Section 125.103. Definitions; H to S.

Rule 103.  As used in these rules:

(a)       "Household" means a person or family residing or intend-ing to reside in a single-dwelling unit.

(b)      "Housing unit" means living accommodations that are intended for occu- pancy by a single family and with respect to which either of the following applies:

(i)     An occupant owns the housing unit.

(ii)      An occupant is a cooperative shareholder or member  who   has  a propri- etary lease of the housing unit.A housing unit may be site-constructed or may be a mobile home or other form of manufactured housing. Unless otherwise specified, housing units include new housing units, existing housing units, and substantially rehabilitated housing units.

(c)        "Local community" means any of the following entities which presents evidence that it is acting in a manner consistent with the objec-tives of the act with respect to the pro-vision of housing or community development:

(i)     A public body or agency.

(ii)     A quasi-governmental body approved by the authority and established by state or federal law,  the  governing board of which is elected by the

resi-dents of a definite geo-graph-ical area.

(iii)        A park or  playground  association  established  pursuant  to   the pro-visions of Act No. 161 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being

§455.301 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(iv)       A nonprofit corporation, limited dividend housing corporation, or limited dividend housing association .

(d)       "Minor" means a member of a household, other than the household head or spouse, who is under 18 years of age or who is a full-time student.

(e)         "Mortgage loan" means a loan which is authorized by resolution of  the authority or by a mortgage loan commitment issued on behalf of the author-ity and which is made to an applicant for a housing project or a hous-ing unit from the proceeds of sale of the authority's bonds or notes and any other available funds for the purpose of providing construction financing or long-term financing, or both, the repayment of which is secured, or is to  be secured, as provided in the act.

(f)       "Neighborhood improvement program" means that portion of the home improvement loan program that involves a specific agreement  between  the author-ity and a local governing body to  provide  a  concentration   of  home improvement loans in a specific geographical area within the jurisdiction of the government body.

(g)     "Person" means any 1 of the following:

(i)     A person who is physically or mentally handicapped.

(ii)     A person who is 62 or more years of age.

(iii)       A single person who is neither handicapped nor 62 or more years of age. However, the authority may limit, by resolution, the percentage of dwell-ing units within a housing project financed with a mortgage loan that may be made available for occupancy by such single persons.

(h)             "Permanent general improvements" means alterations, repairs, and improvements on or in connection with an existing residential structure which substantially protect or improve the basic livability or energy efficiency of the residential structure to be improved.  Permanent general improvements  do

not include materials, fixtures, or landscaping of a type or quality exceeding that customarily used in the locality for residential structures of the same general type as the structure to be improved.

(i)     "Qualified sponsor" means a local community or an eligible  applicant pursuant to the provisions of R 125.122.

(j)      "Residential structure" means real property that is improved by a structure, which structure is used primarily for residential purposes on a year-round basis. This term does not include a mobile home or a trailer.

(k)        "Sponsor" means an individual, group, or organization which stimu-lates or promotes an applicant and which continues to be interested in the activities of such applicant with respect to a housing project.

History: 1979 AC; 1980 AACS; 1981 AACS; 1982 AACS; 1983 AACS; 1991 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS.