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A TRUE COPY <br /> CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br /> J . K . BARTON , CLERK <br /> Ofc . of Asst. Secy. , Comm . Planning, Develop . , HUD § 582 . 5 <br /> § 582 . 5 Definitions . ( 1 ) A person shall be considered to have a <br /> The terms Fair Market Rent ( FMR) , HUD , disability if such person has a physical , mental , <br /> Public Housing Agency ( PHA), Indian Housing or emotional impairment which is expected to <br /> be of long -continued and indefinite duration ; <br /> Authority ( IHA) , and Secretary are defined in 24 substantially impedes his or her ability to live <br /> CFR part 5 . independently ; and is of such a nature that such <br /> As used in this part : ability could be improved by more suitable <br /> Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome housing conditions . <br /> ( AIDS) and related diseases has the meaning ( 2 ) A person will also be considered to <br /> given in section 853 of the AIDS Housing have a disability if he or she has a <br /> Opportunity Act ( 42 U . S . C. 12902 ) , developmental disability, which is a severe, <br /> Applicant has the meaning given in section chronic disability that- <br /> 462 of the McKinney Act (42 U . S . C . 11403g ) . ( i ) Is attributable to a mental or physical <br /> Eligible person means a homeless person impairment or combination of mental and <br /> with disabilities (primarily persons who are physical impairments ; <br /> seriously mentally ill ; have chronic problems (ii ) Is manifested before the person attains <br /> with alcohol , drugs, or both ; or have AIDS and age 22 ; <br /> related diseases) and , if also homeless, the ( iii ) Is likely to continue indefinitely; <br /> family of such a person . To be eligible for ( iv) Results in substantial functional <br /> assistance, persons must be very low income, limitations in three or more of the following <br /> except that low-income individuals may be areas of major life activity : <br /> assisted under the SRO component in (A) Self-care ; <br /> accordance with 24 CFR 813 . 105 ( b) . ( g) Receptive and expressive language ; <br /> Homeless or homeless individual has the (C) Learning ; <br /> meaning given in section 103 of the McKinney ( D) Mobility ; <br /> Act (42 U . S . C . 11302 ) . ( E) Self-direction ; <br /> Indian tribe has the meaning given in ( F) Capacity for independent living ; and <br /> section 102 of the Housing and Community ( G ) Economic self-sufficiency ; and <br /> Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U . S . C . 5302 ) . (v ) Reflects the person ' s need for a <br /> Low- income means an annual income not in combination and sequence of special , <br /> excess of 80 percent of the median income for interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or <br /> the area , as determined by HUD . HUD may other services which are of lifelong or extended <br /> establish income limits higher or lower than 80 duration and are individually planned and <br /> percent of the median income for the area on coordinated . <br /> the basis of its finding that such variations are (3 ) Notwithstanding the preceding <br /> necessary because of the prevailing levels of provisions of this definition , the term person <br /> construction costs or unusually high or low with disabilities includes, except in the case of <br /> family incomes . the SRO component, two or more persons with <br /> Nonprofit organization has the meaning disabilities living together, one or more such <br /> given in section 104 of the Cranston- Gonzalez persons living with another person who is <br /> National Affordable Housing Act (42 U . S . C. determined to be important to their care or <br /> 12704) . The term nonprofit organization also well - being , and the surviving member or <br /> includes a community mental health center members of any household described in the first <br /> established as a public nonprofit organizations sentence of this definition who were living , in a <br /> Participant means an eligible person who unit assisted under this part, with the deceased <br /> has been selected to participate in S+ C. member of the household at the time of his or <br /> Person with disabilities means a household her death . (In any event, with respect to the <br /> composed of one or more persons at least one surviving member or members of a household , <br /> of whom is an adult who has a disability . the right to rental assistance under this part will <br /> terminate at the end of the grant period <br /> www . hud . gov espanol .hud . gov Page 6 <br />