In determining whether a rental unit is affordable to very-low, low-, or moderate-income families where family size is not known to the GSE, income will be adjusted using unit size, and affordability determined as follows:
(a) For moderate-income, the income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:
Unit size
| Percentage of area median income
|
---|
Efficiency | 70
|
1 bedroom | 75
|
2 bedrooms | 90
|
3 bedrooms or more | (*)
|
(b) For low-income, income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:
Unit size
| Percentage of area median income
|
---|
Efficiency | 56
|
1 bedroom | 60
|
2 bedrooms | 72
|
3 bedrooms or more | (*)
|
(c) For very-low-income, income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:
Unit size
| Percentage of area median income
|
---|
Efficiency | 42
|
1 bedroom | 45
|
2 bedrooms | 54
|
3 bedrooms or more | (*)
|
(d) For especially-low-income, income of prospective tenants shall not exceed the following percentages of area median income with adjustments, depending on unit size:
Unit size
| Percentage of area median income
|
---|
Efficiency | 35
|
1 bedroom | 37.5
|
2 bedrooms | 45
|
3 bedrooms or more | (*)
|
[60 FR 61888, Dec. 1, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 65089, Oct. 31, 2000]