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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 · Sec. 579

Sec. 579. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 579 DEFINITIONS **[**[42 U.S.C. 13664](/us/usc/t42/s13664)**]** ###
(a)Definitions For purposes of this subtitle, the following definitions shall apply: ####
(1)Drug-related criminal activity The term “**drug-related criminal activity**” has the meaning given the term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). ####
(2)Federally assisted housing The term “**federally assisted housing**” means a dwelling unit— #####
(A)in public housing (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a)); #####
(B)assisted with tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; #####
(C)in housing that is provided project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, including new construction and substantial rehabilitation projects; #####
(D)in housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act); #####
(E)in housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; #####
(F)in housing that is assisted under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; #####
(G)in housing financed by a loan or mortgage insured under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of section 221(d)(5) of such Act; #####
(H)in housing insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency under section 236 of the National Housing Act; or #####
(I)in housing assisted under section 514 or 515 of the Housing Act of 1949. ####
(3)Owner The term “**owner**” means, with respect to federally assisted housing, the entity or private person (including a cooperative or public housing agency) that has the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such housing.
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