---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3565.202"
title: "7"
number: "3565.202"
heading: "Tenant eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3565.202"
---

# §3565.202. Tenant eligibility.

- (a) **Limits on income of tenants.** The housing units subject to a guaranteed loan must be available for occupancy only by low or moderate-income families or individuals whose incomes at the time of initial occupancy do not exceed 115 percent of the area median income. After initial occupancy, a tenant's income may exceed these limits.
- (b) **Citizenship status.** A tenant must be a United States citizen or a noncitizen who is a qualified alien as defined in [§ 3565.3](/cfr/7/3565.3.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1989; 42 U.S.C. 1480.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 39458, July 22, 1998, unless otherwise noted.