§ 12473. Definitions

For purposes of this subpart—

• (1) the term “assisted housing” means housing assisted—
  • (A) under sections 1 1 So in original. Probably should be “section”. 1715e, 1715k, 1715 l (d)(3), 1715 l (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 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;
• (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 3 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.