[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR590.5]

[Page 286-287]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 590_URBAN HOMESTEADING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 590.5  Definitions.

    Act means section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended from time to time.
    Applicant means any State or unit of general local government that 
applies for HUD approval of a local urban homesteading program under 
these regulations.
    Homesteader means an individual or family that participates in a 
local urban homesteading program by agreeing to rehabilitate and occupy 
a property in accordance with Sec. 590.7(b)(5).
    Local urban homesteading agency (LUHA) means a State, a unit of 
general local government, or a public agency or qualified community 
organization designated in accordance with

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Sec. 590.7(c) by a State or a unit of general local government.
    Local urban homesteading program means the operating procedures and 
requirements developed by a LUHA and approved by HUD in accordance with 
this part for selecting and conveying federally-owned properties to 
qualified homesteaders.
    Low-income families means those families and individuals whose 
adjusted incomes do not exceed 80 per centum of the median income for 
the area, as determined by the Secretary under section 3(b)(2) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937. Under the provision of 24 CFR part 
813, the Secretary's income limits for this purpose are updated annually 
and are are available from the Housing Management Division in HUD field 
offices.
    Qualified community organization has the meaning specified in Sec. 
590.7(c)(4).
    Section 810 funds means funds available to reimburse HUD, FmHA, VA, 
or RTC (as applicable) for federally-owned property transferred to LUHAs 
in accordance with this part.
    State means any State of the United States, any instrumentality of a 
State approved by the Governor, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Unit of general local government means any city, county, town, 
township, parish, village, or other general purpose political 
subdivision of a State, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa, or 
any general purpose political subdivision thereof; the District of 
Columbia; the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and Indian tribes, 
bands, groups, and nations of the United States, including Alaska 
Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos.
    Urban homesteading neighborhood means any geographic area approved 
by HUD for the conduct of a local urban homesteading program that meets 
the requirements of this part.

[54 FR 23937, June 2, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 39525, Sept. 27, 1989; 
56 FR 6808, Feb. 20, 1991; 61 FR 5211, Feb. 9, 1996; 61 FR 7062, Feb. 
23, 1996]