Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 760 CMR - HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF › Title 760 CMR 63.00 - Public Housing Innovation Programs › Section 63.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Definitions set out in
				760 CMR 4.00:
General
				Administration of Local Housing Authorities
,
				760 CMR 5.00:
Eligibility
				and Selection Criteria
,
				760 CMR 6.00:
Occupancy
				Standards and Tenant Participation for State-aided Housing
and
				760 CMR 11.00:
Modernization and Development of State-aided Public Housing
shall
				apply in
				760 CMR 63.00. The definitions in
				760 CMR 63.02 are for terms not previously defined or for terms that are used
				differently in
				760 CMR 63.00.
Affordable Housing
. For the purposes of the
				RPHI, the term Affordable Housing (defined for purposes of state-aided public
				housing generally at
				760 CMR
				4.01:
Definitions
) shall also
				include any homeownership or rental housing which is restricted to occupancy by low
				or moderate income households of one or more persons and for which the sale price or
				rent is affordable as defined by the criteria for inclusion in the Department's
				subsidized housing inventory and any other requirements imposed by applicable
				funding sources.
Advisory Committee
. A committee to consist
				of the director of the Department or his or her designee; three members to be
				appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be recommended by the Citizens' Housing
				and Planning Association, Inc., one of whom shall be recommended by the
				Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment
				Officials, and one of whom shall be recommended by the Massachusetts Union of Public
				Housing Tenants; and three additional members chosen by the Department, to provide
				advice and recommendations to the Department regarding the PHID Program.
Application
. An application for a PHID
				Grant, in the format specified by the PHID Program Guidelines, including a
				description of a proposed project, all financing sources, and all other matters
				required by
				760 CMR 63.00 and the applicable
				PHID Program Guidelines.
Area Median Income
. Income, adjusted for
				family size, and for the pertinent region, as determined by the United States
				Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Asset-based Management
. As part of a
				comprehensive strategic plan for a portfolio, an approach to property management
				that focuses on maximizing the long term value of property, operational efficiency
				and cost-effectiveness, and consumer satisfaction, and, generally, employs a
				site-based budgeting, needs analysis, funding, decision making, oversight and
				performance assessment, as well as site-based information and financial
				systems.
CEDAC
. The Community Economic Development
				Assistance Corporation established in M.G.L. c. 40H, which is authorized by the PHID
				Legislation to provide Technical Assistance for PHID Eligible Projects and to
				provide evaluations of the PHID Eligible Projects awarded PHID Grants.
Cost-effective Revitalization Methods
.
				Elements of a PHID Eligible Project designed to offer savings in the management,
				marketing, construction or rehabilitation of State-aided Family and/or
				Elderly/Handicapped Housing including, without limitation, incorporating Energy
				Conservation or Efficiency, Asset-based Management, and Design Innovations.
Design Innovations
. Proposals related to
				site planning, building and/or unit design, building and/or unit systems,
				construction techniques, or construction materials of a PHID Eligible Project that
				offer new means of:
(a) extending the useful life of State-aided Family and/or
				Elderly/Handicapped Public Housing;
(b) improving operational efficiency and cost effectiveness of
				State-aided Family and/or Elderly/Handicapped Public Housing;
(c) incorporating Energy Conservation or Efficiency; and/or
(d) affording opportunities for replicability.
Energy Conservation
or
Efficiency
. Energy audits, site planning, building and/or
				unit design, building and/or unit systems, construction techniques, or construction
				materials of a PHID Eligible Project that offer new means of construction or housing
				modifications to achieve energy efficiency and conservation including, without
				limitation, achieving reductions in use of or decreasing reliance on nonrenewable
				and/or natural resources.
Extremely Low Income Household
. A household
				with a gross income at or less than 30% of area median household income as most
				recently determined by the HUD, adjusted for household size.
Financially Feasible Project
. A PHID
				Eligible Project that is likely to secure binding financial commitments from any
				other funding sources which, together with the PHID Grant funds, total the budgeted
				amount necessary to develop and operate the Project.
