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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4399 (Introduced in Senate) — To create a database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and lim... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Definitions

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In this Act: The term assistance — means any grant, loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form of financial assistance; and does not include the insurance or guarantee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or mortgages. The term covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit means a residential dwelling unit that is made available for rental and for which assistance is provided, or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, including— the public housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); the programs for tenant- and project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ); the HOME Investment Partnerships program under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12741 et seq.); the programs for homeless assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.); the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q ); the program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8013 ); the program for housing opportunities for persons with AIDS under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); the Housing Trust Fund program under section 1338 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4568 ); the program for Native American housing under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and the program for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.).
The term covered housing means a dwelling unit assisted with amounts made available, or a loan or mortgage made, insured, or guaranteed, under— any of the programs described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(G)of paragraph (2); or the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). The term covered housing assistance means assistance provided under any program described in paragraph (3). The term legal counsel means full representation by an attorney throughout proceedings in issue. The term owner means any private person or entity, including a cooperative, an agency of the Federal Government, or a public housing agency, having the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units. The term Secretary means Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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