Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 14-501 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Affordable housing land trust" means an entity that: (1) Provides affordable housing to low-income families and moderate-income families through an affordable housing land trust agreement; and(2) Is organized or managed by:(i) A nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(2), (3), or (4) of the United States Internal Revenue Code; or(ii) A unit or instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State.(c) "Affordable housing land trust agreement" means an agreement between an affordable housing land trust and a purchaser of real property owned by the affordable housing land trust, or for which the affordable housing land trust has a proprietary or reversionary interest, that: (1) Grants the affordable housing land trust a preemptive right to purchase or repurchase the property, including any improvements on the property;(2) Contains language restricting the transfer, lease, sublease, assignment, or occupancy of the property with regard to:(i) Potential transferees, sublessees, assignees, or occupants; and(ii) The price at which the property may be transferred; or(3) Imposes other conditions on the use or transfer of the property that would trigger a reversionary interest and that are designed to ensure that the property remains available and affordable to low-income families and moderate-income families.(d) "Family" means a household consisting of one or more individuals.(e) "Low-income family" means a household with an income that does not exceed 80% of the area median income for a household of the same size.(f) "Moderate-income family" means a household with an income that does not exceed 140% of the area median income for a household of the same size.(g) "Nonprofit status" means the recognition by the Internal Revenue Service that an affordable housing land trust is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(2), (3), or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code.Brought forward without change, 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 487, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2023.