{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-exhibit-d-to-subpart-n-of-part-1944","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR Exhibit D to Subpart N of Part 1944","heading":"Exhibit D to Subpart N of Part 1944—Project Selection Criteria—Outline Rating Form","body":"Applicant Name ________________________________\nApplicant Address __________________________________\nApplication received on ______.\nState ______ District Office ______.\nThreshold Criteria\nApplicant must meet the following:\n1. Proposes a financially feasible HPG program yes__ no__\n2. Serves an eligible rural area yes__ no__\n3. Is an eligible HPG grantee yes__ no__\n4. Has met consultation and public comment rules yes__ no__\nIf answer to any of the above is “no”, application is rejected and applicant so notified.\nSelection Criteria:\nSelect the appropriate rating:\n1. Points awarded based on the percentage of very-low income homeowners or families the applicant proposes to assist, using the following scale ______:\n(a) More than 80%: 20 points.\n(b) 61% to 80%: 15 points.\n(c) 41% to 60%: 10 points.\n(d) 20% to 40%: 5 points.\n(e) Less than 20%: 0 points.\n2. Points awarded based on the applicant's percentage of use of HPG funds to total cost of unit preservation. This percentage reflects maximum rehabilitation with the least possible HPG funds due to leveraging, innovative financial assistance, or other specified approaches. Points are based on the following percentage of HPG funds to total funds ______:\n(a) 50% or less: 20 points.\n(b) 51% to 65%: 15 points.\n(c) 66% to 80%: 10 points.\n(d) 81% to 95%: 5 points.\n(e) 96% to 100%: 0 points.\n3. The applicant has demonstrated its administrative capacity in assisting very low- and low-income families obtain adequate housing based on the following:\n(a) The organization or a member of its staff has at least one or more years experience successfully managing and operating a rehabilitation or weatherization type program ______:\nYes—10 points.\nNo—0 points.\n(b) The organization or a member of its staff has at least one or more years experience successfully managing and operating a program assisting very low- and low-income families obtain housing assistance ______:\nYes—10 points.\nNo—0 points.\n(c) If the organization has administered grant programs, there are no outstanding or unresolved audit or investigative findings which might impair carrying out the proposal ______:\nNo findings: 10 points.\nOutstanding findings: 0 points.\n4. The proposed program will be undertaken entirely in rural areas outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) identified by FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 as having populations below 10,000 or in remote parts of other rural areas (i.e., rural areas contained in MSAs with less than 5,000 population) ______:\nNon-MSA area below 10,000 pop.: 10 points.\nMSA area below 5,000 pop.: 10 points.\nNeither: 0 points.\n5. The program will use less than 20 percent of HPG funds for administration______:\nLess than 20%: 5 points.\n20%: 0 points.\n6. The proposed program contains a component for alleviating overcrowding ______:\nHas component: 5 points.\nNo component: 0 points.\n7. The applicant is an existing grantee and meets the conditions of § 1944.686 of this subpart for additional points ______:\nMeets conditions: 10 points.\nDoesn't meet conditions: 0 points.\nTotal Points ______:\nRanking of This Applicant ________","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVIII—RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE, AND RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER H—PROGRAM REGULATIONS","PART 1944—HOUSING","Subpart N—Housing Preservation Grants"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"c4b390891aeb30dd50276b247c98852f078eb4f3828e00fcee4054d2d284aa5e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-exhibit-c-to-subpart-n-of-part-1944","next":"us/7-cfr-exhibit-e-to-subpart-n-of-part-1944"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}