[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR247.2]

[Page 404]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 247_EVICTIONS FROM CERTAIN SUBSIDIZED AND HUD-OWNED PROJECTS
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_Subsidized Projects
 
Sec. 247.2  Definitions.

    Drug-related criminal activity means the illegal manufacture, sale, 
distribution, use or possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, 
distribute, or use, of a controlled substance as defined in section 102 
of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 802.
    Eviction means the dispossession of the tenant from the leased unit 
as a result of the termination of the tenancy, including a termination 
prior to the end of a term or at the end of a term.
    Landlord means either the owner of the property or his 
representative, or the managing agent or his representative, as shall be 
designated by the owner.
    Rental agreement means all agreements, written or oral, between the 
landlord and tenant (and valid rules and regulations adopted by the 
landlord pursuant to a written agreement) relating to the use and 
occupancy of a dwelling unit and surrounding premises.
    State landlord and tenant act means any state statute or local 
ordinance which imposes obligations on a landlord and tenant in 
connection with the occupancy of a dwelling unit and surrounding 
premises and which provides that violations of such obligations by the 
tenant constitute grounds for eviction.
    Subsidized project means a multifamily housing project (with the 
exception of a project owned by a cooperative housing mortgagor 
corporation or association) that receives the benefit of subsidy in the 
form of: below-market interest rates under section 221(d) (3) and (5), 
interest reduction payments under section 236 of the National Housing 
Act, or below market interest rate direct loans under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959. For purposes of this part, subsidized project also 
includes those units in a housing project that receive the benefit of:
    (1) Rental subsidy in the form of rent supplement payments under 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 
1701s); or
    (2) Housing assistance payments for project-based assistance under 
Section 8 of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f). However, this part is not 
applicable to Section 8 project-based assistance under parts 880, 881, 
883 and 884 of this title (except as specifically provided in those 
parts).

[41 FR 43330, Sept. 30, 1976. Redesignated at 49 FR 6713, Feb. 23, 1984, 
and amended at 53 FR 3368, Feb. 5, 1988; 54 FR 236, Jan. 4, 1989; 61 FR 
47381, Sept. 6, 1996; 66 FR 28797, May 24, 2001]