source:
  type: regulation
  id: usda-7cfr-3555.3
  authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.3 — Civil rights
  description: '7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, §3555.3 Civil rights. Captured
    section-complete (all subsections verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: usda-7cfr-3555.3-full
  canonical_id: usda-7cfr-3555.3-full
  section: 7 CFR §3555.3
  description: 'Civil rights: Rural Development, lenders, and their agents must administer the program fairly, and
    in accordance with both the letter and the spirit of all equal opportunity, equal credit opportunity and fair
    housing legislation, and applicable executive orders. Loan guarantees, services, and benefits provided un…'
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    authority: 7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.3
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    source_url: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-XXXV/part-3555
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    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
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    paragraph_quote: Rural Development, lenders, and their agents must administer the program fairly, and in accordance
      with both the letter and the spirit of all equal opportunity, equal credit opportunity and fair housing legislation,
      and applicable executive orders. Loan guarantees, services, and benefits provided under this part shall not
      be denied to any person based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, marital status, familial status,
      age (provided the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract), handicap, receipt of income
      from public assistance, sexual orientation, or because the applicant has, in good faith, exercised any right
      under the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ). All activities under this part shall be
      accomplished in accordance with the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601-3620), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act
      (15 U.S.C. 1691), and Executive Order 11063 as amended by Executive Order 12259, as applicable. Rural Development's
      civil rights compliance requirements are provided in 7 CFR part 1901, subpart E.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim (whitespace-normalized) slice of §3555.3 (whole section) from snapshot 60bd6fb03befa14c;
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