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  • Posted in: Featured News

    Building the future by restoring the past

    A little more than a year after Administrative Notice 4831 Guidance for Acquisition and Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Projects was released, there is still strong interest in the rehab component of the self-help program.

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    How to fill out SF-270, Request for Advance or Reimbursement

    One of the most common forms in the self-help program is the SF-270 Request for Advance or Reimbursement. The form is used for numerous federal grants, therefore some of the fields are non-applicable to this grant. See a sample completed form for a self-help grantee, which includes information on fields that often cause confusion.

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  • Posted in: Dear Sher

    Dear Sher

    I just have a quick question about the Unnumbered Letter from April 15 regarding self-help grantees and certified loan application packagers/intermediaries ordering appraisals. Does the appraiser have to be on the Rural Development approved list of appraisers?

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