Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.1452

  • Authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created in this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Housing charges: means monthly rentals or carrying charges, and includes estimated or actual expenditures for heat, light, water, cooking fuel, and other utilities, and other reasonable expenditures which the authority determines to be a part of housing charges. See Michigan Laws 125.1451
  • Low and moderate income housing: means housing financed by bond issues authorized under this act, by federally-aided mortgages as defined in section 11(c), or by other programs directed toward providing housing within the financial means of low and moderate income families as the authority shall determine. See Michigan Laws 125.1451
  • rental: means all regular charges paid on a periodic basis to a housing corporation by a person or family living in a rental or cooperative housing project, excluding initial down payments. See Michigan Laws 125.1451
  • 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 belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
   The authority may provide that up to 25% of the dwelling units in any development providing low and moderate income housing under federal, state or local government programs be made available to low income families and persons whose probable aggregate yearly income is less than 4 times as large as the regular yearly housing charges for such dwelling units. The dwelling units shall be made available to these families and persons at monthly rental payments or carrying charges so that yearly housing charges do not exceed 25% of the probable aggregate yearly income of such persons or families. The authority is authorized to contract with sponsors or owners of housing developments for up to 3,750 such units during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967.