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§ 582.5 24 CFR Ch. V (4-1 -05 Edition) or both; or have AIDS and related alis- (ii) Is manifested before the person eases) and, if also homeless, the family attains age 22 ; of such a person . To be eligible for as- (iii) Is likely to continue indefi- sistance, persons must be very low in- nitely; come, except that low-income individ- (iv) Results in substantial functional uals may be assisted under the SRO limitations in three or more of the fol- component in accordance with 24 CFR lowing areas of major life activity: 813. 105 (6) . (A) Self-care; Homeless or homeless individual has (B) Receptive and expressive lan- the meaning given in section 103 of the guage; McKinney Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) . (C) Learning; Indian tribe has the meaning given in (D) Mobility; section 102 of the Housing and Commu- (E) Self-direction; nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S .C. (F) Capacity for independent living; - 5302) . and Low-income means an .annual income (G) Economic self-sufficiency; and not in excess of 80 percent of the me- (v) Reflects the person's need for a dian income for the area, as deter- combination and sequence of special, mined by HUD. HUD may establish in- interdisciplinary, or generic care, come limits higher or lower than 80 treatment, or other services which are percent of the median income for the of lifelong or extended duration and are area on the basis of its finding that individually planned and coordinated. such variations are necessary because (3) Notwithstanding the preceding of the prevailing levels of construction provisions of this definition, the term costs or unusually high or low family person with disabilities includes, except incomes . in the case of the SRO component, two Nonprofit organization has the mean- or more persons with disabilities living ing given in section 104 of the Cron- together, one or more such persons liv- ston-Gonzalez National Affordable ing with another person who is deter- Housing Act (42 U .S .C. 12704) . The term mined to be important to their care or nonprofit organization also includes a well-being, and the surviving member community mental health center es- or members of any household described tablished as a public nonprofit organi- in the first sentence of this definition zation. who were living, in a unit assisted Participant means an eligible person under this part, with the deceased who has been selected to participate in member of the household at the time of S+C. his or her death. (In any event, with re- Person with disabilities means a house- spect to the surviving member or mem- hold composed of one or more persons bers of a household, the right to rental at least one of whom is an adult who assistance under this part will termi- has a disability. - nate at the end of the grant period (I) A person shall be considered to under which the deceased member was have a disability if such person has a a participant.) physical, mental , or emotional impair- Recipient means an applicant ap- ment which is expected to be of long- proved to receive a S+C grant. continued and indefinite duration; sub- Seriously mentally ill has the meaning stantially impedes his or her ability to given in section 462 of the McKinney live independently; and is of such a na- Act (42 U. S .C. 11403g) . ture that such ability could be im- Single room occupancy (SRO) housing proved by more suitable housing condi- means a unit for occupancy by one per- tions. son, which need not but may contain (2) A person will also be considered to food preparation or sanitary facilities, have a disability if he or she has a de- or both. velopmental disability, which is a se- Sponsor means a nonprofit organiza- vere, chronic disability that— tion which owns or leases dwelling - (i) Is attributable to a mental or units and has contracts with a recipi- physical impairment or combination of ent to make such units available to eli- . mental and physical impairments: gible homeless persons and receives 236