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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
Ma ili Hawaii
- Ma’ili,
- Hawaii
- Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii
- In Ma‘ili, Hawai‘i, 43 low-income families have already built—and 29 more are finishing—self-help homes in a 72-lot subdivision, each contributing 85% of construction labor and securing affordable USDA financing to avoid displacement....
AHEAD’s USDA Loan Packaging
- Littleton,
- New Hampshire
- AHEAD, Inc.
- AHEAD offers loan packaging services for USDA Rural Development Section 502 applicants. USDA Rural Development Section 502 loans offer low interest home loans to low and very low income borrowers purchasing in a rural area. Through USDA, you may even qualify for mortgage payment assistance, making your home even more affordable! ...
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....