24 C.F.R. § 5.504
Child means a member of the family other than the family head or spouse who is under 18 years of age.
Citizen means a citizen or national of the United States.
Evidence of citizenship or eligible status means the documents which must be submitted to evidence citizenship or eligible immigration status. (See § 5.508(b) .)
Family has the same meaning as provided in the program regulations of the relevant Section 214 covered program.
Head of household means the adult member of the family who is the head of the household for purposes of determining income eligibility and rent.
Housing covered programs means the following programs administered by the Assistant Secretary for Housing:
INS means the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Mixed family means a family whose members include those with citizenship or eligible immigration status, and those without citizenship or eligible immigration status.
National means a person who owes permanent allegiance to the United States, for example, as a result of birth in a United States territory or possession.
Noncitizen means a person who is neither a citizen nor national of the United States.
Project owner means the person or entity that owns the housing project containing the assisted dwelling unit.
Public Housing covered programs means the public housing programs administered by the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing under title I of the 1937 Act. This definition does not encompass HUD's Indian Housing programs administered under title II of the 1937 Act. Further, this term does not include those programs providing assistance under section 8 of the 1937 Act. (See definition of "Section 8 Covered Programs" in this section.)
Responsible entity means the person or entity responsible for administering the restrictions on providing assistance to noncitizens with ineligible immigrations status. The entity responsible for administering the restrictions on providing assistance to noncitizens with ineligible immigration status under the various covered programs is as follows:
Section 8 covered programs means all HUD programs which assist housing under Section 8 of the 1937 Act, including Section 8-assisted housing for which loans are made under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959.
Section 214 means section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1436a ).
Section 214 covered programs is the collective term for the HUD programs to which the restrictions imposed by Section 214 apply. These programs are set forth in § 5.500 .
Tenant means an individual or a family renting or occupying an assisted dwelling unit. For purposes of this subpart E, the term tenant will also be used to include a homebuyer, where appropriate.
24 C.F.R. §5.504