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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 3602. Definitions
As used in this subchapter -
(a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
(b) "Dwelling" means any building, structure, or portion thereof
which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a
residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is
offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon
of any such building, structure, or portion thereof.
(c) "Family" includes a single individual.
(d) "Person" includes one or more individuals, corporations,
partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal
representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts,
unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under
title 11, receivers, and fiduciaries.
(e) "To rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let and
otherwise to grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises
not owned by the occupant.
(f) "Discriminatory housing practice" means an act that is
unlawful under section 3604, 3605, 3606, or 3617 of this title.
(g) "State" means any of the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any of the
territories and possessions of the United States.
(h) "Handicap" means, with respect to a person -
(1) a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits
one or more of such person's major life activities,
(2) a record of having such an impairment, or
(3) being regarded as having such an impairment,
but such term does not include current, illegal use of or addiction
to a controlled substance (as defined in section 802 of title 21).
(i) "Aggrieved person" includes any person who -
(1) claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing
practice; or
(2) believes that such person will be injured by a
discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur.
(j) "Complainant" means the person (including the Secretary) who
files a complaint under section 3610 of this title.
(k) "Familial status" means one or more individuals (who have not
attained the age of 18 years) being domiciled with -
(1) a parent or another person having legal custody of such
individual or individuals; or
(2) the designee of such parent or other person having such
custody, with the written permission of such parent or other
person.
The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of
familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in
the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not
attained the age of 18 years.
(l) "Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues
raised by a complaint, or by the investigation of such complaint,
through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the
respondent, and the Secretary.
(m) "Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement setting
forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.
(n) "Respondent" means -
(1) the person or other entity accused in a complaint of an
unfair housing practice; and
(2) any other person or entity identified in the course of
investigation and notified as required with respect to
respondents so identified under section 3610(a) of this title.
(o) "Prevailing party" has the same meaning as such term has in
section 1988 of this title.
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