N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 1271: Definitions

§ 1271. Definitions. As used in this article:

1. "Corporation" shall mean the housing trust fund corporation

established in section forty-five-a of this chapter.

2. "Eligible applicant" shall mean a city, town, village or

not-for-profit corporation in existence for a period of one or more

years prior to application, which is, or will be at the time of award,

incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law and has

substantial experience in adapting or retrofitting homes for persons

with disabilities.

3. "Veteran" shall mean a veteran as defined in section one of the

veterans' services law, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in

section one of the veterans' services law, who is a resident of the

state and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or

dishonorable from such service.

4. "Disabled veteran" shall mean a veteran with, including but not

limited to, a permanent physical or medical impairment resulting from an

anatomical or physiological condition which prevents the exercise of a

normal bodily function, substantially limits a major life activity or

which is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or laboratory

diagnostic techniques. A professional evaluation must be provided which

identifies the disability, describes the substantial limitation caused

by the disability, and recommends potential structural modifications to

improve the activities of daily living within and/or access to such

residence in consideration of such disability.

5. "Access to home for heroes programs" or "programs" shall mean a

series of activities by an eligible applicant to administer funds to

provide grants to homeowners and renters and to oversee the adaptation,

retrofitting or repairs of eligible properties, provided that such

repairs are related to the habitability of an eligible property and such

repairs are related to the adaptation or retrofitting of an eligible

property.

6. "Eligible property" shall mean a housing unit that is the primary

residence of a disabled veteran and a total household income that does

not exceed one hundred and twenty percent of area median income. A

property shall not be considered an eligible property if the owner of

the property is otherwise obligated by federal, state or local law to

provide the improvements funded under this article.