Those who are not eligible to enter the Random Selection Drawing for that property will be excluded from the drawing.  Ineligible households will be notified of the reason they were ineligible when the results of the drawing are posted on the MPDU website.

To be eligible to purchase an MPDU property, participants must:

• be pre-approved for a mortgage loan equal to or greater than the sales price of the available property (for example, if the sales price for the unit is $156,000, then your certificate must show that you qualify for a mortgage of no less that $156,000).  Current certificate holders will be able to enter any drawing up until the time they renew their certificate and the amount for which they are pre-qualified has been determined.

• have a household size appropriate for the number of bedrooms in the property, and

Household Size

For Sale MPDUs Number of Bedrooms

1 person

1 or 2 bedrooms 

2 people

1 or 2 bedrooms 

3 people

2 or 3 bedrooms 

4 people

2 or 3 bedrooms 

5 people 

 3 bedrooms

• for MPDU properties in senior or adult communities, a household must have at least one household member age 55 or older AND no household members age 18 or younger.
   

After the entry deadline for the development has passed, DHCA will rank the participants who registered for the property based on the following factors:

1. Those who are eligible for the property will be grouped by Priority Points.
   
   Priority to purchase a home is given to participants who have accumulated the most "Priority Points".  The maximum number of Priority Points that a household can have is five (5). Points are assigned on the following basis:

   • Living in Montgomery County – 1 point

   • Working in Montgomery County - 1 point

   • For each consecutive year as an approved MPDU purchase program participant – 1 point per year (maximum of 3 years)

   The following chart illustrates how points are assigned:

    
   Year one
   Year two
   Year 3+
   (maximum points)
   

   Living AND Working in County
   3
   4
   5
   

   Living OR Working in County
   2
   3
   4
   

   Not living or working in County
   1
   2
   3
   

    

3. The eligible registered participants in each priority point group will be randomly ranked using the randomize function of the computer.  The final list with rankings in each group will be published on the MPDU website. 

4. The household ranked first has the first opportunity to purchase a home. If they decline, the household ranked second has the opportunity to purchase, followed by the household ranked third, etc. Declining to purchase a home does NOT in anyway penalize a household in future selections.  The MPDU office will contact the highest ranked participants, beginning with number 1 in the group with 5 priority points.  The number of participants that will be contacted depends on the number of homes available in that selection process.  For example, if 5 homes are available, the 5 highest ranked participants will be contacted.  If 1 home is available, only the top ranked participant will be contacted. 

5. Do not contact the MPDU Office to see when you will be called by the builder's sales agent.  The MPDU Office does not have this information.

6. The opportunity to purchase a resale MPDU is also assigned using a point-weighted RSD, as described above.  However, in order to enter the RSD, interested participants must first attend one of two open houses that are held prior to the RSD in order to view and inspect the property.  The dates of these open houses are listed in the property description on the resale webpage.