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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
Marcie Renfro
- Hugo,
- Oklahoma
- Little Dixie Community Action Agency
- Like many rural communities, Hugo, Oklahoma struggles with low incomes and high poverty rates. In fact, in 2012, the median household income in Hugo was less than $22,000, with more than one-third (37 percent) of all individuals living in poverty and an unemployment rate reaching 11 percent...
The Farr Family
- American Fork,
- Utah
- Self-Help Homes
- A widow in her 60s completed construction of the self-help home she began with her late husband, earning $34,500 in equity and securing an affordable USDA mortgage that kept her payments near her former rent....
A Home for Ms. Lewis
- Pokai Bay,
- Hawaii
- Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii
- Multiple Native Hawaiian families in the Pokai Bay self-help project were able to qualify for USDA 502 loans after gaining stable employment, allowing them to build their own multi-bedroom homes in a market where conventional ownership is otherwise impossible....