Z. Condition approval of funding of a housing project upon an applicant's compliance with municipal health, safety and sanitation standards. The Maine State Housing Authority may condition approval of funding for a housing project upon a municipality's representation that the applicant, an affiliate of the applicant or any owner controlled by the applicant has no record of a material municipal code violation of health, safety or sanitation standards.; and

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ¶AA is enacted to read:

AA.__Certify transfers of multifamily affordable housing property that qualify for the deduction under Title 36, section 5122, subsection 2, paragraph W or Title 36, section 5200-A, subsection 2, paragraph Q.__The affordability restrictions that apply under this paragraph must be contained in a declaration signed by the transferee and recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds at the time of the sale or transfer.

(1)__For the purposes of this paragraph, "multifamily affordable housing property" means a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling, apartment building or other living accommodation that includes at least 6 units, that meets at least one of the following affordability restrictions and for which those affordability restrictions, as applicable, expire in 10 years or less from the date of the sale or transfer of the property:

(a)__At least 20% of the units have restricted rents affordable to households earning no more than 80% of the area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(b)__The property is assisted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Department of Agriculture or the Maine State Housing Authority; or

(c)__The property qualifies for low-income housing credits under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 42.

(2)__For the purposes of this paragraph, property does not qualify as multifamily affordable housing property