CFR > Title 12 - Banks and Banking > CHAPTER XII—FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY > SUBCHAPTER E—HOUSING GOALS AND MISSION (parts 1281 to 1291) > PART 1282—ENTERPRISE HOUSING GOALS AND MISSION > SUBPART B—Housing Goals (§1282.11 to §1282.21) > 1282.17—Affordability—Income level definitions—family size and income known (owner-occupied units, actual tenants, and prospective tenants).

1282.17—Affordability—Income level definitions—family size and income known (owner-occupied units, actual tenants, and prospective tenants).

In determining whether a dwelling unit is affordable where income information (and family size, for rental housing) is known to the Enterprise, the affordability of the unit shall be determined as follows:
(a) Moderate-income means:
(1) In the case of owner-occupied units, income not in excess of 100 percent of area median income; and
(2) In the case of rental units, where the income of actual or prospective tenants is available, income not in excess of the following percentages of area median income corresponding to the following family sizes:
Number of persons in family Percentage of areamedian income
1 70
2 80
3 90
4 100
5 or more *
*100% plus (8% multiplied by the number of persons in excess of 4).
(b) Low-income (80%) means:
(1) In the case of owner-occupied units, income not in excess of 80 percent of area median income; and
(2) In the case of rental units, where the income of actual or prospective tenants is available, income not in excess of the following percentages of area median income corresponding to the following family sizes:
Number of persons in family Percentage of areamedian income
1 56
2 64
3 72
4 80
5 or more *
*80% plus (6.4% multiplied by the number of persons in excess of 4).
(c) Low-income (60%) means:
(1) In the case of owner-occupied units, income not in excess of 60 percent of area median income; and
(2) In the case of rental units, where the income of actual or prospective tenants is available, income not in excess of the following percentages of area median income corresponding to the following family sizes:
Number of persons in family Percentage of areamedian income
1 42
2 48
3 54
4 60
5 or more *
*60% plus (4.8% multiplied by the number of persons in excess of 4).
(d) Very low-income means:
(1) In the case of owner-occupied units, income not in excess of 50 percent of area median income; and
(2) In the case of rental units, where the income of actual or prospective tenants is available, income not in excess of the following percentages of area median income corresponding to the following family sizes:
Number of persons in family Percentage of areamedian income
1 35
2 40
3 45
4 50
5 or more *
*50% plus (4.0% multiplied by the number of persons in excess of 4).
(e) Extremely low-income means:
(1) In the case of owner-occupied units, income not in excess of 30 percent of area median income; and
(2) In the case of rental units, where the income of actual or prospective tenants is available, income not in excess of the following percentages of area median income corresponding to the following family sizes:
Number of persons in family Percentage of areamedian income
1 21
2 24
3 27
4 30
5 or more *
*30% plus (2.4% multiplied by the number of persons in excess of 4).