* § 605. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Homeless" means lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime\nresidence; having a primary nighttime residence that is a public or\nprivate place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping\naccommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned\nbuilding, bus or train station, airport, campground, or other place not\nmeant for human habitation; living in a supervised publicly or privately\noperated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements\n(including hotels and motels paid for by federal, state or local\ngovernment programs for low-income individuals or by charitable\norganizations, congregate shelters, or transitional housing); exiting an\ninstitution where an individual or family has resided and lacking a\nregular fixed and adequate nighttime residence upon release or\ndischarge; individuals released or scheduled to be released from\nincarceration and lacking a regular fixed and adequate nighttime\nresidence upon release or discharge; being a homeless family with\nchildren or unaccompanied youth defined as homeless under 42 U.S.C. §\n11302(a); having experienced a long-term period without living\nindependently in permanent housing or having experienced persistent\ninstability as measured by frequent moves and being reasonably expected\nto continue in such status for an extended period of time because of\nchronic disabilities, chronic physical health or mental health\nconditions, substance addiction, histories of domestic violence or\nchildhood abuse, the presence of a child or youth with a disability,\nmultiple barriers to employment, or other dangerous or life-threatening\nconditions, including conditions that relate to violence against an\nindividual or a family member.\n 2. "Imminent loss of housing" means having received a verified rent\ndemand or a petition for eviction; having received a court order\nresulting from an eviction action that notifies the individual or family\nthat they must leave their housing; facing loss of housing due to a\ncourt order to vacate the premises due to hazardous conditions, which\nmay include but not be limited to asbestos, lead exposure, mold, and\nradon; having a primary nighttime residence that is a room in a hotel or\nmotel and lacking the resources necessary to stay; facing loss of the\nprimary nighttime residence, which may include living in the home of\nanother household, where the owner or renter of the housing will not\nallow the individual or family to stay, provided further, that an\nassertion from an individual or family member alleging such loss of\nhousing or homelessness shall be sufficient to establish eligibility; or\nfleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual\nassault, stalking, human trafficking or other dangerous or\nlife-threatening conditions that relate to violence against the\nindividual or a family member, provided further that an assertion from\nan individual or family member alleging such abuse and loss of housing\nshall be sufficient to establish eligibility.\n 3. "Public housing agency" means any county, municipality, or other\ngovernmental entity or public body that is authorized to administer any\npublic housing program (or an agency or instrumentality of such an\nentity), and any other public or private non-profit entity that\nadministers any other public housing program or assistance.\n 4. "Section 8 local administrator" means a public housing agency that\nadministers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program under section 8\nof the United States housing act of 1937 within a community, county or\nregion, or statewide, on behalf of and under contract with the housing\ntrust fund corporation.\n 5. "Housing access voucher local administrator" means a public housing\nagency, as defined in subdivision three of this section, or Section 8\nlocal administrator desig
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