South Carolina § 31-13-410 - Definitions.
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§ 31-13-410. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) "Affordable housing" means residential housing that, so long as the same is occupied by lower or very low income households, requires payment of monthly housing costs of no more than thirty percent of one-twelfth adjusted annual income.
(2) "Annual income" means the anticipated total income from all sources received by the family head and spouse and by each additional member of the household, including all net income derived from assets.
(3) "Authority" means the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority.
(4) "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority.
(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the authority.
(6) "Lower income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose annual income adjusted for household size is more than fifty percent, but less than eighty percent, of the median income of the area of residence as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(7) "Substandard unit" means a housing unit which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of these factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, or has an adverse effect upon the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of its inhabitants.
(8) "Trust fund" or "fund" means the South Carolina Housing Trust Fund.
(9) "Very low income household" means a household that has an annual income adjusted for household size of less than fifty percent of the median income of the area of residence as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 410, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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