For those of you attending HAC’s Rural Housing Conference this December! This year, HAC is offering a three-day advanced course covering USDA Rural Development’s Section 502 Direct Loan Program at the December Conference. The course provides invaluable insight as to how this homeownership financing resource can be utilized. Learn how to assist potential borrowers and… Continue reading HAC Conference: 502 Packaging Training
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Social Media Webinar: How to Create a Social Media Strategy
The focus of this webinar was on how to create an effective social media strategy, regardless of your organization’s limited resources. By providing this webinar, in addition to other critical resources and information, NRHC aims to help build the capacity of rural housing organizations and to help raise awareness of the issues impacting rural families and… Continue reading Social Media Webinar: How to Create a Social Media Strategy
Special Offer to New Members
In order for NRHC to continue to be successful, we need your support. That’s why NRHC is offering new members a one-year membership for $250, including subscriptions to our Budget Bulletin and Rural Housing Reporter publications. Join Today! We are in a period of unprecedented austerity in the federal budget. Both Congress and the White House have supported spending cuts… Continue reading Special Offer to New Members
NRHC Releases New Rental Housing Report
Today, the National Rural Housing Coalition (NRHC) released a comprehensive report on the state of affordable rental housing in rural communities. The report, “Rural America Rental Housing Crisis,” documents both the substantial contributions that federal rural housing programs have made to improving housing conditions in rural America and the challenges to preserving and maintaining these gains in an era… Continue reading NRHC Releases New Rental Housing Report
NRHC Statement on FY15 House Appropriations Bill
Washington, DC, May 29, 2014 – Bob Rapoza, Executive Secretary of the National Rural Housing Coalition, issued the following statement in response to today’s vote by the House Appropriations Committee to approve its Fiscal Year 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill: The National Rural Housing Coalition applauds bipartisan Congressional efforts to restore funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture… Continue reading NRHC Statement on FY15 House Appropriations Bill
Opposition Mounts to Proposed Cuts in Federal Rural Development Programs
Today, NRHC delivered a petition signed by more than 1,400 rural organizations and advocates to Congress, voicing strong opposition to the significant funding cuts proposed in the President’s 2015 budget for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development programs, including a 60 percent cut in low-cost homeownership loans and over $150 million in grants that… Continue reading Opposition Mounts to Proposed Cuts in Federal Rural Development Programs
Find Out Whether Your Community Is Eligible For Rural Housing Programs!
Earlier this year, Congress enacted the Farm Bill, which included a provision to extend eligibility for USDA Rural Housing programs through the 2020 Census. Did your community make the cut? Check out NRHC’s new easy-to-use Rural Definition guide! Use our guide to find out if your community is eligible and when families in your area can start… Continue reading Find Out Whether Your Community Is Eligible For Rural Housing Programs!
Sign NRHC’s Petition TODAY!
Sign NRHC’s Petition In Support of USDA Rural Housing Funding For the 5th year in a row, the White House has used every excuse in the book to cut funding for USDA Rural Housing and Community Development programs, making it even more difficult for low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities to access affordable… Continue reading Sign NRHC’s Petition TODAY!
Keep Your Focus on the Senate
Senate Deadline is Less Than 1 Week Away! So far, 12 Senators have signed onto Senator Schumer’s (D-NY) Dear Colleague letter in support of funding for USDA Rural Housing programs, including: Boxer, Cantwell, Coons, Gillibrand, Heitkamp, Hirono, Leahy, Manchin, Sanders, Schumer, Shaheen and Wyden. PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY and ask them to sign onto Sen. Schumer’s… Continue reading Keep Your Focus on the Senate
Does Your Representative Support Rural Housing Funding?
Thank you for your advocacy! With your help, Rep. Hinojosa (D-TX) and 77 other Representatives signed onto a Dear Colleague letter urging the Appropriations Committee to fully fund USDA Rural Housing programs. This is 15 more Representatives than last year’s letter and a whopping 49 Representatives more than in FY13. Please remember to thank your Representatives… Continue reading Does Your Representative Support Rural Housing Funding?