4-1 SUBMISSION ANNUAL ADMIN PLAN_EXHIBIT 3

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Payment standard. The maximum monthly assistance payment for a family assisted in the voucher program (before deducting the total tenant payment by the family). Person with disabilities. For the purposes of program eligibility. A person who has a disability as defined under the Social Security Act or Developmental Disabilities Care Act, or a person who has a physical or mental impairment expected to be of long and indefinite duration and whose ability to live independently is substantially impeded by that impairment but could be improved by more suitable housing conditions. This includes persons with AIDS or conditions arising from AIDS but excludes persons whose disability is based solely on drug For the purposes of reasonable accommodation. or alcohol dependence. A person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person regarded as having such an impairment, or a person with a record of such an impairment. Portability. Renting a dwelling unit with a Section 8 housing choice voucher outside the jurisdiction of the initial PHA. Premises. The building or complex in which the dwelling unit is located, including common areas and grounds. Previously unemployed. With regard to the earned income disallowance, a person with disabilities who has earned, in the 12 months previous to employment, no more than would be received for 10 hours of work per week for 50 weeks at the established minimum wage. Private space. In shared housing, the portion of a contract unit that is for the exclusive use of an assisted family. Processing entity. The person or entity that, under any of the programs covered, is responsible for making eligibility and related determinations and any income reexamination. In the HCV program, the "processing entity" is the "responsible entity." Project owner. The person or entity that owns the housing project containing the assisted dwelling unit. Public assistance. Welfare or other payments to families or individuals, based on need, which are made under programs funded, separately or jointly, by federal, state, or local governments. Public housing agency (PHA). Any State, county, municipality, or other governmental entity or public body, or agency or instrumentality of these entities, tha t is authorized to engage or assist in the development or operation of low-income housing under the 1937 Act. GL-11 .