Revisions to the Calculation of Annual Household Income and Net Family Assets in the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Programs

What it does

The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), amends its regulation to implement changes related to income calculation and net family assets for properties that receive funding from the Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and the Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan and Grant programs. These changes are intended to align the Agency's annual income certification requirements with the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA).

The Rural Housing Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

7 CFR 3560

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Rural Housing Service has published 7 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 1 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0575-AD44 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• June 30, 2025 Proposed rule. Revisions to the Calculation of Annual Household Income and Net Family Assets in the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Programs

What happens next and when

This rule is effective on April 13, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 7 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register