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Infill Housing Program Notice

The Board of County Commissioners recently approved several changes to the Infill Housing Program.   These changes include:

• Allowing the temporary rental of homes built through the Program, provided certain conditions are met
• Eliminating the reimbursement of water and sewer connection charges
• Limiting the reimbursement of impact fees to homes sold to Low Income families (80% or below AMI)
• Adding fees to help cover operational costs of the Infill Housing Program

The regulations relating to the rental exception read as follows:

 

“The County in its sole discretion may allow developers to rent eligible homes on a temporary basis if the developer can demonstrate to the County’s satisfaction that they have made a good faith effort to sell the eligible home. The term “good faith effort” shall include but is not limited to marketing of the eligible home by listing the home on the multiple listing service for a minimum of three months, placing a “For Sale” sign on the property, and reducing the original asking price by a minimum of 5%.  In the event the developer is able to demonstrate that it has used good faith efforts to sell the eligible home and the County permits the rental of said home, the County shall require the developer to rent the eligible home to families who are eligible participants in one of the County’s or other local municipality’s rental housing assistance programs, including but not limited to, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program administered by the MDPHA or the Household Exiting Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing and Domestic Violence programs administered by the Homeless Trust   The County shall determine prior to authorizing a developer to rent an eligible home whether the rental of said home is consistent with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations.

 

Upon the County’s approval to rent any eligible home, each developer shall be required to comply with all applicable federal and state housing laws and regulations.  Developers shall also be required to rent the eligible homes for a minimum of one year and will not be permitted to sell said eligible home during the first year it is rented, unless it is sold to the existing tenant.”

This rental exception will sunset on April 15, 2012

Starting May 1, 2010, the Program will be charging the following fees:

Closing Processing Fee:	$1,000 for each County lot (conveyed after April 16, 2010)
Private Lot Application:	$100 (will be returned if lot is rejected)
Temporary Rental Application:	$100
Release of Lien request:	$150 (includes recording costs)

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