S.2131, the Senate’s Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill includes provisions that reduce Section 502 loan funds by $400 million and raise the minimum interest rate from 1 to 2 percent. Attached please is a letter to the Senate opposing both and urging the Senate to restore the 1 percent loan and increase the program…
Category: Legislation
Hearing on U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service: Stakeholder Perspectives
Notice of Annual Business Meeting November 15, 2021 at 2PM EST
The Coalition’s annual business meeting will take place in mid-November.
Congratulations President Biden and Vice President Harris
TO: President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris. Congratulations on your victory. As you take office, we urge you to address the pressing need for decent housing in rural America A recent Wall Street Journal article noted, “Fewer homes are being built per household than almost any other time in US history, and it is even…
Year End Wrap-Up
Dec 21, 2020 The House just released the FY 21 Omnibus Appropriations/ COVID relief bill. The bill is more than 5000 pages long. The COVID package did not include any funding for rural development. FY 21 Highlights The House and Senate Agriculture Bills were relatively close in appropriations recommendations and the conference agreement reflects that. …
Spotlight on the FY 2017 House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bills
This is a moment in time when avoiding disaster with Congress or the Administration is viewed as a success, and seeking even the most modest improvements in policy or resources seems out of the question and hopelessly optimistic. In light of these conditions, for those interested in improving housing and communities in rural America, the…
2016 Omnibus Bill Includes Record Funding For Rural Housing Programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bob Rapoza National Rural Housing Coalition Phone: (202) 393-5225 2016 Omnibus Bill Includes Record Funding for Rural Housing Programs WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2015 – Yesterday, Congress released the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2016. This bill funds several programs, including the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, Section 521 Rural Rental Assistance, and…
Why HOME Program Funding Matters
There is a substantial need for housing resources across our nation’s small town and farming communities. Although homeownership is the predominate type of housing available in rural America, rural housing is much more likely to be substandard than in urban areas. In fact, six percent of rural homes are either moderately or severely substandard, often…
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee FY16 THUD Bill Drastically Cuts HOME Program
On Tuesday, June 23, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) proposed to fund the HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME) for FY16 at just $66 million, only 7 percent of the FY15 amount ($900 million). Such a drastic cut will result in long-term consequences. While NRHC is aware that the country…
Ask Your Senators To Support USDA Rural Housing Funding
Sen. Schumer (D-NY) released a Dear Colleague Letter asking fellow Senators to join him in urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund critical USDA Rural Housing programs! Please CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY and ask them to (1) Sign the Schumer Dear Colleague Letter and (2) Submit an Appropriations Request for these programs! Senators can sign on by contacting Lane Bodian (Lane_Bodian@schumer.senate.gov) by March 24. Resources…