Ohio Administrative Code › Title 122:6 - Housing Trust Fund › Chapter 122:6-1 - Ohio Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Trust Fund › Section 122:6-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Administering
			 body" means the agency, department, division or other part of the Ohio
			 government, which has the authority to administer programs under the housing
			 trust fund, including, but not limited to, the Ohio department of aging, Ohio
			 development services agency, community
			 services division, office of
			  community
			 development and Ohio housing finance agency.
(B) "ODSA" means the
			 Ohio development services agency.
(C) "Area median income" means the median
			 income, adjusted by household size, identified by ODSA for the
			 county in which an activity funded with housing trust fund monies is
			 located.
(D) "Transitional
			 housing and permanent supportive housing " means activities which allows for
			 grants to be made to eligible applicants for homeless prevention, transitional
			 housing, 
								rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing
			 activities that address the housing needs of homeless and low-income
			 individuals and families.
(E)
			 "Homeless prevention" means assistance to individuals or families that have
			 received eviction notices or notices of termination of utility services
			 
			 and will be homeless but for the assistance.
(F) "Transitional housing" means housing and
			 supportive services provided to homeless individuals and families, for no
			 longer than twenty-four months, to enable them to obtain and maintain
			 independent, permanent housing.
(G)
			 "Rapid re-housing" means permanent housing
			 to end homelessness for persons as quickly as possible
			 and linked with individualizedsupportive services, as
			 appropriate.
(H) "Permanent
			 supportive housing" means community-based, long-term housing and supportive
			 services, as appropriate, for homeless
			 individuals with disabilities.
(I)
			 "Homeless" means an individual or family lacking a regular and adequate
			 nighttime residence and unable to secure independent housing; an individual or
			 family that resides in a shelter or other temporary residence;
			  an individual or family at imminent risk
			 of becoming homeless; or a person fleeing domestic
			 violence.
(J) "Supportive
			 services" means case management/coordination; transportation; goal planning;
			 permanent housing placement; referrals to education and training programs,
			 employment opportunities, health care and substance abuse and mental health
			 treatment; assistance in obtaining financial aid and child care; and housing
			 counseling.
(K) "Rental assistance"
			 means direct housing assistance, including security deposits, first month's
			 rent and/or utility assistance.
(L)
			 "Community development corporation grant program" means a program which allows
			 for grants to be made to nonprofit organizations to create and retain jobs in
			 the private sector and provide technical assistance to nonprofit organizations,
			 municipalities and counties.
(M)
			 "Community development corporation" means a community-based, nonprofit entity
			 organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to develop
			 housing and/or create jobs.
(N)
			 "Nonprofit development organizations" means statewide nonprofit organizations
			 organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(O) "Emergency shelter
			 " means
			 activities that allow for
			 grants to be made to eligible applicants to provide emergency shelter housing
			 to homeless individuals and families.
(P) "Rural area and small cities" means a
			 political subdivision of the state that is not designated as a participating
			 jurisdiction under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, 104 Stat. 4094 (1990),
			   42 U.S. C. 12701  note, 12721.
(Q)
			 "Eligible applicant" means a county, municipal corporation, township, local
			 housing authority, nonprofit organization, private developer or private lender
			 that is eligible to apply for programs administered under the housing trust
			 fund.
(R) "Housing program" means a
			 program funded with housing trust fund monies.