Notice of Annual Business Meeting November 15, 2021 at 2PM EST
The Coalition’s annual business meeting will take place in mid-November.
NRHC Letter to President Biden: Keep rural housing in Build Back Better
The NRHC’s recent letter to President Biden calls for more funding for rural housing in the Build Back Better Plan
Fantastic Self-Help Housing Video
Community Rebuilds put together a very nice video on the history of Self-Help Housing.
Congratulations President Biden and Vice President Harris
TO: President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris. Congratulations on your victory. As you take office, we urge you to address the pressing need for decent housing in rural America A recent Wall Street Journal article noted, “Fewer homes are being built per household than almost any other time in US history, and it is even […]
Year End Wrap-Up
Dec 21, 2020 The House just released the FY 21 Omnibus Appropriations/ COVID relief bill. The bill is more than 5000 pages long. The COVID package did not include any funding for rural development. FY 21 Highlights The House and Senate Agriculture Bills were relatively close in appropriations recommendations and the conference agreement reflects that. […]
The NRHC Turns 50
The NRHC is celebrating its 50th anniversary
House FY 2020 Appropriations Requests
The deadline for requests to the House Agriculture subcommittee of Appropriations is April 4th. If you have not done so, we urge you to contact your Representative now. Members are inundated with requests, so the sooner your rural housing request are in, the more time staff will have to process and include them in their […]
Congress Deals Rural Housing Organizations a Mixed Hand
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Bob Rapoza National Rural Housing Coalition 1331 G St NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 393-5225 Fax (202) 393-3034 Congress holds on passing rural housing funding, despite strong indications for the need and history of strong bipartisan support Washington, D.C. — October 1, 2018 — On Friday, the House of Representatives […]
Greystone Leads Effort to Upgrade Rural Housing
Greystone Leads Effort to Upgrade Rural Housing for the Poor Shortages of affordable, low-income housing are reaching crisis proportions in some parts of the U.S. Plantation Apartments in Richmond Hill, Ga. New York finance firm Greystone & Co. has teamed up with federal and state agencies in Georgia to preserve 1,310 low-income rental apartments built […]
Neighbors build each other’s homes in Wasco
ABOVE: Edgar and Naomi Bermudez shuffle rock that will be used for the foundation of their new home in Wasco. Dozens of families in Wasco are building new homes for each other, taking part in a program funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and guided by the nonprofit, Self Help Enterprises. The new homeowners […]