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34 U.S.C. § 12473 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 34. Crime Control and Law Enforcement § 12473. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

For purposes of this subpart--

(1) the term “assisted housing” means housing assisted--

(A) under sections  11715e, 1715k, 1715l(d)(3), 1715l(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 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013);

(E) under title II of the Cranston-Gonzales  2 National Affordable Housing Act;

(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

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