A bipartisan duo of lawmakers in the Senate recently reintroduced a bill they previously collaborated on in 2023, aiming to bolster affordable housing programs and accessibility in rural areas. Sens.

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

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In many cases, the key to housing problems in rural communities could be the already existing stock. Strategies on how to tap into that resource is often the missing puzzle piece to a solution. Rural ...

Utah, are contacting Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to argue against recent changes to a rural home loan program.

Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced this week new legislation that aims to address a shortage of affordable housing in rural communities. The lawmakers say the bill would ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development department is making approximately $12.2 million in grants available to eligible participants for the repair and ...

The Meadows Apartments in Darlington, Wisc., serves farm workers and their families with affordable housing. USDA funds were part of the financial package that made the new development possible.

The key to population, and thus economic, growth in small towns is available, affordable housing and workforce investments, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President and CEO Tom Barkin said Tuesday ...

A newly released study conducted by the University of Nevada, Reno Extension highlights a growing housing affordability crisis across rural Nevada. Commissioned by Nevada Rural Housing, the study ...