# 401.2 What special definitions apply to this part?
(a) *MAHRA* means the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, title V of Pub. L. 105-65, 42 U.S.C. 1437f note.
(b) *Statutory terms.* Terms defined in section 512 of MAHRA are used in this part in accordance with their statutory meaning. These terms are: comparable properties, expiring contract, expiration date, fair market rent, mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan, nonprofit organization, qualified mortgagee, portfolio restructuring agreement, participating administrative entity, project-based assistance, renewal, State, tenant-based assistance, and unit of general local government.
(c) *Other terms.* As used in this part, the term—
*Affiliate* means an “affiliate of the owner” or an “affiliate of the purchaser”, as such terms are defined in section 516(a) of MAHRA.
*Applicable Federal rate* has the meaning given in section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 1274(d).
*Community-based nonprofit organization* means a nonprofit organization that maintains at least one-third of its governing board's membership for low-income tenants from the local community, or for elected representatives of community organizations that represent low-income tenants.
*Comparable market rents* has the meaning given in § 401.410(b).
*Disabled family* has the meaning given in § 5.403(b) of this title.
*Elderly family* has the meaning given in § 5.403(b) of this title.
*Eligible project* means a project that meets the requirements for eligibility for a Restructuring Plan in § 401.100.
*HUD* means a HUD official authorized to act under the provisions of MAHRA, and otherwise has the meaning given in § 5.100 of this title.
*NHA* means the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1702 *et seq.*
*OAHP* means the Office of Affordable Housing Preservation, and any successor office.
*Owner* means the owner of a project and any purchaser of the project.
*PAE* means a participating administrative entity as defined in section 512(10) of MAHRA, or HUD when appropriate in accordance with section 513(b)(4) of MAHRA.
*PCA* means a physical condition assessment of a project prepared by a PAE under § 401.451.
*PRA* means a portfolio restructuring agreement as defined in section 512(9) of MAHRA.
*Priority purchaser* means a purchaser of a project, meeting qualifications established by HUD, that is:
(1) A tenant organization;
(2) A tenant-endorsed community-based nonprofit organization or public agency; or
(3) A limited partnership with a sole general partner that itself is a priority purchaser under this definition.
*Rental Assistance Assessment Plan* means the plan described in section 515(c)(2) of MAHRA.
*Restructured rent* means the rent determined at the time of restructuring in accordance with section 514(g) of MAHRA.
*Restructuring Plan* or *Plan* means the Mortgage Restructuring and Rental Assistance Sufficiency Plan described in section 514 of MAHRA.
*Section 8* means section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. 1437f.
*Section 541(b) claim* means a claim paid by HUD under an insurance contract under authority of section 541(b) of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1735f-19(b).
*Tenant organization* of a project means an organization that meets regularly, whose officers are elected by a majority of heads of households of occupied units in the project, and whose membership is open to all tenants of the project.
*Unit of local government* means the smallest unit of general local government in which the project is located.
*Voucher* means any tenant-based assistance.
(d) *Conflicts of interest.* Additional definitions applicable to §§ 401.310 through 401.313 appear in § 401.310.
[65 FR 15485, Mar. 22, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 53900, Sept. 6, 2000; 71 FR 2120, Jan. 12, 2006; 72 FR 66038, Nov. 26, 2007]