Eligible borrowers.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (c) (1) Rural areas are any area of a State other than a city or town that (2) For the purposes of this definition, cities and towns are incorporated population centers with definite boundaries, local self government, and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the State. (3) For the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the island is considered rural, except for the San Juan Census Designated Place (CDP) and any other CDP with greater than 50,000 inhabitants. However, CDPs with greater than 50,000 inhabitants, other than the San Juan CDP, may be eligible if they are determined to be “not urban in character.” (4) For the State of Hawaii, all areas within the State are considered rural, except for the Honolulu CDP within the County of Honolulu. (5) For the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Agency will determine what constitutes a rural area based on available population data. (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition, in determining which census blocks in an urbanized area are not in a rural area, the Agency will exclude any cluster of census blocks that would otherwise be considered not in a rural area only because the cluster is adjacent to not more than two census blocks that are otherwise considered not in a rural area under this definition. (7) The Under Secretary, whose authority may not be redelegated, may dete

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 4279.108