198A.700 Definitions for KRS 198A.700 to 198A.730.

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As used in KRS 198A.700 to 198A.730, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)"Homeless individual" means a person who:

(a)Lacks a fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime residence;

(b)Is at risk of becoming homeless in a rural or urban area because the residence

is not safe, decent, sanitary, or secure;

(c)Has as a primary nighttime residence a publicly- or privately-operated shelter

designed to provide temporary living accommodations;

(d)Has as a primary nighttime residence a public or private place not designed

for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human

beings; or

(e)Is a family or a person who does not have access to normal accommodations

due to violence or the threat of violence from a cohabitant.

(2)"Nonprofit organization" means an organization duly organized and validly existing

as a not-for-profit organization under the laws of the Commonwealth, any other

state, or the United States and whose purpose includes the development,

construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of housing.

(3)"Technical assistance" means activities that are directly related to a nonprofit

organization's ability to provide housing for very low-income persons in assisted

projects under KRS 198A.700 to 198A.730, and includes land use and planning

costs, design and engineering services, finance services, loan packaging assistance,

program development assistance, construction consultation, and marketing

assistance for developers, and budgeting assistance, independent living skill

development, homeownership, tenant education, and self-sufficiency development

for renters and homeowners.

(4)"Trust fund" means the affordable housing trust fund.

(5)"Very low-income" means the income of individuals or families that is below sixty

percent (60%) of the area median income for the Commonwealth as determined by

the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.