Federal Programs from Rural Development
Financial programs support public facilities and services such as water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities and electric and telephone service. The Office promotes economic development by supporting loans to businesses through banks , credit unions and community-managed lending pools.
Technical Assistance to Cooperatives
Rural Development
To develop and administer research, technical assistance, statistical, and educational programs on finances, organization, management, legal, social, and economic aspects of rural cooperatives, focusi...more
Rural Development
Value-Added Producer Grants
Rural Development
To assist eligible independent agricultural commodity producers, agriculture producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and majority-controlled producer-based businesses in developing strategie...more
Rural Development
Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
Rural Development
To provide decent, safe, and sanitary low-rent housing and related facilities for domestic farm laborers....more
Rural Development
Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans
Rural Development
To assist very low, low-income, and moderate-income households to obtain modest, decent, safe, and sanitary housing for use as a permanent residence in rural areas....more
Rural Development
Rural Housing Site Loans and Self_Help Housing Land Development Loans
Rural Development
To assist public or private nonprofit organizations interested in providing sites for housing; to acquire and develop land in rural areas to be subdivided as adequate building sites and sold on a cost...more
Rural Development
Rural Rental Housing Loans
Rural Development
To provide economically designed and constructed rental and cooperative housing and related facilities suited for rural residents....more
Rural Development
Very Low-Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants
Rural Development
Section 504 loans and grants are intended to help very low-income owner-occupants in rural areas repair their properties....more
Rural Development
Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance
Rural Development
To provide Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants to provide financial assistance to qualified nonprofit organizations and public bodies that will aid needy very low and low-income individuals and thei...more
Rural Development
Rural Rental Assistance Payments
Rural Development
To reduce the tenant contribution paid by low-income families occupying eligible Rural Rental Housing (RRH), Rural Cooperative Housing (RCH), and Farm Labor Housing (LH) projects financed by the Rural...more
Rural Development
Rural Housing Preservation Grants
Rural Development
To assist very low- and low-income rural residents individual homeowners, rental property owners (single/multi-unit) or by providing the consumer cooperative housing projects (co-ops) the necessary as...more
Rural Development
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
The Social Innovators of 2014
For 2014, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has recognized 37 individuals for their outstanding work in the field of social enterprise.
