RCAC’s programs and services deliver solutions to complex community needs. Our local presence allows us to develop partnerships with communities to identify needs, set goals, and select the best options to meet those goals. RCAC and our partners provide the tools to create change and growth, but the communities chart their own course. Collaboration, plus community effort will equal community change. How can we help you?

RCAC’s Loan Fund is a financial resource for rural communities. The Loan Fund fills financing gaps and serves in unconventional markets. We offer loans for affordable housing development, environmental infrastructure, community facilities and small businesses in rural locations.

Decent housing, safe drinking water, education, financing, jobs, community facilities, leadership, families are the many facets to RCAC's work.

RCAC expands the knowledge base of the rural public through education and training. Our training expertise is in technical, financial, and administrative issues that affect rural communities. We take great pride in our professional trainer team's capacity and effectiveness. Our trainers maximize audience participation to keep trainings relevant and memorable.

RCAC's news and publications are a compilation of timely news, announcements and accomplishments produced for the rural development world.

Sub-standard housing and poverty are commonplace in low-income rural communities. Many of these communities also face daunting challenges to access safe, clean drinking water and to develop other vital infrastructure. These issues are often overlooked in policy because rural communities lack the resources, training or social networks that are found in urban areas. Learn how you can advocate for the under-served population in the West.

Founded in 1978, RCAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals and visions. For more than 40 years, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West. Learn more about who we are and how we operate.

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Wednesday, Dec 13, 2017

Posted in: Dear Sher

Dear Sher

I have a Section 502 loan application that I’m packaging where the applicant has only been at their current job for about three months but they have been in the same field of work for several years, is this considered stable and dependable?
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Share your self-help housing story

Self-help housing provides plenty of opportunities to share success stories and gain interest in the Mutual Self-Help Housing program. Your success stories help spread the word to families who may want to participate in the program. RCAC can help!
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Monday, Dec 04, 2017

Posted in: Affordable Housing, Dawn Van Dyke, Featured News, Oregon

Rural Oregon county wants to declare housing emergency

Joining the ranks of Seattle and San Francisco, Josephine County in rural Oregon, asked the state’s Gov. Kate Brown to declare a two-year housing emergency. During the past 10 years, fewer than 100 apartment units were constructed in the area, versus more than 1,000 homes that were sold to investors and retirees.
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Of the 22 million #jobs initially taken out by the pandemic, 10 million have not returned, and sharply rising unemployment claims show a weak job market. #covidrecovery https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/14/business/us-economy-coronavirus#unemployment-claims-jump-sharply-showing-the-pandemics-continuing-economic-toll

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