---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3560.254"
title: "7"
number: "3560.254"
heading: "Eligibility for rental assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3560.254"
---

# §3560.254. Eligibility for rental assistance.

- (a) **Eligible housing.** Housing projects eligible for Agency RA include the following types of projects.
  - (1) **Housing projects that operate under an Interest Credit Plan II RA agreement.**
  - (2) **Housing projects financed with an Agency off-farm labor housing loan or grant.** On-farm labor housing is not eligible for rental assistance.
  - (3) Housing projects financed with a direct or insured Rural Rental Housing loan approved prior to August 1, 1968, and operated under an interest credit agreement that identifies the housing project as a Plan RA project.
  - (4) Housing projects financed from Agency and other sources if the conditions of [§ 3560.66](/cfr/7/3560.66.md) are met.
- (b) **Eligible units.** Borrowers may not request RA for rental units that the Agency determines are not habitable in accordance with [§ 3560.103](/cfr/7/3560.103.md).
- (c) **Eligible households.** Households eligible for rental assistance are those:
  - (1) With very low- or low-incomes who are eligible to live in MFH;
  - (2) Whose net tenant contribution to rent determined in accordance with [§ 3560.203(a)(1)](/cfr/7/3560.203.md?p=a-1) is less than the basic rent for the unit;
  - (3) Whose head of the household is a U.S. citizen or a legal alien as defined in [§ 3560.11](/cfr/7/3560.11.md);
  - (4) Who meet the occupancy rules/policies established by the borrower in accordance with [§ 3560.155(e)](/cfr/7/3560.155.md?p=e);
  - (5) Who have a signed, unexpired tenant certification form on file with the borrower; and
  - (6) **Who is not delinquent on any Agency unauthorized assistance repayment agreements.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 69106, Nov. 26, 2004, as amended at 87 FR 11283, Mar. 1, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1480.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 69106, Nov. 26, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 69106, Nov. 26, 2004, as amended at 87 FR 11283, Mar. 1, 2022]