NOTICE OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO ELIGIBLE AREA MAPS FOR USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS

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U.S. Department of Agriculture
2118 West Park Court, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61821
www.rd.usda.gov/il

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Jenny Warning, (217) 689-8667

NOTICE OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO ELIGIBLE AREA MAPS FOR USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 7th, 2023

USDA Rural Development is conducting a review of all areas under its jurisdiction to identify areas that no longer qualify as rural for housing programs. The last rural area reviews were performed in 2017-2018 using 2015 American Community Survey (ACS) data. Rural area designations are reviewed every five years. This review will utilize the 2020 United States decennial census data.

Based on the 2020 US census data and rural area guidance located in Handbook HB-1-3550, Chapter 5, the rural eligibility designation is under review for the following areas in Illinois:

Currently eligible communities under review (population):

Stephenson County- Freeport

Currently eligible communities under review (rural in character):

Champaign County- Rantoul
Fulton County – Canton
Grundy County – Morris
Henry County – Kewanee
Madison County – Troy
Jackson County - Carbondale
Monroe & St Clair County – Columbia
Monroe County – Waterloo
Williamson County – Herrin and Marion

Ineligible communities under review (expansion of ineligible areas to include new city limits):

Adams County – Quincy
DeKalb County – Sycamore
Madison County- Collinsville, Glen Carbon, Wood River
Sangamon County – Chatham & Springfield
St Clair County – Belleville and Shiloh
Winnebago County – Rockford

The public shall have 90 days from the date of this public notice to submit comments regarding the potential loss of eligibility for Rural Development housing programs. Comments should be sent to sfhd.closings@usda.gov. For details, or questions about specific changes, please contact the Illinois Rural Development Housing Program staff at (815) 721-6956.

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