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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.
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.
House Appropriations Committee Reports Agriculture Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations
House Appropriations Committee Reports Agriculture Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations
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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.
November 17, 2025
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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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October 14, 2025
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House Appropriations Committee Reports Agriculture Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations
House Appropriations Committee Reports Agriculture Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations
July 1, 2025
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National Homeownership Month!
Here are some pictures of Self-Help families in front of their recently completed homes in Nephi, Utah.
June 24, 2024
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Senate Appropriations and Section 502 Loans
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
August 7, 2023
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Stories
The Camp Fire
- Butte County,
- California
- Rural Community Assistance Corporation
- CHIP and RCAC are working to rebuild the 36-unit Paradise Community Village after the Camp Fire destroyed it, securing funding and pushing for LIHTC and USDA policy changes so low-income families can return to affordable housing....
Orland, California
- Orland,
- California
- Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)
- A longtime renter in Orland, California joined CHIP’s mutual self-help build group, spending 30 labor hours per week to help construct her home alongside 16 other families, all financed through USDA loans with no down payment....
A New Home for the Abbotts
- Milford,
- Delaware
- Milford Housing Development Corporation
- A young Delaware father worked more than 1,300 sweat-equity hours while holding a full-time job, eventually moving with his daughter into an Energy-Star certified self-help home built through MHDC’s program....