Federal government shutdown hurts rural housing

The partial federal government shutdown is impacting housing agencies responsible for financing affordable housing, clean drinking water and rural economies, according to the National Rural Housing Coalition (NRHC).

Low-income rural renters face worsening affordable housing crisis

Low-income residents renting homes in rural areas face an ever shrinking supply of affordable housing, which experts say will only worsen in the coming years.

Student loan debt inhibits millennial homeownership

Nearly 90 percent of millennials say they want to purchase a home in the future, but half haven’t saved for a down payment.

California, a rich state, is also among the nation’s poorest

Factoring in living costs, nearly 20 percent of Californians were living below the poverty line in 2015, 2016 and 2017, making the state the poorest in the country. The national average of Americans living in poverty those same years was 14 percent.

RCAC receives more than $800,000 to provide housing counseling to rural residents

West Sacramento, Calif. — Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) received an $832,841 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help rural residents find housing, make informed housing choices or keep their current homes.