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Decline in Section 502 Utilization in FY 2026
REPORT: “Rural Housing Funds Languish”
NEWS: $230 million in federal rural housing funds set to expire this week
NRHC Celebrates Passage of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act
Nanaikeola Groundbreaking Ceremony
National Homeownership Month is here!
Decline in Section 502 Utilization in FY 2026
There was a significant decline in Section 502 loans in FY 2026
REPORT: “Rural Housing Funds Languish”
USDA’s Rural Development agency is falling behind on rural housing spending for multifamily homes.
NEWS: $230 million in federal rural housing funds set to expire this week
Experts blame administrative modifications the department made to how the program was administered in February — changes that the National Rural Housing Coalition warned at the time could “significantly reduce the likelihood” of spending the full amount before the end of the fiscal year.
NRHC Celebrates Passage of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act
A major victory for rural communities and families struggling with housing affordability.
Nanaikeola Groundbreaking Ceremony
The Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii had a terrific Nanaikeola Groundbreaking Ceremony with the Governor of Hawaii Josh Green in June.
National Homeownership Month is here!
Each year, NRHC celebrates Homeownership Month with rural housing success stories.
Stories
- Huntington County,
- Indiana
- Pathfinder Services, Inc.
- A formerly homeless single mother in Indiana used Pathfinder’s housing, employment, and financial programs to rebuild her life, eventually securing a USDA loan and becoming a homeowner six years after losing housing....
- Huntington,
- Indiana
- Pathfinder Services, Inc.
- A renter in rural Indiana became a homeowner after working with Pathfinder to improve her finances, ultimately buying a house with a USDA loan and reducing her monthly payment from $725 rent to a $530 mortgage....
- Coachella Valley,
- California
- Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
- Ms. Agxibel Barajas was always a gifted student whose immigrant, farmworker parents—Victor and Veronica—wanted more for her and her two brothers than laboring in the hot desert sun...