Texas Local Government Code 379E.003 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 379E.003
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Affordable” means that the monthly mortgage payment or contract rent does not exceed 30 percent of the applicable median family income for that unit size, in accordance with the income and rent limit rules adopted by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
(2) “Community housing development organization” or “organization” means an organization that:
(A) meets the definition of a community housing development organization in 24 C.F.R. § 92.2; and
(B) is certified by the municipality as a community housing development organization.
(3) “Land bank” means an entity established or approved by the governing body of a municipality for the purpose of acquiring, holding, and transferring unimproved real property under this chapter.
(4) “Low income household” means a household with a gross income of not greater than 80 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for household size, for the metropolitan statistical area in which the municipality is located, as determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(5) “Qualified participating developer” means a developer who meets the requirements of Section 379E.005 and includes a qualified organization under Section 379E.011.
(6) “Urban land bank plan” or “plan” means a plan adopted by the governing body of a municipality as provided by Section 379E.006.
(7) “Urban land bank program” or “program” means a program adopted under Section 379E.004.