number of women who are both socially and economically disadvantaged; (4) location for the women's business center site proposed by the applicant; (5) services and activities to be offered to small businesses owned or controlled by women or women entrepreneurs and other clients; (6) internal organization, structure, and activities of applicant; (7) plans for coordination with SBA and other community and small business organizations; (8) plans for raising matching funds and other financial plans; and (9) States and territories without a WBC. Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans FEDERAL AGENCY: RURAL HOUSING SERVICE (RHS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Housing Act of 1949, Title V, Section 502, as amended, Public Law 89-117, 42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.; Public Law 92-310, 42 U.S.C. 1480, 42 U.S.C. 1472; Public Law 98-51; Public Law 100-233; Amendment of Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1987, Section 601. OBJECTIVES: To assist very low and low-income families through direct loans to buy, build, rehabilitate, or improve and to provide the customer with modest, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings and related facilities as a permanent residence in rural areas. Subsidized funds are available on direct loans only for low and very low- income applicants. Nonsubsidized funds (loan making) are available for very low and low- income applicants who are otherwise eligible for subsidy, but at the present time, the subsidy is not
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