Section 3. Low-interest home improvement loans.
(a) The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency is hereby authorized to establish a low-interest loan program to assist persons whose residences have been infiltrated by dangerous levels of radon gas to finance home improvements designed to either prevent such infiltration or avoid dangerous concentrations of radon gas from accumulating.
(b) The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency shall administer a low-interest loan program pursuant to the provisions of Article IV-B of the act of December 3, 1959 (P.L.1688, No.621), known as the Housing Finance Agency Law.
(c) The Department of Environmental Resources shall establish minimum standards for materials and craftsmanship of contractors providing home improvements financed pursuant to this section and may assist the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency in the administration of the low-interest loan program.
Compiler's Note: The Department of Environmental Resources,
referred to in subsec. (c), was abolished by Act 18 of
1995. Its functions were transferred to the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of
Environmental Protection.