Local Housing Authority
. A local housing
				authority created pursuant to M.G.L. c. 121B, § 3, prior statute or special act
				that has State-aided Housing Developments. As applied to the PHID and RPHI, the term
				"local housing authority" does not include a regional nonprofit corporation or other
				entity under contract to the Department to administer the MRVP or AHVP as it does in
				760 CMR
				5.03:
Definitions
.
Low or Moderate Income Person or Family
. An
				individual or family whose income is less than 80% of the Area Median Income.
MHP
. The Massachusetts Housing Partnership
				Fund Board established in St. 1985, c. 405, § 35, as amended by St. 1990, c.
				102, §§ 34 through 37, which is authorized by the PHID Legislation to
				provide Technical Assistance for PHID Eligible Projects and to provide evaluations
				of the PHID Eligible Projects awarded PHID Grants.
Public Housing Innovation Demonstration Program (PHID
				Program)
. The Program created by St. 2008, c. 119, § 2, line item
				7004-0034, and amended by St. 2013, c. 129, § 2, line item 7004-0045.
PHID Eligible Project
. A proposal submitted
				by a Local Housing Authority for the acquisition, construction, renovation,
				rehabilitation, marketing or management of State-aided Family and/or
				Elderly/Handicapped Public Housing. A PHID Eligible Project supported by a PHID
				Grant is sometimes referred to as a "Project".
PHID Grant
. A grant made by the Department
				to a Local Housing Authority for a PHID Eligible Project under the PHID Program,
				including Technical Assistance.
PHID Legislation
. The legislation enacted
				as St. 2008, c. 119, § 2 (line item 7004-0034), as amended by St. 2013, c. 129,
				§ 2, line item 7004-0045.
PHID Program Guidelines
. Guidelines issued
				by DHCD, after consultation from the Advisory Committee, setting out, clarifying and
				further explaining
				760 CMR 63.00 program policy and
				procedure, including provisions relating to Tenant Participation, as such guidelines
				may be amended, supplemented or replaced. The PHID Program Guidelines shall apply to
				all PHID Grant programs subject to
				760 CMR
				63.01(2).
Regional Collaboration
. A common or shared
				PHID Eligible Project developed or managed by Local Housing Authorities in two or
				more municipalities for State-aided Family and/or Elderly/Handicapped Public Housing
				in those municipalities and for which an Application is submitted to the
				Department.
Regional Housing Authority (RHA)
. An RHA
				created pursuant to M.G.L. c. 121B, § 3A or similar provisions of earlier
				general laws or of special laws. An RHA shall include a Local Housing Authority that
				has entered into a management services contract or contracts one or more other Local
				Housing Authorities authorizing it to act in the place of such housing authorities
				with respect to the management of their state-aided public housing with the approval
				of the local municipal officers of each LHA entering into such a management services
				contract and subject to such further conditions as may be set out in DHCD
				guidance.
Regional Public Housing Innovation Program
				(RPHI)
. The program created by St. 2014, c. 235, § 12 codified at
				M.G.L. c. 121B, § 38D.
State-aided Family and/or Elderly/Handicapped Public
				Housing
. A State-aided Housing Development pursuant to St. 1948, c.
				200, St. 1966, c. 705 for families, as defined in St. 1948, c. 200, St. 1966, c.
				705, and M.G.L. c. 121B; and/or for elderly or handicapped persons as defined in St.
				1954, c. 667 and M.G.L. c. 121B.
State-aided Housing Development
. Housing
				developed through funds provided under St. 1948, c. 200, St. 1956, c. 667, St. 1966,
				c. 705, St. 1974, c. 689 and St. 1987, c. 167.
Technical Assistance
. Assistance in the
				form of consultation, review and advice concerning the design or implementation of a
				PHID Eligible Project.
Tenant Participation
. Notification to and
				consultation with tenants of State-aided Family and/or Elderly/Handicapped Public
				Housing affected by proposed PHID Eligible Projects, including review and advice
				from tenants in accordance with
				760 CMR 6.00:
Occupancy
				Standards and Tenant Participation for State-aided Housing
and the PHID
				Program Guidelines.