14.02.010 Definitions

(a) "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Authority.

(b) "Council" means the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribal Council.

(c) "Federal Government" includes the United States of America, the Public Housing Administration, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporation or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(d) "Area of Concern" means any area where dwellings predominate which by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals.

(e) "Housing Project" or "project" means any work or undertaking:

(1) to demolish, clear, or remove buildings from any area of concern,

(2) to provide decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons of low income;

(3) to accomplish a combination of the foregoing.

Such work or undertaking may include buildings, land, leaseholds, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, for streets, sellers, water service, utilities, parks, site preparation or landscaping, and for administrative, community, health, recreational, welfare, or other purposes. The term "Housing Project" also may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property or any interest therein the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of the improvements or other property and all other work in connection therewith, and the term shall include all other real and personal property and all tangible or intangible assets held or used in connection with the housing project.

(f) "Persons of low income" means persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding for their use.

(g) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by the Authority pursuant to this title.

(h) "Obligee" includes any bondholder agent or trustee for any bondholder or lessor passing to the Authority property used in connection with a project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the Federal government when it is a party to any contract with the Authority in respect to a housing project.

(i) "Home Buyer" means a person who has executed a lease-purchase agreement with the Authority, and who has not yet achieved ownership.