New York § 1271 - 1271Definitions

§ 1271. 1271Definitions

§ 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.