Pub. L. 87-70, tit. VIII, sec. 803

Sec. 803. (a) Section 501(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by inserting “(1)” before “to owners of farms”, and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “, and (2) to owners of other real estate in rural areas to enable them to provide dwellings and related facilities for their own use and buildings adequate for their farming operations”. (b) Section 501(c) of such Act is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end of clause (1) the following: “, or that he is the owner of other real estate in a rural area without an adequate dwelling or related facilities for his own use or buildings adequate for his farming operations.” (c) Section 501 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) As used in this title (except in sections 503 and 504(b)), the terms ‘farm’, ‘farm dwelling’, and ‘farm housing’ shall include dwellings or other essential buildings of eligible applicants.”