Celebrating 50 Years of Working for Rural America
This year marks HAC’s 50th anniversary, and we’re observing the occasion by asking ourselves what we hope to see happen in the next fifty years. My hope is no less […]
Entries by Daniel Stern
HAC Urges Census Bureau to Expand Data Offerings
The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) has submitted comments to the U.S. Census Bureau on its new 2020 Census Data Product Planning Crosswalk. HAC urges the U.S. Census Bureau to provide […]
UPDATE – 120 organizations sign on to Support rural housing and capacity building in the Build Back Better Act
Thank you! With your help 120 organizations signed on Congressional leadership yesterday in support of the robust rural housing and rural capacity building investments in the House bills for the […]
Rural COVID Cases are Starting to Decline, but the Delta Variant Hit Rural Communities Particularly Hard
The Housing Assistance Council presents updated data on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on rural communities. As of September 30, there have been more than 6.5 million reported cases […]
Registration for Virtual National Rural Housing Conference Coming Soon
A Message from HAC’s President & CEO We’ve had a remarkable year here at the Housing Assistance Council and look forward to finishing the year in that same fashion with […]
Rural America Now Has More Than 5 Million Reported Cases and Over 100,000 Deaths from Covid-19
COVID-19 in Rural America – September 1, 2021 As of August 31, there have been more than 5.6 million reported cases of COVID-19, and approximately 101,741 associated deaths in communities […]
HAC’s Statement on the End of the CDC’s Eviction Moratorium
The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is concerned by the Supreme Court’s decision ending the national eviction moratorium. Without federal protection, hundreds of thousands of families now face the threat of […]
Revisiting Rural: The Subdivision that Built a Community
This is the first story in Revisiting Rural, a series which explores success stories from the Housing Assistance Council’s 50 years of helping build rural communities. Over 600 billion gallons […]
Rural Veterans and Local Nonprofits Receive Critical Housing Support
Contact: Shonterria Charleston terria@ruralhome.org (202) 842-8600 Rural Veterans and Local Nonprofits Receive Critical Housing Support Funded by The Home Depot Foundation Washington, DC, August 16, 2021 – Veterans and their […]
Population Growth in Rural America was Small – and Uneven – Between 2010 and 2020
A Census in Rural America 2020 Update Using Census 2010 and 2020 data, combined with methodology from the Housing Assistance Council’s Rural and Small-Town definition of location, HAC estimates that […]