Definitions

The following definitions apply to Sections 8-219e-1 to 8-219e-9 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies: (a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing. (b) "Department" means the Connecticut Department of Housing. (c) "Residential Dwelling Unit" means a room or group of rooms arranged for use as a single household by one or more individuals living together who share living, sleeping, cooking, eating and toilet/bathing facilities. (d) "Developer" means (1) A housing authority established in accordance with Section 8-40 of the Connecticut General Statutes and the Connecticut Housing Authority when exercising the rights, powers, duties or privileges of or subject to the immunities or limitations of housing authorities pursuant to Section 8-121 of the Connecticut General Statutes; or (2) A nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 600 of the Connecticut General Statutes, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner; or (3) A municipal developer, which means a municipality which has not declared by resolution a need for a housing authority pursuant to Section 8-40 of the General Statutes, acting by and through its legislative body, except that in any town in which a town meeting or representative town meeting is the legislative body, "municipal developer" means the board of selectmen if such board is authorized to act as the municipal developer by the town meeting or representative town meeting; or (4) A business corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 599 of the Connecticut General Statutes, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner; or (5) A partnership which means a partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust or association having basic documents of organization approved by the Commissioner, and having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, or operation of housing; or (6) A family or person approved by the Commissioner as qualified to receive financial assistance for the abatement of hazardous materials under an agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 8-219e of the Connecticut General Statutes and these regulations; or (7) A Community Housing Development Corporation incorporated and organized pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 600 and Section 8-217 of the Connecticut General Statutes, having as one of its purposes the financing, acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner. (e) "Family" means a household consisting of one or more persons. (f) "Low and Moderate Income Family" means families who lack the amount of income necessary to rent or purchase decent, safe and sanitary housing without financial assistance, as determined by the Commissioner. (g) "Hazardous Materials" means lead-based paint, asbestos and asbestos-containing material. (h) "Hazardous Materials Project" or "Project" means any work or undertaking to provide technical assistance and abate hazardous materials in order to provide decent, safe and sanitary dwelling units. (i) "Technical Assistance" means support provided for activities including but not limited to assessing the amount and extent of hazardous materials in a residential dwelling unit, developing plans for removal of hazardous materials, assisting property owners in identifying and securing financial assistance for removal of hazardous materials and purchasing equipment necessary to provide technical assistance. (j) "Borrower" means any property owner that receives financial assistance for a hazardous materials project. (k) "Financial assistance" means grants, loans, deferred loans or any combination thereof. (l) "Abatement" means any set of measures designed to eliminate lead or asbestos hazards in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services, including, but not limited to, the encapsulation, replacement, removal, enclosure or covering of paint, plaster, soil or other material containing toxic levels of lead; and any activities related to the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, renovation, repair, demolition or other disturbance of asbestos-containing materials.