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Affordable Housing Finance: Collishaw Places Purpose Over Prestige
Tom Collishaw’s journey proves real impact in rural housing comes when you put purpose first.
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Introducing NRHC’s “Stories” Portal
Today we’re excited to unveil NRHC’s new Stories portal – dynamic platform built to elevate the voices, experiences, and successes of rural housing and community development across the country.
November 11, 2025
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Stories
The Stamper Family
- Jackson,
- Kentucky
- Housing Development Alliance, Inc.
- A Kentucky mother of 11 fulfilled her late husband’s dream by helping build an Energy Star-rated six-bedroom home through HDA’s program, financed with a USDA loan and multiple housing grants....
DreamBuild Houses
- Owingsville,
- Kentucky
- Frontier Housing, Inc.
- In a warehouse in Rowan County sits an experiment that Tom Manning-Beavin and his nonprofit have been brainstorming for years — a wooden rectangular frame he calls one of their “boxes.” When the Frontier Housing CEO explains the concept, he hearkens back to when he played with Lego bricks growing up. Just like a Lego toy set, the boxes are put together to make the “building blocks of a house.”...
The Horn’s New Home
- Hurricane,
- Utah
- Self-Help Homes
- As Cedes and Jesse Horn drove their shovels into the rock-hard land of their Hurricane lot last week, they weren’t just breaking ground — they were breaking through the region’s affordable housing barrier, thanks to Self-Help Homes, a sweat-equity program that helps families build their own homes. “I know a lot of people my age who are renting or still with their parents,” Cedes Horn said. “I think this is a great opportunity for us young families, or even young adults who are thinking about their future....