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Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018Posted in: Affordable Housing, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News
Rural areas lack affordable housing, and often struggle for funding
A new report highlights the challenges rural communities face in attracting affordable housing, although many of them across the country have high poverty rates, low vacancy rates and high unemployment rates as do urban centers.
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Posted in: Affordable Housing, Drinking Water, Press Release
RCAC receives $1 million USDA Rural Development loan to help rural communities
West Sacramento, Calif. — Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC)’s Loan Fund received a $1 million 30-year low-interest loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. This loan, made through the department’s Intermediary Relending Program (IRP), will ensure that RCAC helps small high-need communities address their essential infrastructure needs.
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Posted in: Community Development, Press Release
USDA partners to help rural leaders build strategies to achieve prosperity
SACRAMENTO, Calif.– Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized four cooperative agreements to help rural communities create and implement economic development plans.
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