Section 45. Definitions

As used in this title, the following terms shall
  have  the  following  meanings  unless  the  context  clearly   requires
  otherwise:
    1. "Eligible cost" shall mean the cost to deliver one or more services
  to  eligible  residents  to assist such residents to live independently,
  including information  and  referral,  resident  services  coordination,
  crisis  intervention,  and  other like services. Eligible cost shall not
  include: those  costs  associated  with  maintenance  and  operation  of
  physical   plant;  those  costs  associated  with  support  services  or
  maintenance provided or financially assisted by other state or municipal
  programs; or those costs associated with support  services  provided  in
  residential care programs licensed by a state department or agency. When
  two  or  more  eligible  projects  exist  in  the  same geographic area,
  services shall be  provided  in  common  among  such  projects  whenever
  feasible.
    2.  "Eligible  applicant"  shall  mean a not-for-profit corporation or
  charitable organization  which  operates  single  room  occupancy  units
  qualifying as an eligible project.
    3.  "Eligible  resident" shall mean a person residing in a single room
  occupancy unit who is in need of services to live independently. In  the
  event that the income of such resident exceeds one hundred fifty percent
  of  the  poverty level, the eligible project may charge a service fee to
  the eligible resident not to exceed fifty percent of the total  cost  of
  services  provided pursuant to this title in such project divided by the
  number of eligible residents in the project.
    4. "Eligible project" shall mean those  single  room  occupancy  units
  occupied  by  eligible  residents,  within a building or portion thereof
  which is operated by an eligible applicant.
    5. "Single room occupancy unit" shall mean a  private  room  providing
  living  and  sleeping  space for no more than two persons with access to
  bathing and toilet facilities, within  a  building  or  portion  thereof
  which  is  operated by an eligible applicant; provided, however, that in
  no event shall such unit be located in:
    (a) hotels, motels or other dwellings occupied transiently;
    (b) shelters for families or adults, as defined by the commissioner;
    (c) residential facilities or institutions which are  required  to  be
  licensed by any state agency;
    (d) college or school dormitories;
    (e) clubhouses;
    (f) housing intended for use primarily or exclusively by the employees
  of a single company or institution; or
    (g) convents or monasteries.
    The unit itself may contain a kitchen and/or a bathroom.
    6.  "In-kind expenditures" shall mean the cash value of eligible costs
  that are not reimbursed under this title and  may  include  but  not  be
  limited to materials, equipment, space or paid or volunteer staff.