19-100-4 Me. Code R. § 1
The Housing Opportunity Program provides grants to service providers and municipalities to encourage and support the development of additional housing units in Maine, including housing units that are affordable for low-income and moderate-income individuals and housing targeted to community workforce housing needs. The purpose of the rule is to define the criteria and proposal process for applications for grant funding.
Department. "Department" means the Department of Economic and Community Development.
Municipality. "Municipality" means a city or a town, excluding all unorganized and deorganized townships, plantations, and towns that have delegated administration of land use controls to the Maine Land Use Planning Commission pursuant to 12 M.R.S. §682(1).
Program. "Program" means the Housing Opportunity Program.
Service provider. "Service provider" means regional planning organizations (councils of governments, regional planning commissions) and regional economic development organizations as referenced in Title 30-A, Chapter 119, county governments, non-profit organizations, academic institutions and cooperative extension programs, and for-profit enterprises. Municipalities are also eligible to apply as a service provider. Municipalities and service providers will need to demonstrate experience and capacity.
19-100 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 1