§ 597.302 - Number of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities designated.


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  • (a) Empowerment Zones. HUD will designate up to six of the nominated urban areas as Empowerment Zones, provided: that if six such zones are so designated, no less than one shall be designated in an urban area the most populous city of which has a population of 500,000 or less and no less than one shall be a nominated urban area which includes areas in two States and which has a population of 50,000 or less.

    (b) Enterprise Communities. HUD will designate up to 65 of the nominated urban areas not designated Empowerment Zones under paragraph (a) of this section as Enterprise Communities.