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§ 1271. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Corporation" shall mean the housing trust fund corporation\nestablished in section forty-five-a of this chapter.\n 2. "Eligible applicant" shall mean a city, town, village or\nnot-for-profit corporation in existence for a period of one or more\nyears prior to application, which is, or will be at the time of award,\nincorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law and has\nsubstantial experience in adapting or retrofitting homes for persons\nwith disabilities.\n 3. "Veteran" shall mean a veteran as defined in section one of the\nveterans' services law, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in\nsection one of the veterans' services law, who is a resident of the\nstate and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\nd
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§ 1271. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Corporation" shall mean the housing trust fund corporation\nestablished in section forty-five-a of this chapter.\n 2. "Eligible applicant" shall mean a city, town, village or\nnot-for-profit corporation in existence for a period of one or more\nyears prior to application, which is, or will be at the time of award,\nincorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law and has\nsubstantial experience in adapting or retrofitting homes for persons\nwith disabilities.\n 3. "Veteran" shall mean a veteran as defined in section one of the\nveterans' services law, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in\nsection one of the veterans' services law, who is a resident of the\nstate and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\ndishonorable from such service.\n 4. "Disabled veteran" shall mean a veteran with, including but not\nlimited to, a permanent physical or medical impairment resulting from an\nanatomical or physiological condition which prevents the exercise of a\nnormal bodily function, substantially limits a major life activity or\nwhich is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or laboratory\ndiagnostic techniques. A professional evaluation must be provided which\nidentifies the disability, describes the substantial limitation caused\nby the disability, and recommends potential structural modifications to\nimprove the activities of daily living within and/or access to such\nresidence in consideration of such disability.\n 5. "Access to home for heroes programs" or "programs" shall mean a\nseries of activities by an eligible applicant to administer funds to\nprovide grants to homeowners and renters and to oversee the adaptation,\nretrofitting or repairs of eligible properties, provided that such\nrepairs are related to the habitability of an eligible property and such\nrepairs are related to the adaptation or retrofitting of an eligible\nproperty.\n 6. "Eligible property" shall mean a housing unit that is the primary\nresidence of a disabled veteran and a total household income that does\nnot exceed one hundred and twenty percent of area median income. A\nproperty shall not be considered an eligible property if the owner of\nthe property is otherwise obligated by federal, state or local law to\nprovide the improvements funded under this article.\n