As among applicants eligible for occupancy at the rent involved whose needs for housing accommodations are substantially equal, as determined by the developer, preference shall be given to veterans. As used in this section, “veteran” means any person (1) honorably discharged from, or released under honorable conditions from active service in, the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, or (2) with a qualifying condition, as defined in said section, who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from active service in the armed forces.
(1949 Rev., S. 953; 1949, 1955, June, 1955, S. 448d; November, 1955, S. N17; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 16; P.A. 86-307, S. 2, 12; P.A. 18-47, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 86-307 substituted “developer” for “authority”; P.A. 18-47 defined “veteran”.