- adjusted age of housing
means the arithmetic product of the age of housing in the metropolitan city or urban county multiplied times the adjustment factor.
- adjustment factor
means the ratio between the age of housing in the metropolitan city or urban county and the predicted age of housing in such city or county.
- age of housing
means the number of existing housing units constructed in 1939 or earlier based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in time.
- buildings for the general conduct of government
means city halls, county administrative buildings, State capitol or office buildings, or other facilities in which the legislative or general administrative affairs of the government are conducted.
- city
means (A) any unit of general local government which is classified as a municipality by the United States Bureau of the Census or (B) any other unit of general local government which is a town or township and which, in the determination of the Secretary, (i) possesses powers and performs functions comparable to these associated with municipalities, (ii) is closely settled, and (iii) contains within its boundaries no incorporated places as defined by the United States Bureau of the Census which have not entered into cooperation agreements with such town or township to undertake or to assist in the undertaking of essential community development and housing assistance activities.
- community development financial institution
means an institution that has been certified as a community development financial institution (as defined in section 4702 of title 12) by the Secretary of the Treasury.
- eligible manufactured housing community
means a manufactured housing community that—
- eligible neighborhood development activity
means—
- eligible neighborhood development organization
means—
- eligible public entity
means any unit of general local government, including units of general local government in nonentitlement areas.
- eligible recipient
means—
- extent of growth lag
means the number of persons who would have been residents in a metropolitan city or urban county, in excess of the current population of such metropolitan city or urban county, if such metropolitan city or urban county had had a population growth rate between 1960 and the date of the most recent population count referable to the same point or period in time equal to the population growth rate for such period of all metropolitan cities.
- extent of housing overcrowding
means the number of housing units with 1.01 or more persons per room based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in time.
- extent of poverty
means the number of persons whose incomes are below the poverty level.
- Federal grant-in-aid program
means a program of Federal financial assistance other than loans and other than the assistance provided by this chapter.
- housing stock
means the number of existing housing units based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in time.
- Indian tribe
has the meaning given the term in section 4103 of title 25.
- insular area
means each of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
- major disaster
has the meaning given the term in section 5122 of this title.
- manufactured housing community
means—
- metropolitan area
means a standard metropolitan statistical area as established by the Office of Management and Budget.
- metropolitan city
means (A) a city within a metropolitan area which is the central city of such area, as defined and used by the Office of Management and Budget, or (B) any other city, within a metropolitan area, which has a population of fifty thousand or more.
- microenterprise
means a commercial enterprise that has 5 or fewer employees, 1 or more of whom owns the enterprise.
- neighborhood development funding organization
means—
- nonentitlement area
means an area which is not a metropolitan city or part of an urban county and does not include Indian tribes.
- operation
includes any plant, equipment, facility, position, employment opportunity, production capacity, or product line.
- persons of extremely low income
means families and individuals whose income levels do not exceed household income levels determined by the Secretary under section 1437a(b)(2)(C) of this title, except that the Secretary may provide alternative definitions for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
- persons of low income
means families and individuals whose incomes do not exceed 50 percent of the median income of the area involved, as determined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and larger families.
- persons of moderate income
means families and individuals whose incomes exceed 50 percent, but do not exceed 80 percent, of the median income of the area involved, as determined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and larger families.
- population
means total resident population based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in time.
- predicted age of housing
means the arithmetic product of the housing stock in the metropolitan city or urban county multiplied times the ratio between the age of housing in all metropolitan areas and the housing stock in all metropolitan areas.
- resident health, safety, and accessibility activities
means the reconstruction, repair, or replacement of manufactured housing and manufactured housing communities to—
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- small business
means a business that meets the criteria set forth in section 632(a) of title 15.
- State
means any State of the United States, or any instrumentality thereof approved by the Governor;
- technical assistance
means the facilitating of skills and knowledge in planning, developing, and administering activities under this chapter in entities that may need but do not possess such skills and knowledge, and includes assessing programs and activities under this chapter;
- tribally designated housing entity
has the meaning given the term in section 4103 of title 25.
- unit of general local government
means any city, county, town, township, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State;
- urban county
means any county within a metropolitan area which—
- youth organization
means an organization described under part B of subtitle II of title 36 that is intended to serve individuals under the age of 21 years.