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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.
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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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Stories
Toquerville
- Toquerville,
- Utah
- Self-Help Homes
- A blended family in Utah who feared past credit problems would block them from buying a home joined a Self-Help Homes build group in 2016 and began constructing a house through sweat equity....
The Brooks Family
- Morehead,
- Kentucky
- Frontier Housing, Inc.
- A single mother in rural Kentucky improved her credit over two years and, with Frontier Housing’s help and a USDA loan, became a homeowner, paying only slightly more than she once spent on rent and utilities....
CDCB’s Micasita Program
- Lower Rio Grand Valley,
- Texas
- Come Dream Come Build
- In the Rio Grande Valley, a couple trapped in debt and unsafe housing used the MiCASiTA self-help program to design and build a modest two-bedroom home they could finally afford....
