1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020 . 2. Evictions assistance grant program (a) Definitions In this Act: (1) Eligible recipient The term eligible recipient means any nonprofit or governmental entity that has experience providing no-cost legal assistance to low-income individuals. (2) Eligible tenant The term eligible tenant means an individual who has an annual household income of— (A) not more than 135 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; or (B) less than 333 percent of the average fair market rent in the county in which the individual resides— (i) in the case of a household comprised of 1 individual, for an efficiency; and (ii) in the case of a household comprised of more than 1 individual, for a residence in which the number of bedrooms would not require— (I) more than 2 members of the household to share a bedroom; (II) children of different genders to share a bedroom with one another; or (III) a household member with a disability requiring medical equipment to share a bedroom. (3) Rural area The term rural area means a census tract that is— (A) outside of a metropolitan statistical area, as designated by the Office of Management and Budget; or (B) (i) within a metropolitan statistical area, as designated by the Office of Management and Budget, that is outside of the urbanized areas of the metropolitan statistical area as designated by the rural-urban commuting area code 1, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture