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

“Board” means the board of directors of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation.

“Bonds” means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, participation certificates, pass-through certificates, mortgage-backed obligations, or other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation issued pursuant to this chapter.

“Community facilities” include real and personal property; buildings, equipment, lands, and grounds for recreational or social assemblies, or educational, health, or welfare purposes; and necessary or convenient utilities, when designed primarily for the benefit and use of the corporation or the occupants of the dwelling.

“Contract” means any agreement of the corporation with an obligee or a trustee for the obligee, whether contained in a resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, bond, or other instrument.

“Corporation” means the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation.

“Dwelling”, “dwelling unit”, or “unit” means any structure or room for sale, lease, or rent, that provides shelter.

“Elderly housing project” means a housing project that is intended and operated as housing that satisfies the definition of housing for older persons under 42 United States Code § 3607(b)(2).

“Executive director” means the executive director of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation.

“Federal government” includes the United States and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.

“Government” or “government agency” includes the State and the United States and any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.

“Household member” means a person who:

(1) Is a co-applicant; or

(2) Will reside in the dwelling unit purchased or leased from the corporation.

“Housing project” or “project”:

(1) Includes all real and personal property, buildings and improvements, commercial spaces, lands for farming and gardening, and community facilities acquired or constructed or to be acquired or constructed, and all tangible or intangible assets held or used in connection with the housing project; and

(2) May also be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property by purchase, lease, or otherwise, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of the improvements, and all other work in connection therewith.

“Land” or “property” includes vacant land or land with site improvements, whether partially or entirely finished in accordance with governmental subdivision standards, or with complete dwellings.

“Mortgage holder” includes the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture, or other federal or state agency engaged in housing activity, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, private mortgage lender, private mortgage insurer, and their successors, grantees, and assigns.

“Mortgage lender” means any bank, trust company, savings bank, national banking association, savings and loan association, building and loan association, mortgage banker, credit union, insurance company, or any other financial institution, or a holding company for any of the foregoing, that:

(1) Is authorized to do business in the State;

(2) Customarily provides service or otherwise aids in the financing of mortgages on single-family or multifamily residential property; and

(3) Is a financial institution whose accounts are federally insured or is an institution that is an approved mortgagee for the Federal Housing Administration, an approved lender for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Department of Agriculture, or an approved mortgage loan servicer for the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

“Nonprofit organization” means a corporate entity, association, or other duly chartered entity that is registered with the State and has received a written determination from the Internal Revenue Service that it is exempt under either section 501(c)(3), section 501(c)(4), or so much of section 501(c)(2) as applied to title holding entities that turn over their income to organizations that are exempt under either section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Obligee of the corporation” or “obligee” includes any bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, any lessor demising property to the corporation used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee or assignees of the lessor’s interest or any part thereof, and the United States, when it is a party to any contract with the corporation.

“Qualified nonprofit housing trust” means a corporation, association, or other duly chartered organization that is registered and in good standing with the State; is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable or otherwise tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and has the capacity, resources, and mission to carry out the purposes of this chapter as determined by the corporation.

“Real property” includes lands, land under water, structures, and any and all easements, franchises, and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise.

“Trustee” means a national or state bank or trust company located within or outside the State that enters into a trust indenture.

“Trust indenture” means an agreement by and between the corporation and the trustee, which sets forth the duties of the trustee with respect to the bonds, the security therefor, and other provisions as deemed necessary or convenient by the corporation to secure the bonds.