### Question
What is the definition of mortgage?


### Answer
The definition of **mortgage** is as follows in *42 U.S.C. § 1452c*:

> a deed of trust, mortgage, deed to secure debt, security agreement, or any other form of instrument under which any interest in property, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest in property, including leaseholds, life estates, reversionary interests, and any other estates under applicable State law, is conveyed in trust, mortgaged, encumbered, pledged, or otherwise rendered subject to a lien, for the purpose of securing the payment of money or the performance of an obligation

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1452c*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 8-LOW-INCOME HOUSING > SUBCHAPTER II-SLUM CLEARANCE AND URBAN RENEWAL > Part A-Urban Renewal Projects, Demolition Programs, and Code Enforcement Programs**

