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As part of the Farm Bill, Congress passed legislation to extend the definition of "rural" for the purposes of rural housing programs, through the 2030 census. The current definition requires a community to not be part of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and have a population under 35,000. All existing communities will continue to meet the definition through the 2030 census. The legislation passed by Congress will also exempt certain transitory populations from a communities eligible populations. Prisoners housed within a community will not be counted, and only a percentage of personnel on a military base will be counted. This is a win for rural communities, who rely on the programs Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture.
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