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§ 11-137. Lease extensions to designated households
MD Code, Real Property, § 11-137
(2) “Annual income” means the total income from all sources, of a designated household, for the income tax year immediately preceding the year in which the notice is given under § 11-102.1 of this title, whether or not included in the definition of gross income for federal or State tax purposes. For purposes of this section, the inclusions and exclusions from annual income are the same as those listed in § 9-104(a)(8) of the Tax--Property Article, “gross income” as that term is defined for the property tax credits for homeowners by reason of income and age, but shall not include unreimbursed medical expenses if the tenant provides reasonable evidence of the unreimbursed medical expenses or consents in writing to authorize disclosure of relevant information regarding medical expense reimbursement at the time of applying for an extended lease.
(4)(i) “Disability” means:
1. A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual's major life activities; or
2. A record of having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual's major life activities.
Lease extensions to designated households
(ii) Setting forth the household's annual income for the calendar year preceding the giving of the notice required by § 11-102.1 of this title together with reasonable supporting documentation of the household income and, where applicable, of unreimbursed medical expenses or a written authorization for disclosure of relevant information regarding medical expense reimbursement by doctors, hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, or similar persons, entities, or organizations that provide medical treatment coverage to the household;
Delivery of notice, application, and lease to tenants
Notification relating to designated household criteria
Notice and list of qualified households
Term of extended lease
(f)(1) The extended lease shall provide for a term commencing on acceptance and terminating not less than 3 years from the giving of the notice required by § 11-102.1 of this title.
(2) Annually, on the commencement date of the extended lease, the rental fee for the unit may be increased. The increase may not exceed an amount determined by multiplying the annual rent for the preceding year by the percentage increase for the rent component of the U.S. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)(1967 = 100), as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, for the most recent 12-month period.
Opportunity of household to buy unit at later date
Termination of lease by designated households
(h)(1) A designated household which executes an extended lease under this section which is accepted thereafter may not terminate its extended lease under § 11-102.1 of this title. A designated household may terminate its extended lease at any time, with notice to the developer or any subsequent titleholder as follows:
Cessation of extended tenancy
Units set aside for designated households
(k)(1) A developer shall set aside a percentage of the total number of units within a condominium for designated households. A developer is not required to grant extended leases covering more than 20 percent of the units within a condominium to designated households.
(2)(i) If the number of units occupied by designated households which meet the criteria of subsection (b) of this section exceeds 20 percent, then the number of available units for tenancy under the provisions of this section shall be allocated as determined by the local governing body.
Rehabilitation or reconstruction of units
(l)(1) If a conversion to condominium involves substantial rehabilitation or reconstruction of such a nature that the work involved does not permit the continued occupancy of a unit because of danger to the health and safety of the tenants, then any designated household executing an extended lease under the provisions of this section may be required to vacate their unit not earlier than the expiration of the 180-day period and to relocate at the expense of the developer in a comparable unit in the rental facility to permit such work to be performed.
Payments and moving expenses upon vacation of unit
(m)(1) The developer shall pay households that qualify as to income under subsection (b)(1) of this section $375 when the household vacates the unit and for moving expenses as defined in § 11-101 of this title in excess of $375 up to $750 which are actually and reasonably incurred. The household shall make a written request for reimbursement accompanied by reasonable evidence of the costs incurred within 30 days of moving. The developer shall reimburse the household within 30 days following receipt of the request.
(3) The developer shall also pay a compensation equivalent to 3 months' rent within 15 days of moving to the designated households eligible under this subsection.
(5) A developer shall also reimburse moving expenses as defined in § 11-101 of this title, up to $750, actually and reasonably incurred, to a designated household who returns to their rental unit under subsection (l)(2) of this section. The designated household shall make a written request for reimbursement accompanied by reasonable evidence of the costs incurred within 30 days following the designated household's return. The developer shall reimburse the designated household within 30 days following receipt of the request.
Income eligibility figures
(n)(1)(i) The Secretary of State shall prepare income eligibility figures for each county and standard metropolitan statistical area of the State.
Added by Acts 1981, c. 246, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 836, § 3; Acts 1983, c. 8; Acts 1984, c. 255; Acts 1984, c. 525; Acts 1984, c. 575; Acts 1985, c. 480, § 1; Acts 1985, c. 510; Acts 1985, c. 550; Acts 1989, c. 5, § 1; Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 14, § 1, eff. April 8, 1997; Acts 1998, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 14, 1998; Acts 2005, c. 25, § 1, eff. April 12, 2005; Acts 2006, c. 370, § 1, eff. May 2, 2006; Acts 2006, c. 451, § 1, eff. May 16, 2006.
Acts 2006, c. 370, § 1, inserted subsec. (a)(8); and rewrote subsec. (n).
Acts 2006, c. 370, § 2, provides:
“SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall apply to any residential rental facility for which the notice to the tenants required under § 11-102.1 of the Real Property Article has not been given on or before March 16, 2006.”
Acts 2006, c. 451, § 1, in subsec. (a)(4), deleted the definition of “handicapped citizen” and added a definition of “disability”; rewrote subsec. (k)(2); and, throughout the section, changed references to handicapped citizens to be references to individuals with disabilities.
Acts 2006, c. 451, § 2, provides:
“SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall apply to any residential rental facility for which an application for registration has not been filed with the Secretary of State, in accordance with § 11-127 of the Real Property Article, on or before March 15, 2006.”
MD Code, Real Property, § 11-137, MD REAL PROP § 11-137