Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 157 > Article 4 - National Defense Housing Projects

• Administration: as used in this Article , shall mean any and all undertakings necessary for management, operation or maintenance, in connection with any project, and shall include the leasing of any project (in whole or in part) from the federal government. See North Carolina General Statutes 157-53
• Development: as used in this Article , shall mean any and all undertakings necessary for the planning, land acquisition, demolition, financing, construction or equipment in connection with a project (including the negotiation or award of contracts therefor), and shall include the acquisition of any project (in whole or in part) from the federal government. See North Carolina General Statutes 157-53
• Federal government: as used in this Article , shall mean the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. See North Carolina General Statutes 157-53
• Housing authority: as used in this Article , shall mean any housing authority established or hereafter established pursuant to Article 1 of this Chapter. See North Carolina General Statutes 157-53
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Persons engaged in national defense activities: as used in this Article shall include: enlisted personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States and employees of the Defense Department assigned to duty at reservations, posts or bases of the Armed Forces of the United States; and workers engaged or to be engaged in industries connected with and essential to the National Defense Program; and shall include the families of the aforesaid persons who are living with them. See North Carolina General Statutes 157-53
• Persons of low income: as used in this Article , shall mean persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the housing authority undertaking the housing project) to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding. See North Carolina General Statutes 157-53
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• State public body: as used in this Article , shall include the State, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, town or incorporated village of the State. See North Carolina General Statutes 157-53
• United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3