2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Public Health, Housing, Environment
Chapter 458 - Housing and Community Services Programs; Individual Development Accounts
Section 458.610 - Definitions for ORS 458.600 to 458.665.

For purposes of ORS 458.600 to 458.665:

(1) "Council" means the State Housing Council established in ORS 456.567.

(2) "Department" means the Housing and Community Services Department established in ORS 456.555.

(3) "Low income" means individuals or households that receive more than 50 percent and not more than 80 percent of the median family income for the area, subject to adjustment for areas with unusually high or low incomes or housing costs, all as determined by the council based on information from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(4) "Minority" means an individual:

(a) Who has origins in one of the black racial groups of Africa but who is not Hispanic;

(b) Who is of Hispanic culture or origin;

(c) Who has origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands; or

(d) Who is an American Indian or Alaskan Native having origins in one of the original peoples of North America.

(5) "Organization" means a:

(a) Nonprofit corporation established under ORS chapter 65;

(b) Housing authority established under ORS 456.055 to 456.235; or

(c) Local government as defined in ORS 197.015.

(6) "Persons with disabilities" means persons with handicaps described in 42 U.S.C. 3602(h).

(7) "Very low income" means individuals or households that receive 50 percent or less of the median family income for the area, subject to adjustment for areas with unusually high or low incomes or housing costs, all as determined by the council based on information from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(8) "Veteran" has the meaning given that term in ORS 408.225. [1991 c.740 §2; 1995 c.79 §271; 2007 c.70 §266; 2009 c.18 §6; 2013 c.646 §2]