---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 81.18"
title: "24"
number: "81.18"
heading: "Affordability—Income level definitions—family size not known (actual or prospective tenants)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/81.18"
---

# §81.18. Affordability—Income level definitions—family size not known (actual or prospective tenants).


In determining whether a rental unit is affordable to very-low, low-, or moderate-income families where family size is not known to the GSE, income will be adjusted using unit size, and affordability determined as follows:

- (a) **For moderate-income,—** the income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:
- (b) **For low-income,—** income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:
- (c) **For very-low-income,—** income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:
- (d) **For especially-low-income,—** income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 61888, Dec. 1, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 65089, Oct. 31, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., 1716-1723h, and 4501-4641; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 3601-3619.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 61888, Dec. 1, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 61888, Dec. 1, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 65089, Oct. 31, 2000]