USDA Single Family Housing — Full Verbatim Text

USDA’s Single Family Housing rules — free, verbatim, and searchable. 252 sections, carrying 544 extracted requirements: the HB-1-3555 Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook (188 sections) and 7 CFR Part 3550 for the Direct program.

Two different programs. The Guaranteed program (HB-1-3555) is originated by approved lenders; the Direct program (7 CFR Part 3550) is originated by Rural Development itself. Their requirements are not interchangeable, so they are listed separately below.

HB-1-3555 — SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook 188

Chapter 12

7 CFR Part 3550 — SFH Direct Loan Program 62
Federal Register notices 2

252 sections in total.

Operationalizing USDA requirements

USDA’s own words, source-verified — the grounding you need to check your policies and procedures against HB-1-3555 without invented text. See the USDA loan-file QC skill, how the corpus is built and verified, and the regulatory update kits. Free to read and download · compiled by Claude for Compliance.