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

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).