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 partners with underserved rural and Indigenous communities to achieve their vision and well being through technical assistance, training, financial resources and advocacy. For more than 45 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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Monday, Aug 27, 2018

Posted in: Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Housing, Housing Development

Low-priced rental units harder to find across the nation

The number of lower-income tenants looking to secure low-cost rentals has increased by nearly 5 million households in the past 15 years nationwide, but the number of rental units has shrunk by nearly 2.5 million, according to a recently released study.
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Monday, Aug 20, 2018

Posted in: Affordable Housing, California, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Housing, Housing Development

California wildfires stress an already sobering crisis in affordable housing construction

The numerous, massive wildfires – 100 of them at one point in late July – swarming across California are not only harming the environment and threatening lives but are also exacerbating the state’s affordable housing crisis.
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Thursday, Aug 16, 2018

Posted in: Affordable Housing, California, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News

California housing affordability reaches 10-year low

In a decade-long trajectory, increasing home prices and higher interest rates are limiting Californian’s ability to buy a home, according to the California Association of Realtors.
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Low-priced rental units harder to find across the nation

California wildfires stress an already sobering crisis in affordable housing construction

California housing affordability reaches 10-year low

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