---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1776.14"
title: "7"
number: "1776.14"
heading: "Eligibility to receive a DWS loan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1776.14"
---

# §1776.14. Eligibility to receive a DWS loan.

- (a) The loan recipient must be an eligible individual.
- (b) The loan recipient must either own and occupy the home being improved with the proceeds of the DWS loan, or be occupying the home as the purchaser under a legally enforceable land purchase contract which is not in default by either the seller or the purchaser.
- (c) The home using the water well system being funded from proceeds of the DWS loan must be located in a rural area.
- (d) The water well system being funded from the proceeds of the DWS loan may not be associated with the construction of a new dwelling.
- (e) The water well system being funded from the proceeds of the DWS loan may not be used to substitute for water service available from collective water systems. Example: Loan recipient wishes to restore an old well which had been abandoned when the dwelling was connected to a water line belonging to a water district.
- (f) A loan recipient must not be suspended or debarred from participation in Federal programs.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1926e.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 28788, May 19, 2005, unless otherwise noted.