{
  "site": "usda538.loans",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0 compilation; underlying USDA data public domain",
  "attribution": "Data: Open Country (usda538.loans)",
  "datasets": [
    {
      "name": "usda-mfh-limits",
      "title": "USDA FY2026 Section 538 guaranteed loan income limits (115% of area median), 1 to 8 persons, by USDA area",
      "file_csv": "usda-mfh-limits.csv",
      "file_json": "usda-mfh-limits.json",
      "rows": 2724,
      "as_of": "FY2026",
      "effective": "2026-07-13",
      "source": "USDA Rural Development, FY2026 MFH income limits, \"RD 538 GUAR MOD INC\" row, effective 2026-07-13",
      "source_url": "https://www.rd.usda.gov/resources/regulations/income-limits",
      "key": "area_id",
      "watch": [
        "lim_1p",
        "lim_2p",
        "lim_3p",
        "lim_4p",
        "lim_5p",
        "lim_6p",
        "lim_7p",
        "lim_8p"
      ],
      "record_prefix": "usda-limit",
      "columns": [
        "area_id",
        "state",
        "area",
        "parent_metro",
        "lim_1p",
        "lim_2p",
        "lim_3p",
        "lim_4p",
        "lim_5p",
        "lim_6p",
        "lim_7p",
        "lim_8p",
        "county_fips"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "usda515",
      "title": "USDA Section 515 and 514 active multifamily properties, one row per property, with use-restriction end dates",
      "file_csv": "usda515-properties.csv",
      "file_json": "usda515-properties.json",
      "rows": 12419,
      "as_of": "2026-10-19",
      "source": "USDA Rural Development, Section 515/514 active properties file (MFH public data)",
      "source_url": "https://www.sc.egov.usda.gov/data/MFH.html",
      "key": "property_id",
      "watch": [
        "restriction_expires",
        "restriction_window",
        "credits_expire",
        "units",
        "rental_assistance_units",
        "ownership"
      ],
      "record_prefix": "usda515",
      "columns": [
        "property_id",
        "name",
        "address",
        "city",
        "state",
        "zip",
        "county_fips",
        "county",
        "program",
        "housing_type",
        "ownership",
        "lihtc",
        "credits_expire",
        "opened",
        "restriction_expires",
        "restriction_window",
        "units",
        "rental_assistance_units",
        "vacant_units",
        "accessible_units",
        "units_1br",
        "units_2br",
        "units_3br",
        "units_4br",
        "units_5br",
        "units_6br",
        "management_company"
      ],
      "excluded": "Management names that look like a private person's name are left blank.",
      "note": "A property that leaves the file (prepaid, paid off or transferred out of the active portfolio) shows up as a record-removed event for usda515:<property_id>."
    },
    {
      "name": "usda538-loans",
      "title": "USDA Section 538 guaranteed rental housing loans in USDA's public data file",
      "file_csv": "usda538-loans.csv",
      "file_json": "usda538-loans.json",
      "rows": 1557,
      "as_of": "2026-10-19",
      "source": "USDA Rural Development, Section 538 guaranteed loan public data (MFH public data)",
      "source_url": "https://www.sc.egov.usda.gov/data/MFH.html",
      "columns": [
        "fiscal_year",
        "project",
        "city",
        "state",
        "lender",
        "closed",
        "loan_amount",
        "total_development_cost",
        "loan_to_cost",
        "lihtc",
        "units",
        "town_population",
        "property_type",
        "construction",
        "units_0br",
        "units_1br",
        "units_2br",
        "units_3br",
        "units_4br",
        "rent_0br",
        "rent_1br",
        "rent_2br",
        "rent_3br",
        "rent_4br"
      ]
    }
  ]
}