Definitions

(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing. (b) "Department" means the Department of Housing. (c) "Developer" or "other developer" means a housing authority, nonprofit corporation, housing partnership, partnership, limited partnership, municipal developer or other public, quasi-public or private entity that owns or operates a state-assisted or federally-assisted housing project. (d) "Financial Assistance" means a grant-in-aid provided to a housing authority, nonprofit corporation, or other developer for expenses incurred in the establishment of a tenant management organization in a state-assisted or federally-assisted housing project. (e) "Housing Authority" or "Authority" means any of the public corporations created by section 8-40 of the Connecticut General Statutes. (f) "Nonprofit Corporation" means 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. (g) "Project" or "state-assisted or federally-assisted housing project" means a housing project owned or operated by a housing authority, nonprofit corporation, or other developer that was developed in whole or in part with financial assistance provided by the state or federal government. (h) "Tenant Management Organization" means any group or organization consisting of residents of a project formed for the purpose of contributing to or participating in the improvement or operation of the project.