{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s12473","title":34,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12473.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f12473.\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this subpart\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cassisted housing\u201d means housing assisted\u2014\n(A) under sections\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201csection\u201d.\nl\nl\n(B) under\nsection 1701s of title 12\n(C) under\nsection 1701q of title 12\n(D) under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales\n2\n2 So in original. Probably should be \u201cCranston-Gonzalez\u201d.\n42 U.S.C. 8013\n(E) under title II of the Cranston-Gonzales\n2\n42 U.S.C. 12721\n(F) under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (\n42 U.S.C. 12901\n(G) under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (\n42 U.S.C. 5301\n(H) under\nsection 1437f of title 42\n(2) the term \u201ccontinuum of care\u201d 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;\n(3) the term \u201clow-income housing assistance voucher\u201d means housing assistance described in\nsection 1437f of title 42\n(4) the term \u201cpublic housing\u201d means housing described in\nsection 1437a(b)(1) of title 42\n(5) the term \u201cpublic housing agency\u201d means an agency described in\nsection 1437a(b)(6) of title 42\n(6) the terms \u201chomeless\u201d, \u201chomeless individual\u201d, and \u201chomeless person\u201d\u2014\n(A) mean an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and\n(B) includes\u2014\n(i) an individual who\u2014\n(I) is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;\n(II) is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;\n(III) is living in an emergency or transitional shelter;\n(IV) is abandoned in a hospital; or\n(V) is awaiting foster care placement;\n(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\n(iii) migratory children (as defined in\nsection 6399 of title 20\n(7) the term \u201chomeless service provider\u201d 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;\n(8) the term \u201ctribally designated housing\u201d means housing assistance described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (\n25 U.S.C. 4101\n(9) the term \u201ctribally designated housing entity\u201d means a housing entity described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (\n25 U.S.C. 4103(21)\n3\n3 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t34/s12473.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12473","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12473."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this subpart\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12473/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201cassisted housing\u201d means housing assisted\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12473/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" under sections\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201csection\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201csection\u201d.","tail":" 1715e, 1715k, 1715"},{"t":"text","text":"l","tail":"(d)(3), 1715"},{"t":"text","text":"l","tail":"(d)(4), 1715n(e), 1715v, or 1715z\u20131 of title 12;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12473/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1701s of title 12","href":"/us/usc/t12/s1701s","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12473/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1701q of title 12","href":"/us/usc/t12/s1701q","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12473/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"2"},{"t":"num","text":"2","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cCranston-Gonzalez\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. 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