definition of rural area

definition of rural area Sec. 511. Section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: “or (3) has a population in excess of 10,000 but not in excess of 20,000, and (A) is not contained within a standard metropolitan statistical area, and (B) has a serious lack of mortgage credit, as determined by the Secretary and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development”.