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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
North Biggs Estates
- Biggs,
- California
- The North Biggs Estates—CHIP’s newest, 56-unit, Mutual Self-Help Housing development—is located in rural Biggs, California, an agricultural community in Butte County that has long struggled to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing opportunities for its low-income residents....
Beverly Vaughn
- East Bernstadt,
- Kentucky
- Southern Tier Housing Corporation
- A grandmother in Kentucky rebuilt her home after a fire with help from STHC, securing a USDA loan, state HOME funds, and insurance proceeds to replace the house she lost....
Reedley California
- Reedley,
- California
- Self Help Enterprises
- In Reedley, California, 11 low-income families became homeowners just before Christmas by building their Mutual Self-Help houses together, contributing sweat equity and using USDA loans they couldn’t obtain through conventional financing....