Definitions

In this Act: (1) Eligible housing use The term eligible housing use means a project to construct new housing units— (A) for which not less than 80 percent of the total net rentable area is exclusively for residential use; and (B) which may include commercial, recreational, or public uses. (2) Joint Development Partnership The term Joint Development Partnership means a joint venture to acquire real property rights and develop the property for an eligible housing use— (A) consisting of— (i) a public entity; and (ii) 1 or more entities with the demonstrated capacity to construct and operate housing for rent, including any— (I) private entity; (II) non-profit entity; (III) public housing agency; or (IV) local housing finance agency; and (B) that is memorialized in a contract, a memorandum of understanding, or other legally binding agreement. (3) Office The term Office means the Housing Liaison Office established under section 4(a). (4) Postal Service The term Postal Service means the United States Postal Service. (5) Postmaster The term Postmaster means the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service. (6) Public entity The term public entity means— (A) a State, or an agency or instrumentality of a State; (B) a political subdivision of a State, or an agency or instrumentality of a political subdivision of a State; (C) the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or agency or instrumentality of any such district or territory; or (D) an Indian tribe or authorized tribal organization, or Alaska Native village or organization.