1. (a) The Department may award a technical assistance grant to a political subdivision or nonprofit organization to help families of limited income that are owner-builders or self-help rehabilitators.

2. (b) A technical assistance grant under this section shall be used to:

   1. (1) help, train, and supervise owner-builders and self-help rehabilitators in self-help construction activities and techniques;

   2. (2) help in project development, including:

      1. (i) preparing plans for self-help housing;
      2. (ii) preparing contracts for professional services;
      3. (iii) applying for financing;
      4. (iv) packaging applications for assistance;
      5. (v) preparing subdivision maps;
      6. (vi) reviewing engineering plans and specifications for construction and rehabilitation projects; and
      7. (vii) complying with the requirements of political subdivisions and funding entities; and
   3. (3) pay the administrative costs of providing technical assistance for the activity that the Department finances.

3. (c) A technical assistance grant may not be:

   1. (1) used to purchase land, materials, tools, or construction equipment or to pay for construction costs; or
   2. (2) awarded for a project of fewer than six dwellings.

Added by Acts 2005, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2005.