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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-1706" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Self-Help Homeownership Technical Assistance Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A family or individual qualifies as a family of limited income if the income of the family or individual does not exceed the upper income limit that the Secretary establishes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Factors that the Secretary shall consider in setting the upper income limit under subsection (a) of this section include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the total amount of family or individual income deemed available for housing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the size of the family;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the ability of the family or individual to compete successfully in the private housing market;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the cost and condition of available housing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>standards and definitions under related federal and State housing programs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
