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• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Review limitations
  Farm labor eligibility carries its own immigration-status test, and the general 7 CFR 3560.152(a)(1) citizenship requirement is still suspendedRequirement excerpt: The status test that actually operates in farm labor housing sits inside the definition of domestic farm laborer, not in the general occupancy rule. A domestic farm laborer must EITHER be a citizen of the United States, OR reside in the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Review limitations
  Farm labor eligibility turns on a substantial portion of income test: 65 percent of the regional limit, or 110 whole days workedRequirement excerpt: For occupancy of off-farm labor housing the tenant or co-tenant must receive a SUBSTANTIAL PORTION of income from farm labor employment, and 7 CFR 3560.576(b)(2) fixes what substantial means. For housing rented to farm laborers and owned by…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516
  Farm Labor Housing occupancy is restricted to eligible domestic farm laborersRequirement excerpt: Occupancy of Farm Labor Housing is restricted to domestic farm labor households, applied through the eligibility waterfall in the regulation, with documentation of farm labor status retained in the tenant file.Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Review limitations
  Farm labor income eligibility is tested on ADJUSTED income against the very low, low and moderate limits, with a moderate ceiling where the mortgage carries a nonrestrictive farm labor clauseRequirement excerpt: A farm labor household must meet the definition of income eligible at 7 CFR 3560.152 in addition to the farm labor tests, which means it must qualify as a very low-, low- or moderate-income household. Those three categories are defined at 7…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTC
  Federally assisted properties must provide accessible units and reasonable accommodationsRequirement excerpt: Properties receiving federal financial assistance must make 5 percent of units accessible to persons with mobility impairments and an additional 2 percent accessible to persons with hearing or vision impairments, maintain a policy for…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RAReview limitations
  For a HUD voucher holder the unit rent is basic rent or the PHA rent standard, whichever is lessRequirement excerpt: Where a tenant holds a HUD voucher, the borrower must set the rental unit rent at the basic rent or the rent standard set by the public housing authority, WHICHEVER IS LESS. The public housing authority distributing the vouchers may set the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515Review limitations
  For-profit borrowers must file the annual financial report within 90 days of fiscal year endRequirement excerpt: A for-profit or limited-profit Section 515 borrower must submit its annual financial reports - Form RD 3560-7 with 12 months of actual income and expenses, Form RD 3560-10 borrower balance sheet, compilations of prescribed forms, the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RAReview limitations
  Improperly advanced or incorrectly assigned Rental Assistance is unauthorized assistance recoverable under subpart O, and the borrower repays it except in certain cases of tenant error or fraudRequirement excerpt: Rental Assistance paid where it should not have been is not written off, it is recovered. Improperly advanced RHS rental assistance resulting from TENANT OR BORROWER error or fraud constitutes unauthorized assistance and the provisions of…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515
  Leases must be on an Agency-approved form, in writing, for a one-year initial and renewal termRequirement excerpt: A Section 515 borrower must use a lease approved by Rural Development, consistent with Agency requirements and with the requirements of every programme participating in the housing project, and must have its attorney certify that conformity…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516
  No occupant of off-farm labor housing may be required to work on a particular farm or for a particular ownerRequirement excerpt: A borrower or grantee of off-farm labor housing must not require that an occupant work on any particular farm, or for any particular owner or interest, as a condition of occupancy of the housing. Nor may a borrower or grantee discriminate,…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515
  Note rent, basic rent and any HUD contract or LIHTC rents must be established and approved by Rural DevelopmentRequirement excerpt: The borrower must establish, as applicable, note rent, basic rent, HUD contract rents and low-income housing tax credit rents for each rental unit, based on the operating, management and maintenance expenses and other costs of the housing…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515
  Occupancy may be terminated only for material non-compliance or good cause, after written notice and a chance to cureRequirement excerpt: A Section 515 borrower may terminate or refuse to renew a tenant's lease only for material non-compliance with the lease, material non-compliance with the occupancy rules, or other good cause. Before terminating, the borrower must give the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516
  Off-farm labor housing is priced under the Plan II rent and tenant contribution rules of subpart ERequirement excerpt: Off-farm labor housing is subject to the tenant contribution and rental unit rent requirements for Plan II housing established under 7 CFR part 3560 subpart E - the same note rent, basic rent and thirty-percent-of-adjusted-income structure…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516
  On-farm labor housing gets an Agency compliance review and physical inspection at least once every three yearsRequirement excerpt: Rural Development will conduct a compliance review and physical inspection of on-farm labor housing at least once every 3 years. The review inspects tenant eligibility documentation; financial information on the operation and management of…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Review limitations
  On-farm labor housing is limited to the borrower's own employees, and the borrower's immediate relatives are ineligibleRequirement excerpt: Occupancy of ON-FARM labor housing is restricted to employees of the borrower unless the Agency approves otherwise, and occupants must meet the definition of a domestic farm laborer at 7 CFR 3560.11. The immediate relatives of the borrower…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RA
  Only three classes of project may receive Rental Assistance, and on-farm labor housing is not one of themRequirement excerpt: Rural Development Rental Assistance may be obligated only to a housing project that operates under an Interest Credit Plan II RA agreement, a project financed with an Agency OFF-farm labor housing loan or grant, or a project financed with a…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515
  Place every application on the waiting list and send the required written notice within 10 daysRequirement excerpt: The borrower must place every submitted application on the waiting list, including incomplete and ineligible applications, and record its final disposition. Record the date and time a complete application was submitted; that establishes…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515
  Prepayment and restrictive-use provisions limit conversion out of the programRequirement excerpt: Section 515 borrowers are subject to prepayment restrictions and restrictive-use provisions that require incentives to be offered and tenant protections to be honored before a property can leave the program.Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RA
  Reaching the low-income priorities requires documenting an empty very-low-income list or a 5 or 25 percent occupancy ceilingRequirement excerpt: Before assigning Rental Assistance to the third, fourth or fifth priority categories - that is, to anyone other than a very low-income tenant or applicant - the borrower must FULLY DOCUMENT either that there are no very low-income…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515
  Recertification is required annually and on any income change of $100 or more per monthRequirement excerpt: A Section 515 household must be recertified and must execute a tenant certification form at least annually, and additionally whenever a change in household income of $100 or more per month occurs. Where the tenant requests it, the borrower…Read conditions and sources →