As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Community development corporation” and “community-based development organization” means any locally-based, resident-controlled, nonprofit organization that plans and implements Community Economic Development projects in impoverished areas or for low- and moderate-income people and that holds a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury that the organization is exempt from income taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) “Community services” means any type of counseling and advice, emergency assistance or medical care furnished to individuals or groups in an impoverished area or for low and moderate income families.

(3) “Crime prevention” means any activity that aids in the reduction of crime in an impoverished area or to assist low and moderate income families.

(4) “Economic development” means any activity that aids in business development and ownership in impoverished areas.

(5) “Education” means any type of scholastic instruction to an individual who resides in an impoverished area or for low and moderate income families that enables that individual to meet educational requirements for known job vacancies.

(6) “Housing” means any activity that aids in substantial renovation or new construction of rental or owner-occupied residences for low and moderate income families in impoverished areas or for low and moderate income families.

(7) “Impoverished area” means any clearly-defined, economically-distressed urban or rural area in this State that is certified as such by the Delaware State Housing Authority. Such certification shall be made on the basis of federal census studies and current indices of social and economic conditions.

(8) “Job training” means any type of instruction to an individual who resides in an impoverished area or for low and moderate income families that enables an individual to acquire vocational skills so that the individual can become employable or be able to seek a higher grade of employment.

(9) “Low and moderate income family” means an individual or family whose total household income is at or below 80% of the Area Median Income as established by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(10) “Neighborhood assistance” means the furnishing of financial assistance, labor, material and technical advice to aid in the physical, economic and community improvement of any part or all of an impoverished area or to assist low and moderate income families through the provision of community services, crime prevention, economic development, education, housing, and job training.

(11) “Neighborhood organization” means any organization performing neighborhood assistance in an impoverished area or for low and moderate income families and holding a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury that the organization is exempt from income taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, or any community development corporation or community-based development organization as defined in this section.

(12) “Person” or “persons” shall include any individual; any form of company or corporation which is lawful within the State (including limited liability companies and S corporations), any form of partnership which is lawful within the State (including limited liability partnerships); and any trust or estate.

30 Del. C. 1953, § 2002; 56 Del. Laws, c. 405, § 1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § 9A; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 72 Del. Laws, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 250, § 2; 76 Del. Laws, c. 172, §§ 1-8.