CFR > Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development > CHAPTER V—OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (parts 500 to 599) > SUBCHAPTER C—COMMUNITY FACILITIES (parts 570 to 599) > PART 599—RENEWAL COMMUNITIES > SUBPART E—Selection of Nominated Areas To Be Renewal Communities (§599.401 to §599.407) > 599.401—Ranking of applications.

599.401—Ranking of applications.

(a) Ranking order. Rural and urban applications will be ranked according to their final scores as determined in accordance with § 599.303, with the highest scoring applications ranked first.
(b) Separate ranking categories. After initial ranking, both rural and urban applications will be separated into two ranking categories:
(1) Category 1. Applications for designation of nominated areas that are Enterprise Communities or Empowerment Zones will be placed into Category 1 in rank order.
(2) Category 2. Applications for designation of nominated areas that are not placed into or selected from Category 1 will be placed into Category 2 in rank order.