As used in NRS 315.021 to 315.071, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. 'Housing authority' means a housing authority created pursuant to this chapter. The term includes a regional authority formed pursuant to NRS 315.7805. 2. 'Landlord' means a person who owns or manages any premises that he or she rents or leases to a tenant pursuant to a contract with a housing authority. 3. 'Premises' means a particular apartment or other residential unit of public housing occupied by a tenant, or a residential unit that is occupied by a tenant pursuant to a federally assisted housing program administered by a housing authority. 4. 'Public housing' means the residential accommodations operated by a housing authority or a landlord. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1224; A 2009, 2224)
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