42 USC 14043e2 - Definitions

For purposes of this part

(1) the term assisted housing means housing assisted

(A) under sections^[1] 1715e, 1715k, 1715l(d)(3), 1715l(d)(4), 1715n(e), 1715v, or 1715z1 of title 12;

(B) under section 1701s of title 12;

(D) under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales^[2] 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 this title;

(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 this title;

(4) the term public housing means housing described in section 1437a (b)(1) of this title;

(5) the term public housing agency means an agency described in section 1437a (b)(6) of this title;

(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">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">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]

[1] So in original. Probably should be “section”.
[2] So in original. Probably should be “Cranston-Gonzalez”.
[3] So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.

42 U.S.C. § 14043e2 - Definitions

42 USC 14043e2 - Definitions