Sec. 3. Definitions

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For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply: The term affordable housing includes— assisted housing, as defined in paragraph (2); or private housing for which the Secretary requires the owner or purchaser of the project to maintain affordability for not fewer than 30 years, in accordance with use restrictions promulgated in regulations by the Secretary, which restrictions shall be— contained in a legally enforceable document recorded in the appropriate records; and consistent with the long-term viability of the project as rental or homeownership housing.

The term assisted housing means housing assisted under— section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f and 42 U.S.C. 1437g ); and section 221(d)(3) or section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l and 12 U.S.C. 1715z–1 ). The term community development corporation has the meaning given that term in section 204(b)(11) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–11a(b)(11)).

The term critical community improvements means— development or improvement of community facilities to promote upward mobility, self-sufficiency, or improved quality of life for residents of the neighborhood, such as construction or rehabilitation of parks and community gardens, environmental improvements or site remediation at affected sites; and activities to promote economic development, such as development or improvement of transit, retail, community financial institutions, public services, facilities, assets or other community resources.

The term extreme poverty means, with respect to a neighborhood, that the neighborhood— has a high percentage of residents who, based on the most recent data collected by the Bureau of the Census— are estimated to be in poverty; or have extremely low incomes; and is experiencing distress related to— per capita crime rates over three or more years that are significantly higher than the per capita crime rates of the city or county in which the neighborhood is located; high rates of vacant, abandoned, or substandard homes relative to the city or county as a whole; a low-performing public school; other such factors as determined by the Secretary that further the purposes of this Act; or any combination of such factors.

The term families has the meaning given that term in section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3) ). The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ). The term long-term viability means, with respect to a neighborhood, that the neighborhood is sustainable on an economic, educational, and environmental basis. The term public housing agency has the meaning given that term in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6) ).

The term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The term severely distressed housing means a public or assisted housing project (or building in a project) that— requires major redesign, reconstruction, or redevelopment, or partial or total demolition, to correct serious deficiencies in the original design (including inappropriately high population density), deferred maintenance, physical deterioration or obsolescence of major systems, and other deficiencies in the physical plant of the project; and is a significant contributing factor to the physical decline of and disinvestment by public and private entities in the surrounding neighborhood; or was a project described in subparagraph

(A)that has been legally vacated or demolished, but for which the Secretary has not yet provided replacement housing assistance other than tenant-based assistance. The term supportive services includes all activities for public or assisted housing tenants that live in or are displaced from the projects being revitalized under this Act, that will promote upward mobility, self-sufficiency, or improved quality of life, including such activities as literacy training, remedial and continuing education, job training, financial literacy instruction, day care, youth services, aging-in-place, public transportation, physical and mental health services, economic development activities, and other programs for which the community demonstrates need.

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