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• federalUnited StatesRD 538Review limitations
  Section 538 income eligibility is determined at initial occupancy against 115% of area median incomeRequirement excerpt: Under 7 CFR 3565.202(a), units subject to a guaranteed loan must be available only to low- or moderate-income families or individuals whose income at initial occupancy does not exceed 115 percent of area median income. After initial…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 538Review limitations
  Section 538 income eligibility is tested at initial occupancy only, and a tenant's income may rise afterwardsRequirement excerpt: Housing units subject to a Section 538 guaranteed loan must be available for occupancy only by low or moderate-income families or individuals whose incomes AT THE TIME OF INITIAL OCCUPANCY do not exceed 115 percent of the area median…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 RARelated — matches some terms
  Rental Assistance agreements run 12 months or until funds are exhausted, and unused units may be transferred awayRequirement excerpt: A Rental Assistance agreement has a term of the LATER of 12 months from the first disbursement of the obligation, or the point at which funds under the agreement are exhausted. Expiring agreements are renewed automatically at the existing…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RARelated — matches some termsReview limitations
  Six conditions must all hold before a household may occupy a Rental Assistance unitRequirement excerpt: A household is eligible for Agency Rental Assistance only if all six of the following are true: it has a very low- or low-income and is eligible to live in the multi-family housing; its net tenant contribution to rent determined under 7 CFR…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Related — matches some termsReview limitations
  A section 514 or 516 project serving migrant farmworkers may take operating assistance instead of tenant-specific Rental Assistance, capped at 90 percent of the migrant units' operating costsRequirement excerpt: Operating assistance is the farm labor programme's alternative to unit-by-unit Rental Assistance, and it exists only here. An off-farm labor housing project financed under section 514 or section 516(i) that serves MIGRANT farmworkers may…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RARelated — matches some termsReview limitations
  A borrower may not request Rental Assistance for a rental unit the Agency determines is not habitable under 7 CFR 3560.103Requirement excerpt: Rental Assistance attaches to units, and an uninhabitable unit is not an eligible one. Borrowers MAY NOT REQUEST Rental Assistance for rental units the Agency determines are not habitable in accordance with 7 CFR 3560.103. That section is…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 538Related — matches some termsReview limitations
  The project's average rent, taken annually across all unit rents, must not exceed 30 percent of 100 percent of AMIRequirement excerpt: In addition to the per-unit ceiling, on an ANNUAL basis the AVERAGE rent for a Section 538 project, taking into account all individual unit rents, must not exceed 30 percent of 100 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size.…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RARelated — matches some termsReview 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 538Related — matches some termsReview limitations
  Rent for any Section 538 unit, including tenant-paid utilities, must not exceed 30 percent of 115 percent of AMIRequirement excerpt: The rent for any individual housing unit in a Section 538 guaranteed project, INCLUDING any tenant-paid utilities, must not exceed an amount equal to 30 percent of 115 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size. This is a…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 538Related — matches some termsReview limitations
  A Section 538 tenant must be a United States citizen or a qualified alienRequirement excerpt: A tenant of a housing unit subject to a Section 538 loan guarantee must be a United States citizen or a noncitizen who is a qualified alien as defined in 7 CFR 3565.3. Unlike the parallel citizenship conditions in the direct programmes at 7…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCRelated — matches some terms
  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 515Related — matches some terms
  Apply Section 515 income priorities and admission preferences before relying on application orderRequirement excerpt: Select from complete applications using the priority order of very low-income, low-income, then moderate-income applicants, subject to the admission priorities in 7 CFR 3560.154(g). An eligible applicant needing an accessible unit’s special…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RARelated — matches some terms
  Rental Assistance must be assigned in a five-step priority order led by very low-income tenants paying the mostRequirement excerpt: When a Rental Assistance unit becomes available the borrower must assign it in a fixed priority order: first to eligible very low-income TENANTS paying the highest percentage of their adjusted annual income for Agency-approved shelter…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515Related — matches some termsReview limitations
  Annual income, adjusted income and net family assets are computed under HUD's Part 5 rulesRequirement excerpt: For a Section 515 household the borrower must compute annual income in accordance with 24 CFR 5.609(a) and (b), adjusted income in accordance with 24 CFR 5.611, and net family assets in accordance with 24 CFR 5.603(b). Rural Development…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Related — matches some terms
  Vacant farm labor units go first to active laborers, then to those who retired or became disabled locallyRequirement excerpt: Occupancy of off-farm labor housing is prioritised in a fixed order, and within each tier by income. First priority goes to eligible ACTIVE farm laborer households. Second priority goes to retired and disabled domestic farm laborer…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Related — matches some termsReview 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 514/516Related — matches some terms
  Renting off-farm labor housing to non-farm-labor households requires a documented diminished need findingRequirement excerpt: Where there is a diminished need for housing for farm laborers, units in an off-farm labor housing complex may be made available to persons or families eligible for occupancy under 7 CFR 3560.152 - that is, the ordinary Section 515…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RARelated — matches some terms
  Rental Assistance must be assigned and calculated under the agreementRequirement excerpt: Rental Assistance units must be assigned in accordance with the Rental Assistance Agreement and RD's priority rules, and the tenant contribution computed as the greater of 30 percent of adjusted monthly income, 10 percent of gross monthly…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD RARelated — matches some terms
  Rental Assistance assigned to a sitting tenant mid-month does not reduce rent until the first of the next monthRequirement excerpt: Where a Rental Assistance unit is assigned to an eligible EXISTING tenant on a day other than the first of a month, the Agency will not provide the borrower Rental Assistance for that newly assigned tenant and the tenant does not pay…Read conditions and sources →