§ 1270 Statement of legislative findings and purpose
§ 1271 Definitions
§ 1272 Access to home for heroes contracts

Terms Used In New York Laws > Private Housing Finance > Article 30 - New York Access to Home for Heroes Program

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: shall mean the housing trust fund corporation established in section forty-five-a of this chapter. See N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law 1271
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Disabled veteran: shall mean a veteran with, including but not limited to, a permanent physical or medical impairment resulting from an anatomical or physiological condition which prevents the exercise of a normal bodily function, substantially limits a major life activity or which is demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques. See N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law 1271
  • Eligible applicant: shall mean a city, town, village or not-for-profit corporation in existence for a period of one or more years prior to application, which is, or will be at the time of award, incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law and has substantial experience in adapting or retrofitting homes for persons with disabilities. See N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law 1271
  • Eligible property: shall mean a housing unit that is the primary residence of a disabled veteran and a total household income that does not exceed one hundred and twenty percent of area median income. See N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law 1271
  • 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.
  • programs: shall mean a series of activities by an eligible applicant to administer funds to provide grants to homeowners and renters and to oversee the adaptation or retrofitting of eligible properties. See N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law 1271
  • Veteran: shall mean a veteran as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, who is a resident of the state and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service. See N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law 1271