Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, “housing project” means any work or undertaking to provide decent, safe, and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for families of low and moderate income, including:

(1) buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, site preparation, gardening, administrative, community, recreational, commercial, or welfare purposes; and

(2) the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing dwelling units or structures to be used for moderate or low rental units.

     (b) The term includes the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of the improvements, and all other connected work. The term includes the reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration, or major repair of existing buildings or improvements.

As added by P.L.69-1989, SEC.3.