Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 760 CMR - HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF › Title 760 CMR 61.00 - Data Collection For Government Assisted Housing In Massachusetts › Section 61.03 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The following definitions shall apply:
Accessible
means that assisted housing
				units are functional for and can be safely and independently entered and used by
				persons with disabilities.
Assisted Housing
means state and federal
				public housing, housing supported with public subsidy, and housing assisted with
				federal funds administered by the state. Assisted housing shall not include
				subsidies provided directly to households not secured by residential
				real-estate.
Disabled
means:
(a) a person with a physical or mental impairment which
				substantially limits one or more major life activities; or
(b) as otherwise defined in guidelines, instructions, and/or forms
				developed by DHCD for data collection purposes.
Ethnicity
means the appropriate
				designation, as determined by the household member, of "Hispanic or Latino" or "not
				Hispanic or Latino" as those terms are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Ethnic Minority
means Hispanic or
				Latino.
Head of Household
means the one adult
				member of the household designated by the household or by the subsidizing
				agency.
Household Type
means:
(a) Single/non-Elderly (one-person household in which the person is
				not elderly);
(b) Elderly (one or two person household with a person defined as
				elderly by the applicable program);
(c) Related/Single Parent (a single parent household with a
				dependent child or children;
(d) Related-Two parent (a two-parent household with a dependent
				child or children; or
(e) Other (any household not included in 760 CMR 61.03:
Household Type
(a) through (d), including two or more
				unrelated individuals).
Income Level
means one of the following
				categories:
(a) at or below 30% of the Area Median Income, adjusted for
				household size as determined by HUD;
(b) at or below 50% of the Area Median Income, adjusted for
				household size as determined by HUD;
(c) at or below 80% of the Area Median Income, adjusted for
				household size as determined by HUD; or
(d) other income levels as directed by DHCD.
Number and Location of Assisted Housing
				Unit
means the physical address of the assisted housing unit and the
				city or town in which it is located.
Other Funding Contracts
means:
(a) Contracts, grants or agreements providing public subsidy;
				and
(b) Contracts, grants or agreements regarding the sale, rental or
				management of properties receiving public subsidy.
Public Subsidy
means the grant through a
				state housing program of direct financial assistance or indirect financial
				assistance through insurance, guarantees, or other means.
Race
means the following:
(a) "White";
(b) "Black or African American";
(c) "Asian";
(d) "American Indian or Alaska Native";
(e) "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander"; or
(f) Other or combination of any of the above
760 CMR 61.03:
Race
(a) through (e) are
				subject to the definition of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Racial Minority
means a race that is not
				White alone.
State or Federal Rental Assistance
means
				rental assistance through the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, the Alternative
				Housing Voucher Program, the Department of Mental Health Rental Subsidy Program, and
				the federal Section 8 program.
Subsidizing Agencies
means DHCD and any
				other state instrumentalities, as designated by DHCD, that administer assisted
				housing or state or federal rental assistance programs.
Tenure
means whether the unit is ownership
				or rental.
Type of Building
means whether the unit is
				detached single family or multi-unit housing.
Type of Housing
means housing occupancy
				designated as: elderly; disabled; elderly/disabled; family; mixed; special needs; or
				other type as determined by DHCD.