§ 36-7-17-5 — Applications; eligibility; drawings to determine receipt of dwellings

(a) A person or community organization may
apply for the program by completing a bid application.
(b) The following applicants are qualified and shall be approved to
receive real property offered under this chapter:
(1) A person who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(B) possesses the financial resources to support a loan, the
necessary skills to rehabilitate the property, or a combination of
both; and
(C) has, including immediate family, not previously
participated in the program.
(2) A community organization as described in IC 36-7-9-2.
(c) Approved applicants are entitled to receive a list of all properties
owned by the unit that are available under this chapter.
(d) Approved applicants may apply for each dwelling in which they
are interested. A drawing shall be held to determine those applicants
receiving the dwellings. Persons applying under this chapter shall
receive priority over community organizations if both indicate an
interest in the same dwelling. Each approved person and the approved
person's immediate family may receive only one (1) dwelling in the
drawing. Each approved community organization may receive as many
dwellings as the agency considers proper.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
18-7-21-4.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.36. Amended by
P.L.177-2003, SEC.12; P.L.127-2017, SEC.210.