[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR960.102]

[Page 437-438]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 960_ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A_Applicability, Definitions, Equal Opportunity Requirements
 
Sec. 960.102  Definitions.

    (a) Definitions found elsewhere: (1) General definitions. The 
following terms are defined in part 5, subpart A of this title: 1937 
Act, drug, drug-related criminal activity, federally assisted housing, 
guest, household, HUD, MSA, premises, public housing, public housing 
agency (PHA), Section 8, violent criminal activity.
    (2) Definitions under the 1937 Act. The following terms are defined 
in part 5, subpart D of this title: annual contributions contract (ACC), 
applicant, elderly family, elderly person, extremely low income family, 
family, low income family, person with disabilities.
    (3) Definitions and explanations concerning income and rent. The 
following

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terms are defined or explained in part 5, subpart F of this title: 
Annual income (see Sec. 5.609); economic self-sufficiency program, 
tenant rent, total tenant payment (see Sec. 5.628), utility allowance.
    (b) Additional definitions. In addition to the definitions in 
paragraph (a), the following definitions and cross-references apply:
    Ceiling rent. See Sec. 960.253(d).
    Designated housing. See part 945 of this chapter.
    Disabled families. See Sec. 5.403 of this title.
    Eligible families. Low income families who are eligible for 
admission to the public housing program.
    Flat rent. See Sec. 960.253(b).
    Income-based rent. See Sec. 960.253(c).
    Mixed population development. A public housing development, or 
portion of a development, that was reserved for elderly and disabled 
families at its inception (and has retained that character). If the 
development was not so reserved at its inception, the PHA has obtained 
HUD approval to give preference in tenant selection for all units in the 
development (or portion of development) to elderly families and disabled 
families. These developments were formerly known as elderly projects.
    Over-income family. A family that is not a low income family. See 
subpart E of this part.
    PHA plan. See part 903 of this chapter.
    Residency preference. A preference for admission of persons who 
reside in a specified geographic area.
    Tenant-based. See Sec. 982.1(b) of this chapter.

[65 FR 16724, Mar. 29, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 28799, May 24, 2001]