34 U.S.C. § 12473
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For purposes of this subpart—
- (1)the term “assisted housing” means housing assisted—
- (A)under sections 1 So in original. Probably should be “section”. 1715e, 1715k, 1715l(d)(3), 1715l(d)(4), 1715n(e), 1715v, or 1715z–1 of title 12;
- (B)under section 1701s of title 12;
- (C)under section 1701q of title 12;
- (D)under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales 2 So in original. Probably should be “Cranston-Gonzalez”. National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);
- (E)under title II of the Cranston-Gonzales 2 National Affordable Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.];
- (F)under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);
- (G)under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); or
- (H)under section 1437f of title 42;
- (2)the term “continuum of care” means a community plan developed to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and achieve maximum self-sufficiency;
- (3)the term “low-income housing assistance voucher” means housing assistance described in section 1437f of title 42;
- (4)the term “public housing” means housing described in section 1437a(b)(1) of title 42;
- (5)the term “public housing agency” means an agency described in section 1437a(b)(6) of title 42;
- (6)the terms “homeless”, “homeless individual”, and “homeless person”—
- (A)mean an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and
- (B)includes—
- (i)an individual who—
- (I)is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
- (II)is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
- (III)is living in an emergency or transitional shelter;
- (IV)is abandoned in a hospital; or
- (V)is awaiting foster care placement;
- (ii)an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings; or
- (iii)migratory children (as defined in section 6399 of title 20) who qualify as homeless under this section because the children are living in circumstances described in this paragraph;
- (i)an individual who—
- (7)the term “homeless service provider” means a nonprofit, nongovernmental homeless service provider, such as a homeless shelter, a homeless service or advocacy program, a tribal organization serving homeless individuals, or coalition or other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization carrying out a community-based homeless or housing program that has a documented history of effective work concerning homelessness;
- (8)the term “tribally designated housing” means housing assistance described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and
- (9)the term “tribally designated housing entity” means a housing entity described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(21)); 3 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.