Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 12473: Definitions

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under sections 1 1715e, 1715k, 1715 1 So in original. Probably should be “section”. l (d)(3), 1715 l (d)(4), 1715n(e), 1715v, or 1715z–1 of title 12; under section 1701s of title 12 ; under section 1701q of title 12 ; under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales 2 National Affordable Housing Act ( 2 So in original. Probably should be “Cranston-Gonzalez”. 42 U.S.C. 8013 ); under title II of the Cranston-Gonzales 2 National Affordable Housing Act [ 42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.]; under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); or under section 1437f of title 42 ; the term “continuum of care” means a community plan developed to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and achieve maximum self-sufficiency; the term “low-income housing assistance voucher” means housing assistance described in section 1437f of title 42 ; the term “public housing” means housing described in section 1437a(b)(1) of title 42 ; the term “public housing agency” means an agency described in section 1437a(b)(6) of title 42 ; mean an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; is living in an emergency or transitional shelter; is abandoned in a hospital; or is awaiting foster care placement; an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings; or migratory children (as defined in section 6399 of title 20 ) who qualify as homeless under this section because the children are living in circumstances described in this paragraph; the term “homeless service provider” means a nonprofit, nongovernmental homeless service provider, such as a homeless shelter, a homeless service or advocacy program, a tribal organization serving homeless individuals, or coalition or other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization carrying out a community-based homeless or housing program that has a documented history of effective work concerning homelessness; the term “tribally designated housing” means housing assistance described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and the term “tribally designated housing entity” means a housing entity described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4103(21) ); 3 3 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.

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