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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6515 (Introduced in House) — To suspend obligations of residential renters and mortgagors to make payments during the COVID-19 emergency, and for... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Definitions

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For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply: The term covered rental dwelling unit means a dwelling that is occupied by a tenant— as a primary residence; and pursuant to a residential lease; or without a lease or with a lease terminable at will under State law. Such term includes such a dwelling unit in multifamily housing, single-family housing, a condominium unit, a unit in cooperative housing, a dwelling unit that is occupied pursuant to a sublease, a single-room occupancy unit, and a manufactured housing dwelling unit and the lot on which it is located.
The term covered residential mortgage loan means any consumer credit transaction that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual security interest on residence consisting of a single dwelling unit that is occupied by the mortgagor as a primary residence. The term COVID-19 suspension period means the period beginning on April 1, 2020, and ending upon the expiration of the 30-day period that begins upon the date of the termination by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic. The term multifamily housing project means a residential structure consisting of 5 or more dwelling units. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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