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Winter 2004 – 05: Preserving Rural Rental Housing

January 21, 2005/in Rural Voices

View from Washington: Preserving Rural America’s Affordable Rental Housing: Current Issues
Rural Rental Housing – Comprehensive Property Assessment and Portfolio Analysis: Final Study Report
A Response to the Comprehensive Property Assessment
Owner Conversion of Rural Rental Properties to Market Rents: Both Tenants and Owners Turn to the Courts
Preservation and the Aging Portfolio: the Owners’ Perspective
Preserving and Improving Rural Rental Housing: Promising Efforts Emerge
Rural Preservation and Resident-Based Advocacy
The State HFA Response to the Affordable Housing Preservation Challenge
Lessons from HUD’s Preservation Process
Preserving RHS Rural Rental Properties – the Challenge and the Opportunity
Window of Opportunity: Preserving Affordable Rental Housing

Moving Home: Manufactured Housing in Rural America

January 1, 2005/in

Moving Home: Manufactured Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $3.00
Illuminates some of the pros and cons of using manufactured homes to provide affordable, sustainable homeownership. Includes a data analysis and short pieces written by local rural housing providers, national organizations, and a representative of the manufactured housing industry.
2005, 52 pages, ISBN 1-58064-141-5

Conference 2004: Lessons in Leadership

December 21, 2004/in Rural Voices

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Through Opportunity We Make Progress
Willing to Explore the Unknown
A Series of Remarkably Lucky Accidents
Demonstrate the Possibilities
Never a Resting Place
Becoming a Builder of Justice
Eight Challenges Facing Community Leaders
Investing in Leadership: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation celebrates 75 years of citizen leadership
Where are the Leaders?

Summer 2004: Rural Infrastructure

July 21, 2004/in Rural Voices

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Progress and Peril
Possum Kingdom Water Supply
Providing Affordable, Reliable Electricity to Rural Nebraska
The Streets of Lindsay
A Rural Highway is a Place
KARTS: A Lifeline to Society
Reaching Rural America through Wireless Broadband
View from Washington: An Overview of the USDA Rural Development Rural Utilities Service

Spring 2004: Native American Housing

April 21, 2004/in Rural Voices

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VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Tribes Posed for Housing, Economic Growth
VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Addressing Native American Housing Needs
Challenges in Indian Housing
Infrastructure Woes in Indian Country
Building Homeownership Institutions in Indian Country
Reaching the ‘Possible Dream’ …The Nonprofit Way
Innovative Asset-Building Programs on the Pine Ridge Reservation: A Conversation with Cindy Martin-Laiwa
Preparing New Homeowners: Some Challenges at Standing Rock
Preparing New Homeowners: The Navajo Partnership for Housing’s Homebuyer Education Program
Building Tribal Coalitions: A Model from New Mexico

Run While You Still Can: Subprime Demand and Predatory Lending in Rural Areas

March 1, 2004/in

Run While You Still Can: Subprime Demand and Predatory Lending in Rural Areas
Print copy: $10.00
Examines the growth of subprime mortgage lending and predatory lending in metro and nonmetro counties through data analysis and a case study. Recommends ways to increase access to mainstream credit to protect rural communities from predatory lending.
2004, 80 pages, ISBN 1-58064-131-8

Winter 2003 – 04: Tax Credits and Rural Housing

January 21, 2004/in Rural Voices

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Overview: Tax Credits and Affordable Rural Housing
Building Credit in Washington State
Making Housing Credits Work in Kentucky
CROWN: Providing Homeownership Opportunities in Utah
Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Rent-to-Own Projects in Maryland
Historic Tax Credits: Making Adaptive Reuse Work
View from Washington: A Homeownership Tax Credit: An Opportunity

Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing

January 1, 2004/in

Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Reports on the growth management initiatives of 13 states and the findings from a roundtable of rural housing experts and smart growth activists about the effect of smart growth on rural housing affordability.
2004, 41 pages, ISBN 1-58064-129-6

Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties

January 1, 2004/in

Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004)

Fall 2003: Self-Help Housing

September 21, 2003/in Rural Voices

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View From Washington: USDA’s Self-Help Program, Past and Present
The California Beginnings of USDA Self-Help Housing
USDA Self-Help Expands in New Jersey
Regional Contractors Provide Essential Assistance for USDA Self-Help Housing
Fulfilling Goals in Arkansas
People Are Counting on Us in Washington
Changing Lives in Ohio
From Challenges to Opportunities in Florida
Beyond Self-Help: A New Beginning for Colonias Residents
The Appalachian Approach to Self-Help
Building Dreams on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Serving Rural Communities: Habitat for Humanity’s Rural Housing Initiative

Winter 2004 – 05: Preserving Rural Rental Housing

Moving Home: Manufactured Housing in Rural America

Conference 2004: Lessons in Leadership

Summer 2004: Rural Infrastructure

Spring 2004: Native American Housing

Run While You Still Can: Subprime Demand and Predatory Lending in Rural Areas

Winter 2003 – 04: Tax Credits and Rural Housing

Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing

Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties

Fall 2003: Self-Help Housing

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