Information Resource Management Internal Control Issues

摘要

The federal government has provided housing assistance to eligible residents of rural America since the 1930s. Over time, Congress has expanded the eligibility categories and changed population limits for determining what areas are eligible for the programs. Currently, the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, sets forth eligibility criteria requirements for rural housing programs. Communities with population levels up to 25,000 may be determined eligible, but as a community's population increases, the statute imposes additional requirements that include being rural in character, having a serious lack of mortgage credit, or not being located in a metropolitan statistical area (a county or counties associated with a core urbanized area of 50,000 or more people). RHS uses judgment to make decisions on what areas are rural in character and uses population as the primary factor in determining eligibility.