Department of Housing and Community Development - Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program - Local Rehabilitation Program Administration

SB 238 expands eligibility for administering Maryland's Housing Rehabilitation Program to include qualified nonprofit organizations as administrators, alongside existing political subdivisions. It updates the definition of "nonprofit sponsor" (Section 4-901(e)) to explicitly allow nonprofits to manage local rehabilitation programs, including those operating through limited partnerships under specific ownership rules. The bill also revises allocation rules (Section 4-911) to permit the Department to distribute funds to counties for use by nonprofit sponsors, and sets standards (Section 4-914) for certifying nonprofits' capability to administer the program. This change directly affects nonprofits seeking to administer housing rehabilitation loans and the Department of Housing and Community Development, which will now certify these new administrators under updated guidelines.