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• Tuesday, Apr 17, 2018

  Posted in: Elizabeth Zach, Housing, Press Release

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  RCAC receives $13.67 million to support self-help housing activities

  West Sacramento, Calif. — Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) has received $13.67 million over five years in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) funding through the USDA RD Mutual Self-Help Housing Program to support single-family home construction and to help prepare rural residents for homeownership. The contract will support RCAC’s work with nonprofit organizations, housing authorities and tribal housing authorities to develop affordable housing in the rural West.

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• Thursday, Apr 12, 2018

  Posted in: Alaska, Climate Change, Featured News

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  Federal funds will help with Alaska village relocation

  The federal spending bill signed on March 23 included $15 million to help relocate an Alaskan village that is threatened by rising water due to climate change. The Ninglick River is heading toward Newtok homes and structures at a rate of about 70 feet per year.

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• Posted in: Advocacy, Press Release

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  RCAP leads coalition on 2018 Farm Bill priorities

  Washington, DC (April 11, 2018) – The Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), NCBA CLUSA, New America, and a bipartisan coalition of rural policy leaders submit recommendations for the Rural Development Title in the 2018 Farm Bill to Congress, focused on three priorities, access to capital, infrastructure, and innovation. A coalition of more than forty rural policy leaders throughout the country came together to discuss opportunities and challenges small communities face

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