The board is empowered and has the duty and responsibility to: (1) Review and publicize, by newspaper advertising or some other effective method, the availability of homestead program properties. (2) Accept and review applications and determine the qualifications of applicants within the criteria established by this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter. (3) Approve and certify applicants with a view towards compatibility of the applicant and the parcel assigned to him or her. (4) Approve and recommend the execution, by the duly authorized officer of the city or town, of a conditional deed to the assigned parcel upon the applicant being approved. (5) Approve and recommend the execution, by the duly authorized representative of the city or town, of all documents necessary to convey fee simple title to the assigned parcel to the applicant upon the applicant’s fulfillment of all conditions enumerated in § 45-44-4. (6) Accept any real property donated to the city or town which qualifies or is eligible for rehabilitation under the homestead program. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 310, § 2.
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