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12 CFR § 1290.1 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1290.1"
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title: "12 CFR § 1290.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1290.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "HOUSING GOALS AND MISSION"
part_number: "1290"
part_name: "COMMUNITY SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1430(g)."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 30342, May 28, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1290.1 Definitions.

For purposes of this part:

*Advisory Council* means the Advisory Council each Bank is required to establish pursuant to section 10(j)(11) of the Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1430(j)(11)) and part 1291 of this chapter.

*CDFI Fund* means the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund established under section 104(a) of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(a)).

*Community development financial institution or CDFI* means an institution that is certified as a community development financial institution by the CDFI Fund under the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 *et seq.*).

*CRA* means the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, as amended (12 U.S.C. 2901, *et seq.*).

*CRA evaluation* means the public disclosure portion of the CRA performance evaluation provided by a member's appropriate Federal banking agency.

*Displaced homemaker* means an adult who has not worked full-time, full-year in the labor force for a number of years, and during that period, worked primarily without remuneration to care for a home and family, and currently is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment.

*First-time homebuyer* means:

(1) An individual and his or her spouse, if any, who has had no present ownership interest in a principal residence during the three-year period prior to purchase of a principal residence.

(2) A displaced homemaker who, except for owning a residence with his or her spouse or residing in a residence owned by his or her spouse, meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of this definition.

(3) A single parent who, except for owning a residence with his or her spouse or residing in a residence owned by his or her spouse, meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of this definition.

*Long-term advance* means an advance with a term to maturity greater than one year.

*Restriction on access to long-term advances* means a member may not borrow long-term advances or renew any maturing advance for a term to maturity greater than one year.

*Single parent* means an individual who is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse and has custody or joint custody of one or more minor children or is pregnant.

*Targeted community lending* means providing financing for economic development projects for targeted beneficiaries.

[80 FR 30342, May 28, 2015, as amended at 81 FR 76300, Nov. 2, 2016]