Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-53-318

(1) “Housing opportunity county” means a county with acute needs for additional housing to support the expected growth in population due to the undertaking of one (1) or more economic development projects, whether located in the county or surrounding area, that are certified by the commissioner of economic and community development as expected to result in the employment of more than one thousand (1,000) new employees.

(2) “Project” includes, notwithstanding § 7-53-101, all public infrastructure that is located in or is necessary to be constructed for a qualified residential development;

(3) “Public infrastructure” means roads, streets, traffic signals, sidewalks, lighting, utilities, including water, wastewater, electric, gas, and broadband, and stormwater improvements that will be dedicated to public entities or will be owned by private companies that have a franchise to provide the applicable utility services to the qualified residential development;  and

(4) “Qualified residential development” means an area to be developed for residential housing, which may be single-family housing or multi-family housing;  provided, that at least eighty percent (80%) of the developable area in the development is expected to be used for residential housing, as determined by the industrial development corporation.

(1) To construct and install public infrastructure for qualified residential developments or contract with a private party for the construction and installation of such public infrastructure;

(2) To accept loans and grants of money from this state or the United States or any agency or instrumentality of this state or the United States, upon such terms and conditions as this state, the United States, or the agency or instrumentality may impose, for purposes of carrying out the design, construction, installation, financing, or undertaking of public infrastructure;  and

(3) To make loans and grants of money to private entities constructing and installing public infrastructure for qualified residential developments within the boundaries of the housing opportunity county upon such terms as the industrial development corporation deems advisable.