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

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Date of Public Notice: 08/31/2023

USDA Rural Development West Virginia

PUBLIC NOTICE

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

USDA Rural Development has completed its 2020 decennial United States census review for all areas under its jurisdiction to identify areas that no longer qualify as rural for USDA Rural Housing programs. Based on the review of the areas within the state of West Virginia, using 2020 US census data, and rural area guidance located in Handbook HB-1-3550, Chapter 5, the rural eligibility designation has changed for the following areas:

Areas whose rural eligibility designations is changing from eligible to ineligible (these areas no longer qualify as rural for USDA Housing Programs):

Kanawha County - St. Albans City Limits- Expansion of the ineligible areas around the city limits to include all annexed areas since 1990.
Kanawha County - South Charleston City Limits- Expansion of the ineligible areas around the city limits to include all annexed areas since 1990.
Wood County - Parkersburg City Limits- Expansion of the ineligible areas around the city limits to include all annexed areas since 1990.
Wood County - Vienna City Limits- Expansion of the ineligible areas around the city limits to include all annexed areas since 1990.
Ohio County - Wheeling City Limits- Expansion of the ineligible areas around the city limits to include all annexed areas since 1990.
Monongalia County - Morgantown City Limits- Expansion of the ineligible areas around the city limits to include all annexed areas since 1990.

Changes become effective October 1, 2023.

The updated rural area map can now be viewed on our eligibility website. Users will need to click on the program, for example: “Single Family Housing Direct”, and then click on “Proposed Eligibility Areas” from the menu options.

For a full list of changes, additional details, or questions about specific changes, please contact the West Virginia Rural Development Housing Program Staff at (304) 284-4868.

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