Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 760 CMR - HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF › Title 760 CMR 4.00 - General Administration Of Local Housing Authorities › Section 4.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Definitions in
				760 CMR 5.00:
Eligibility
				and Selection Criteria
and 11.00:
Modernization and Development of
				State-aided Public Housing
shall apply in
				760 CMR 4.00. The following
				definitions shall also apply:
Administrative or Supervisory Employee
. An
				Local Housing Authority (LHA) employee who has supervisory authority over others or
				who has administrative responsibility for projects, programs or departments, such as
				responsibility for tenant selection; an administrative or supervisory employee
				includes, but is not limited to, the following: executive director, assistant
				executive director, general counsel, maintenance supervisor, department head, tenant
				selector, and project manager.
Affordable Housing
. Homeownership or rental
				housing which is restricted to occupancy by low or moderate income households and
				for which the sales prices or rents are affordable to such households.
Affordable Housing Development
. A
				development of new or rehabilitated affordable housing, which may include
				market-rate housing if such market-rate housing is reasonably necessary for the
				financial feasibility of construction or operation of the affordable housing.
Annual Plan
. The Annual Plan required by
				M.G.L. c. 121B, § 28A.
CIP
. The five-year Capital Improvement Plan
				required pursuant to
				760 CMR 11.00:
Modernization and Development of State-aided Public Housing
.
Controlled Affiliate
. An entity with the
				power to own and manage residential real property of which and over which actual and
				legal control shall be in an LHA.
Corrective Action Plan
. A written plan
				adopted by an LHA stating how it will correct deficiencies found by the Department
				after its review in the Monitoring Program defined in 760 CMR 4.01:
Monitoring Program
.
Department
. The Department of Housing and
				Community Development.
HUD
. The U.S. Department of Housing and
				Urban Development.
Immediate Family
. A person, his or her
				spouse and their parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, brothers, and
				sisters, including in-laws.
Low or Moderate Income Household
. A
				household with gross income at or less than 80% of area median household income as
				most recently determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
				(HUD) adjusted for household size.
Market-rate Housing
. Homeownership or
				rental housing which is not restricted to occupancy by low or moderate income
				households. Market-rate housing may be made available for occupancy by households
				without regard to income. Market-rate housing may also include housing to be
				occupied by households for which there are specified maximum income limits in excess
				of 80% up to 150% of area median income.
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
. A
				business organization owned and controlled 51% or more by one or more minority
				persons and certified as such by the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office (SDO)
				or successor agencies.
Monitoring Program
. The monitoring program
				established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 121B, § 26B.
Supplier Diversity Office (SDO)
. The office
				of the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance's Operational
				Services Division established under M.G.L. c. 7, § 61 whose mission is to
				increase business opportunities for M/WBEs.
Veteran
. A Veteran as defined in M.G.L. c.
				4, § 7(43).
Women Business Enterprise (WBE)
. A business
				organization owned and controlled 51% or more by one or more women and certified as
				such by the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office (SDO).