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    Rural Areas

    Metadata Updated: October 11, 2025

    The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 establishes a duty for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to serve the housing needs of very low-, low-, and moderate-income families in rural areas. FHFA has issued a final rule that provides eligibility for Duty to Serve credit for Enterprise mortgage purchases and other activities in “rural areas,” as defined in the rule. Additionally, the final rule specifies supportfor high-needs rural regions as a Regulatory Activity that the Enterprises may consider when developing their plans for the Duty to Serve program. FHFA’s 2017 Rural Areas File designates census tracts in the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and outside of MSAs of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that are considered rural areas or non-rural areas under the final rule. The File also identifies whether census tracts are located in “high-needs” counties in order to determine whether tracts meet the definition of “high-needs rural regions” in the final rule.

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    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025

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    Harvested from md json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025
    Publisher opendata.maryland.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/2pvj-pa6i
    Data First Published 2025-07-22
    Data Last Modified 2025-10-06
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://opendata.maryland.gov/data.json
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    Harvest Source Id ee165ef5-7b35-41a7-b3a5-5479c71b0e58
    Harvest Source Title md json
    Homepage URL https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/2pvj-pa6i
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 242fcb22f472caa6356f6cbe2bbd59d5fae8183b6a2b7a263f1d46c3b95d2b13
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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