Section 15-10-101 - Definitions(a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Area of operation" means the area within the boundaries of a municipality or county as the case may be or, in the case of combined operations of municipalities and counties, the area comprising the operating area of all the municipalities and counties so combining. In the case of a housing authority, all the area of operation of the municipality or county, or the combined area of two (2) or more municipalities and counties for which the housing authority is established; (ii) "Housing project" or "project" means any undertaking on contiguous or noncontiguous sites to: (A) Make plans and undertake surveys to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (B) Demolish, clear or remove unsafe or unsanitary or substandard buildings; or (C) Provide, or assist in providing by any suitable method decent, safe and sanitary housing and related facilities to persons of low income. (iii) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, company, association or institution; (iv) "Persons of low income" means persons or families who, as determined by the public body undertaking a project, cannot afford to pay the amounts at which private enterprise, unaided by public subsidy, is providing decent, safe and sanitary housing; (v) "Political subdivision" means county, city or town, school district or any other local government entity of the state or the officers thereof.