24 CFR § 1000.401 - What terms are used throughout this subpart?

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title: "24 CFR § 1000.401 - What terms are used throughout this subpart?"
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "1000.401"
section_name: "What terms are used throughout this subpart?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "1000"
part_name: "NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ACTIVITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 4101  42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 12349, Mar. 12, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1000.401 What terms are used throughout this subpart?

As used throughout title VI of NAHASDA and in this subpart:

*Applicant* means the entity that requests a HUD guarantee under the provisions of this subpart.

*Borrower* means an Indian tribe or TDHE that receives funds in the form of a loan with the obligation to repay in full, with interest, and has executed notes or other obligations that evidence that transaction.

*Issuer* means an Indian tribe or TDHE that issues or executes notes or other obligations. An issuer can also be a borrower.