HAC’s 2021 Rural Housing Policy Priorities
Federal policy has an important and lasting impact on rural places. For nearly 50 years, the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) has been the voice for the poorest of the poor […]
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HAC News: December 3, 2020
HAC News Formats. pdf December 3, 2020 Vol. 49, No. 24 TOP STORIES Coronavirus relief discussions continue. Media reports about negotiations change daily, but there is still at least some possibility that […]
White Mountain Apache Housing Authority Serves its Veterans
The White Mountain Apache Housing Authority (WMAHA) helps the members of the White Mountain Apache Tribe to overcome their individual housing needs. Of these, almost 500 are U.S. military veterans. […]
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Releases State of the Nation’s Housing 2020
For most of 2020, the country has been beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest sparked by longstanding racial injustice, and the devastating impacts of climate change. Although low interest […]
HAC News: November 12, 2020
HAC News Formats. pdf November 12, 2020 Vol. 49, No. 23 TOP STORIES Senate releases FY21 funding bills. On November 10 the Senate Appropriations Committee posted its versions of all 12 appropriations bills for […]
Senate agrees with most House funding levels for rural housing programs
In a draft bill released on November 10, 2020, the Senate proposes to fund most rural housing programs in fiscal year 2021 at the same levels supported by the House. […]
HAC News: October 29, 2020
HAC News Formats. pdf October 29, 2020 Vol. 49, No. 22 TOP STORIES Court halts new fair housing disparate impact rule. A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction against implementation of HUD’s new […]
In Response to the Senate Budget Committee Majority Staff’s Report on Housing Program Consolidation
For millions of low-income rural Americans, the USDA rural housing programs have provided the only path to affordable homeownership and reliable rental options in our nation’s smallest towns and rural […]
Over 1 Million Covid-19 Cases in Rural America – 24,000 Deaths
After nine months since the first COVID 19 case was reported in a rural community, there are 1.2 million rural cases, and rural deaths from the virus are now consistently […]