Washington § 35.83.020 - Definitions.

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) "Cross-subsidized" means the rate of rents for high-income households supporting lower rates of rents for low-income and moderate-income households.

(2) "Federal government" shall include the United States of America, the United States housing authority, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(3) "Governing body" shall mean the council, the commission, board of county commissioners or other body having charge of the fiscal affairs of the state public body.

(4) "High-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at least 120 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(5) "Housing authority" shall mean any housing authority created pursuant to the housing authorities law of this state.

(6) "Housing project" shall mean any work or undertaking of a housing authority pursuant to the housing authorities law, any work or undertaking of a social housing public development authority, or any similar work or undertaking of the federal government.

(7) "Low-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below 80 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(8) "Moderate-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at least 80 percent but below 120 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(9) "Social housing" means subsidized and cross-subsidized rental housing that is made available to households of any income level, including low-income, moderate-income, and high-income households, and publicly owned in perpetuity by a social housing developer.

(10) "Social housing public development authority" means any public corporation created under RCW 35.21.730(5) for the purpose of developing, maintaining, and operating social housing.

(11) "State public body" shall mean the state of Washington and any city, town, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, other subdivision or public body of the state.

(12) "Subsidized" means the use of a financial contribution in the form of a payment, grant, or other conveyance received by a social housing public development authority from a governmental entity to reduce the rate of rents imposed for low-income households.

Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).