The HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL

  • improves housing conditions for the rural poor, with an emphasis on the poorest of the poor in the most rural places in the United States.
  • offers services to public, nonprofit, and private organizations throughout the rural United States.
  • maintains a special focus on high-need groups and regions: Indian country, the Mississippi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest border colonias, and Appalachia.

WHAT'S NEW

USDA Rural Development Section 502 Direct Webcast Materials Posted
-March 11, 2010

Date of USDA Self-Help Forum in Mississippi Changed
-March 10, 2010

Notice of Green Fund Capacity Building Grant Funds Availability
-March 8, 2010

HAC News newsletter of March 5, 2010
in text or in PDF format
-March 4, 2010

Register Now! HAC Symposium on Sustainable Approaches in Rural Housing
-March 2, 2010

Winter Rural Voices issue Focuses on Colonias
-February 24, 2010

HAC News newsletter of February 17, 2010
in text or in PDF format
-February 17, 2010

Other Recent Announcements and Press Releases

 

POLICY, TRAINING, & INITIATIVE UPDATES

HAC Initiatives

Trainings & Conferences

June 9, 2010: Sustainable Approaches in Rural Housing
Washington, DC

SAVE THE DATE FOR HAC’S NATIONAL RURAL HOUSING CONFERENCE 2010! Plan to join rural housers from around the country in Washington, DC, December 1-3, 2010! Details will be posted as available.

Federal Policy, Budget, and Funding Updates

Housing/Foreclosure Crisis

2011 Funding

2010 Funding