. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 83B, §§ 2-1502(k), 2-1506, 2-1509(a)(2); 2005, ch. 26, § 2.]