{"data":{"id":"us/34-u.s.c.-12473","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 U.S.C. § 12473","heading":"Definitions","body":"For purposes of this subpart—(1) the term “assisted housing” means housing assisted—(A) under sections 1715e, 1715k, 1715l(d)(3), 1715l(d)(4), 1715n(e), 1715v, or 1715z–1 of title 12; (B) under section 1701s of title 12; (C) under section 1701q of title 12; (D) under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); (E) under title II of the Cranston-Gonzales 2 National Affordable Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.]; (F) under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); (G) under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); or (H) under section 1437f of title 42; (2) the term “continuum of care” means a community plan developed to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and achieve maximum self-sufficiency; (3) the term “low-income housing assistance voucher” means housing assistance described in section 1437f of title 42; (4) the term “public housing” means housing described in section 1437a(b)(1) of title 42; (5) the term “public housing agency” means an agency described in section 1437a(b)(6) of title 42; (6) the terms “homeless”, “homeless individual”, and “homeless person”—(A) mean an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and (B) includes—(i) an individual who—(I) is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; (II) is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; (III) is living in an emergency or transitional shelter; (IV) is abandoned in a hospital; or (V) is awaiting foster care placement; (ii) an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings; or (iii) migratory children (as defined in section 6399 of title 20) who qualify as homeless under this section because the children are living in circumstances described in this paragraph; (7) the term “homeless service provider” means a nonprofit, nongovernmental homeless service provider, such as a homeless shelter, a homeless service or advocacy program, a tribal organization serving homeless individuals, or coalition or other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization carrying out a community-based homeless or housing program that has a documented history of effective work concerning homelessness; (8) the term “tribally designated housing” means housing assistance described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and (9) the term “tribally designated housing entity” means a housing entity described in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(21));","path":["Title 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 121—VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc34@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:14Z","sha256":"bd007f94bbe180eb86967933faa7202d7ece51f81137fceb83c7fd3fc70c4734","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-u.s.c.-12472","next":"us/34-u.s.c.-12474"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}