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§ 14043e–2. Definitions

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For purposes of this part—
(1) the term “assisted housing” means housing assisted—
(A) under sections [1] 1715e, 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 [42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.];
(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 this title;
(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 this title;
(4) the term “public housing” means housing described in section 1437a (b)(1) of this title;
(5) the term “public housing agency” means an agency described in section 1437a (b)(6) of this title;
(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 be “Cranston-Gonzalez”.

[3] So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.
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