§ 45-44-4 - Conditions required by applicant.
SECTION 45-44-4
§ 45-44-4 Conditions required byapplicant. – Homestead program property will be offered to qualified applicants at noinitial cost on a conditional deed basis provided that the applicant:
(1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age and is the head ofa family.
(2) Is a citizen of the United States or a registered alien.
(3) Proves financial ability to rehabilitate and exhibitsknow-how to rehabilitate an existing dwelling or construct a new dwelling, asthe case might be.
(4) Has contractually agreed to rehabilitate or construct on,as the case might be, the parcel assigned to him or her, and further agrees to:
(i) Bring the assigned parcel up to city or town housingstandards within eighteen (18) months after assignment of the parcels to him orher; and
(ii) Permit periodic inspections by the city or town, but notmore often than once during any three (3)-month period, for a determination bythe city or town of whether reasonable and satisfactory progress is being madeby the applicant in rehabilitating or constructing on the parcel assigned tohim or her; and
(iii) Surrender and quit the assigned parcel in a conditionat least equal to that when first assigned upon thirty (30) days' notice by thecity or town when, as a result of a periodic inspection, that city or towndetermines that the applicant has become unable or unwilling to proceedreasonably or satisfactorily towards fulfilling the objectives and conditionsof this chapter; and
(d) Live in, occupy, and maintain, as a single, two- (2), orthree (3)-family dwelling up to city or town housing standards, the parcelassigned to him or her for a period of not less than three (3) years.