§ 1002 — Definitions

§ 1002. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the state division of\nhousing and community renewal.\n 2. "Division" shall mean the state division of housing and community\nrenewal.\n 3. "Rural area of the state" shall mean cities, towns and villages\nhaving a population of less than twenty-five thousand.\n 4. "Region" shall mean those portions of the rural area of the state,\nas specified in the contract entered into pursuant to this article,\nwithin which housing and community renewal activities funded in part\npursuant to this article are to be carried out.\n 5. "Housing preservation and community renewal activities" include (a)\nthe new construction or the acquisition, maintenance, preservation,\nrepair, rehabilitation or other improvement of vacant or occupied\nhousing accommodations; demolition or sealing of vacant structures where\nnecessary or appropriate; disposition of housing accommodations to\npresent or potential occupants or co-operative organizations; training\nor other forms of assistance to occupants of housing accommodations;\nadministration of landlord training classes; and management of housing\naccommodations as agent for the owners, receivers, administrators or\nmunicipalities; (b) activities, similar to those specified in paragraph\n(a) of this subdivision, aimed at accomplishing similar purposes and\nmeeting similar needs with respect to retail and service establishments\nwithin a region when carried out in connection with and incidental to a\nprogram of housing related activities.\n 6. "Persons of low income" shall mean individuals and families whose\nannual incomes do not exceed ninety per cent of the median annual income\nfor all residents of the region within which they reside or a larger\narea encompassing such region for which median annual income can be\ndetermined.\n 7. "Merged corporation" shall mean a not-for-profit corporation\nmaintaining a contract pursuant to section one thousand three of this\narticle that has undergone a merger with one or more other\nnot-for-profit corporation, which is also maintaining a contract\npursuant to section one thousand three of this article, that has led the\nmerged corporations to reduce the number of contracts being maintained\nwith the division pursuant to section one thousand three of this article\nto a total of one.\n 8. "Unmerged corporation" shall mean a not-for-profit corporation that\nis not a merged corporation.\n