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Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A. Municipalities and Counties § 5002. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Repealed. Laws 1993, c. 359, § B-3.

2. Affordable housing. “Affordable housing” means decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations for low-income and moderate-income households. The Maine State Housing Authority may define “affordable housing” by rule. Affordable housing includes, but is not limited to:

A. Government-assisted housing;

B. Housing for low-income and moderate-income families;

C. Manufactured housing;

D. Multifamily housing; and

E. Group and foster care facilities.

3. Authority or state authority. “Authority” or “state authority” means the Maine State Housing Authority.

4. Repealed. Laws 1991, c. 610, § 5, eff. July 30, 1991.

4-A. Council. “Council” means the Statewide Homeless Council.

5. Repealed.Laws 1991, c. 610, § 5, eff. July 30, 1991.

6. Homeless. “Homeless” means:

A. A person or family that lacks, or is in imminent danger of losing legal access to, a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence; or

B. A person or family that has a primary nighttime residence that is:

(1) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including, but not limited to, welfare hotels, congregate shelters and transitional housing for persons with mental illness or substance use disorder;

(2) An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

(3) A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

7. Repealed. Laws 2017, c. 234, § 37, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

8. Repealed. Laws 1991, c. 610, § 6, eff. July 30, 1991.

9. Repealed. Laws 2005, c. 380, § B-5.

10. Repealed. Laws 2017, c. 234, § 37, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

11. Lower income households. “Lower income households” means low-income and very low-income households as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the United States Housing Act of 1937, Public Law 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, Section 8, as amended.  1

12. Moderate income households. “Moderate income households” means households in which gross income does not exceed 150% of the median income of the county or metropolitan statistical area in which the household is located.

13. Repealed. Laws 2017, c. 234, § 37, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

1 42 U.S.C.A. § 1437a.
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