Housing rehabilitation definition

Housing rehabilitation means the repair, renovation, or other improvement of housing to make the housing decent, safe, sanitary, and more habitable.

Housing rehabilitation or “Rehabilitation” means the diverse scope of repair work needed to bring eligible homes into compliance with applicable City Codes; provide access to persons with disabilities; or result in the conservation or more efficient use of energy.

Housing rehabilitation means that portion of an improvement to rental housing that relates to an eligible project if the improvement is to maintain the housing in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition or to restore it to that condition, including any of the following:

Examples of Housing rehabilitation in a sentence

• Housing rehabilitation projects of fewer than eight units are exempt.

• Housing rehabilitation activities for properties located within a designated floodplain may include “structural repairs” and “ordinary maintenance repairs” that are necessary to ensure the health and safety of the occupants.

• Housing rehabilitation funds may be used only for repairs or system replacements necessary to bring a substandard unit into compliance with municipal health, safety and building codes, applicable code violations, as well as any other cosmetic work that is reasonable and deemed necessary or is related to the necessary repairs.

• Housing rehabilitation programs and economic development programs have complex federal regulations, and by their nature are the highest risk programs.

• Housing rehabilitation (including reduction and abatement of lead-based paint hazards).

• Housing rehabilitation activities must bring each rehabilitated unit up to HUD Section 8 existing housing quality standards (HQS) and to the Texas Minimum Construction Standards (TMCS).

• For Housing rehabilitation projects only, performance targets shall include income targeting and affordability requirements as required in 261 Administrative Code 25.4(1).

• Housing rehabilitation activities will include only the repairs necessary to meet the Housing Quality Standards (HQS) defined by the Housing Rehabilitation program as determined by the Housing Inspector.

• The general region is part of an active gold exploration camp that includes current high profile gold exploration projects such as Queensway (New Found Gold Corp), Kingsway (Labrador Gold Corp), Dog Bay (Exploits Discovery Corp) and Toogood (Ethos Gold Corp).

• Housing rehabilitation projects of temporary nature for the improvement of living conditions in existing settlements, until the achievement of a viable, permanent housing solution.