The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning and intent:

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(a) “Act” means this chapter as amended from time to time;

(b) “Authority” means the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority as created under section 8-244;

(c) “Housing”, “housing project” or “project” means a work or undertaking having as its primary purpose the provision of safe and adequate housing and related facilities for low and moderate income families and persons, and includes existing dwelling units for low and moderate income families and persons, notwithstanding that said housing provides other dwelling accommodations in addition to the primary purpose of providing dwelling accommodations for low and moderate income families and persons;

(d) “Related facilities” means commercial, office, health, welfare, administrative, recreational, community and service facilities incidental and pertinent to housing as determined by the authority;

(e) “Rents”, “rentals” or “carrying charges” means the charges, excluding security deposits and down payments, paid for occupancy of housing financed or assisted under this chapter, whether such housing is owned or operated on a landlord-tenant or home ownership basis or as a condominium or a cooperative;

(f) “Project cost” means the sum total of all costs incurred in the development of a housing project, which are approved by the authority as reasonable and necessary, including, but not limited to (1) costs of land acquisition and any buildings thereon; (2) costs of site preparation, demolition and development; (3) architectural, engineering, legal, authority and other fees and charges paid or payable in connection with the planning, execution and financing of the project; (4) cost of necessary studies, surveys, plans and permits; (5) insurance, interest, financing, tax and assessment costs and other operating and carrying costs during construction; (6) cost of construction or reconstruction, and fixtures and equipment related to such construction or reconstruction; (7) cost of land improvements; (8) necessary expenses in connection with the initial occupancy of the project; (9) a reasonable profit or fee to the builder and developer; (10) an allowance established by the authority for working capital, replacement and contingency reserves, and reserves for any anticipated operating deficits during the first two years of occupancy; (11) the cost of such other items, including tenant relocation, as the authority shall deem to be reasonable and necessary for the development of the project, less any and all net rents and other net revenues received from the operation of the real and personal property on the project site during construction;

(g) “Development costs” means the costs approved by the authority as appropriate expenditures which may be incurred prior to initial disbursement of mortgage loan proceeds, including, but not limited to: (1) Payments for options to purchase properties for the proposed project, deposits on contracts of purchase or, with the prior approval of the authority, payments for the purchase of such properties; (2) legal, organizational and marketing expenses, including payment of attorneys’ and consultants’ fees, project management and clerical staff salaries, office rent and other incidental expenses; (3) payment of fees for preliminary feasibility studies and advances for planning, architectural and engineering work and land surveys and soil tests; (4) expenses of surveys as to need and market analyses; (5) necessary application and other fees to federal, state and local government agencies; and (6) such other expenses as the authority may deem appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;

(h) “Low and moderate income families and persons” means families and persons who lack the amount of income necessary as determined by the authority, to rent or purchase safe and adequate housing without special financial assistance not reasonably available. The income limits for the admission of such families and persons to housing built or financed or assisted under this chapter shall be established by this authority;

(i) “Assisted mortgage financing” means a below market interest rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made, by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; a market interest rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made, in combination with, or as augmented by, a program of rent supplements, interest subsidies or interest reduction payments, leasing, contributions or grants, or other programs now or hereafter authorized by federal law to serve low and moderate income families and persons; a mortgage loan made or insured pursuant to this chapter; or any combination of such loans, mortgage insurance or other assistance;

(j) “Mortgage” means a mortgage deed, deed of trust, or other instrument which shall constitute a lien, whether first or second, on real estate or on a leasehold under a lease having a remaining term, at the time such mortgage is acquired, which does not expire for at least that number of years beyond the maturity date of the obligation secured by such mortgage as is equal to the number of years remaining until the maturity date of such obligation. As used in this subsection, a lease of a lot in a mobile manufactured home park which is indefinitely renewable pursuant to subsection (b) of section 21-70 shall satisfy the leasehold requirement, provided such lease is acceptable to a third party mortgage insurer and the authority receives an acceptable mortgage insurance policy;

(k) “First mortgage” means such classes of first liens as are commonly given to secure loans on, or the unpaid purchase price of, real estate under the laws of the state, together with appropriate credit instruments;

(l) “Mortgagee” means the original lender under the mortgage or participants therein, and their successors and assigns;

(m) “Mortgagor” or “eligible mortgagor” means (1) a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (2) any business corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (3) any partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust or association having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having basic documents of organization approved by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (4) a housing authority established pursuant to chapter 128; (5) a family or person approved by the authority as qualified to own, construct, rehabilitate, manage and maintain housing under a mortgage loan made or insured by the authority under the provisions of this chapter; or (6) a municipal developer; and includes the successors and assigns of the mortgagor;

(n) “Mortgage payments” means periodic payments called for by a mortgage, and may include, but is not limited to, interest, installments of principal, taxes and assessments, mortgage insurance premiums and hazard insurance premiums;

(o) “Aggregate family income” means the total family income of all members of a family, from whatever source derived, including but not limited to pension, annuity, retirement and social security benefits, provided there may be excluded from income, as the authority by regulation may determine, (1) reasonable allowances for dependents, (2) reasonable allowances for medical expenses, (3) all or any proportionate part of the earnings of gainfully employed minors or family members other than the chief wage earner, (4) income not received regularly, and (5) other expenses;

(p) “Earned surplus” has the same meaning as in generally accepted accounting standards;

(q) “Municipality” means any city, town or borough in the state;

(r) “Lending institution” means any bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union, whether chartered by the United States of America or this state, and any insurance company authorized to do business in this state, and any mortgage banking firm approved by the authority;

(s) “Tenant” means the occupant of any housing financed or assisted by the authority under this chapter;

(t) “Second mortgage” means any class of second liens ranking immediately after a first mortgage on the same property, without any intervening liens, as are commonly given to secure loans on real estate, or the unpaid purchase price of real estate under the laws of the state, together with appropriate credit instruments, provided such second mortgage, unless granted pursuant to the exercise of powers granted to the authority under the provisions of the general statutes, is insured by an agency of the federal government or by such other entity as the authority shall determine is financially able to insure or guarantee repayment in the event of default by the mortgagor;

(u) “Person” means any person, including individuals, limited liability companies, firms, partnerships, associations, public or private, organized or existing under the laws of the state or, any other state if qualified to do business in the state;

(v) “Urban area” means any targeted area, as defined in Section 143 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended;

(w) “Urban area mortgage” means a mortgage securing a construction or a permanent loan to any person for the purpose of purchasing, refinancing, constructing or rehabilitating any residential building in an urban area, including related facilities, such as commercial, offices, health, welfare, administration, recreational, community and service facilities incidental and pertinent thereto as determined by the authority, but need not be a first lien upon the mortgaged property;

(x) “Municipal developer” means a municipality, as defined in subsection (q) of this section, which has not declared by resolution a need for a housing authority pursuant to section 8-40, 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;

(y) “Employer-assisted housing” means (1) housing that is, in whole or in part, owned, acquired, developed or managed by employers, or on behalf of employers, for the benefit of employees in the state or (2) assistance offered by employers to employees in the purchase or lease of residential property in the state;

(z) “Department” means the Department of Housing.