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