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8A-3/ Area of Racial/Ethnic Concentration: The definition of Area of Racial/Ethnic Concentration is any area or Census Tract in the City of Redwood City where the ethnic classification of households exceed the citywide average of 10% for other than non hispanic/white. Assisted Household or Person: For the purpose of identificatioo of goals, an assisted household or person is one which during the period covered by the annual plan will receive benefits through the Federal funds, either alone or in conjunction with the investment of other public or private funds. The program funds providing the benefit(s) may be from any funding year or combined funding years. A renter is benefited if the person takes occupancy of affordable housing that is newly acquired, newly rehabilitated, or newly constructed, and/or receives rental assistance through new budget authority. An existing homeowner is benefited during the year if the home's rehabilitation is completed. A first-time homebuyer is benefited if a home is purchased during the year. A homeless person is benefited during the year if the person becomes an occupant of transitional or permanent housing. A non-homeless person with special needs is concerned as being benefited, however, only if the provision of supportive services is linked to the acquisition, rehabilitation, or new construction of a housing unit and/or the provision of rental assistance during the year. Households or persons who will benefit from more than one program activity must be counted only once. To be included in the goals, the housing units must, at a minimum, satisfy the HUD Section 8 Housing Quality Standards (see 24 CFR section 882.109). Committed: Generally means there has been a legally binding commitment of funds to a specific project to undertake specific activities. Consistent with the Consolidated Plan: A determination made by the jurisdiction that a program application meets the following criterion: The Annual Plan for that fiscal year's funding indicates the jurisdiction planned to apply for the program or was willing to support an application by another entity for the program; the location of activities is consistent with the geographic areas as specified in the plan; and the activities benefit a category of residents for which the jurisdiction's five-year strategy shows a priority. Cost Burden> 30%: The extent to which gross housing costs, including utility costs, exceed 30 percent of gross income, based on data published by the U. S. Census Bureau. Cost Burden> 50% (Severe Cost Burden): The extent to which gross housing costs, including utility costs, exceed 50 percent of gross income, based on data published by the U. S. Census Bureau. Disabled Household: A household composed of one or more persons (at least one of whom is an adult) a person of at least 18 years of age) who has a disability. A person shall be considered to have a disability if the person is determined to have a physIcal, mental or emotional impairment that: (1) is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration, (2) substantially impeded his or her ability to live independently, and (3) is of such a nature that the ability could be improved by more suitable housing conditions. A person shall also be considered to have a disability if he or she has a developmental disability as defined in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S. C. 6001-6006). The term also includes the surviving member or members of any household described in the first sentence of this paragraph who were living in an assisted unit with the deceased member of the household at the time of his or her death. D-2 'T- ~