Sec.8-358-1. Definitions

(a) "Adjusted Monthly Income" means the gross monthly income of a person or family less an amount for dependents, child care and extraordinary medical expenses.

(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing.

(c) "Community housing development corporation" means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 600 of the Connecticut General Statutes which has qualified for assistance under Section 8-217 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(d) "Department" means the Department of Housing.

(e) "Emergency Shelter" means a privately or publicly supported structure designed to house persons on a temporary basis for whom shelter is not otherwise available.

(f) "Emergency Shelter Services" means the provision of temporary housing to homeless persons.

(g) "Homeless Person" means any person who does not have overnight shelter nor sufficient income or resources to secure such shelter.

(h) "Multi-family Dwelling" means a building capable of housing more than one person or family which complies with state and local codes and ordinances including, but not limited to, an apartment building, a dormitory, or a lodging or rooming house.

(i) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 600 of the Connecticut General Statutes having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner.

(j) "Project" means a rooming house or multi-family dwelling acquired, rehabilitated or constructed with state financial assistance as authorized by Public Act 85-485.

(k) "Rooming House" means a building in which separate sleeping rooms are rented providing sleeping accommodations for more than three persons, on either a transient or permanent basis, with or without meals, but without separate cooking facilities for individual occupants.

(l) "Utility allowance" means the average monthly amount a person or family spends for heat and other utilities, excluding telephone, which is not supplied or paid for by the owner of the dwelling unit rented by the person or family.

(Effective June 24, 1986)