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Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program Change in Priority Projects Criteria
The Rural Housing Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 19, 2024. It took effect on April 18, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Rural Housing Service (RHS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is amending the current regulation for the Multifamily Family Housing (MFH) Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP). This final rule will align the current criteria of priority projects with the Housing Act of 1949 while improving the customer experience with more timely and proactive responses to housing market demands and Administration priorities.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-05756
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Rural Housing Service
- Published
- March 19, 2024
- Takes effect
- April 18, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: This final rule is effective April 18, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. RHS-23-MFH-0006
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0575-AD31
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 3565
- Topics
- Credit; Fair housing; Loan programs-housing and community development; Low and moderate income housing; Manufactured homes; Mortgages; Rent subsidies; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Rural areas
- Pages
- 3
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