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Housing Assistance Council
Publications List
May 2008
New publications (includes
all types of publications except the HAC
News newsletter)
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(includes all types of publications except the HAC
News newsletter)
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HAC News (newsletter)
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(also included in all the publications lists above)
Information sheets
(brief summaries of specific issues or programs) (also included
in all the publications lists above)
Can't find what you're looking for? For help locating publications,
contact Leslie Strauss at HAC, leslie@ruralhome.org
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USDA Rural Development
Housing Programs, FY2008 Year-End Report
Provides a review of USDA rural housing activity. In Fiscal Year
2008, Rural Development (RD) obligated approximately $8.9 billion
which built, repaired, or supported over 200,000 units of affordable
housing for low- and moderate-income families in rural areas.
2009
Losing
the Dream: The Foreclosure Crisis in Rural America
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2008 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine. Examines the impact
of the mortgage crisis in rural places and programs that have
helped families keep their homes.
Connecting
the Dots: A Location Analysis of USDA’s Section 515 Rental
Housing and Other Federally Subsidized Rental Properties in Rural
Areas
Print copy: $10.00
Examines where Section 515 rental developments are located with
respect to other federally subsidized rentals and reviews their
role in their rural communities’ rental housing networks.
Discusses the policy implications of the research findings and
makes recommendations.
2008, 64 pages
A Guide
To Best Practices In Rural Rental Preservation
This guide offers a number of possible best practices for preservation
of affordable apartments financed under the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Section 515 Rural Rental Housing program.
2008, 30 pages
Mortgage
Lending in Rural Communities
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2008
Administration
Proposes Eliminating Many Rural Housing Programs in FY 2009 Budget
Print copy: $1.00
Summarizes selected portions of President Bush’s proposed
Fiscal Year 2009 budget and discusses their implications for rural
housing.
Budget analyses for past years are also available upon request.
2008, 4 pages
Rehabilitating
Affordable Rural Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Winter 2008 issue of Rural Voices, HAC’s magazine.
Housing
Assistance Council Annual Report, 2007
Describes the activities of HAC over 2007. 24 pages
Environmental
Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development
Financial Assistance
Print copy: $5.00
Describes environmental review processes required for rural housing
development when requesting financial assistance from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development or U.S. Department
of Agriculture Rural Development.
2007, 60 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-157-9
Making
it Work: Combating Rural Homelessness
Print copy: $4.00
Fall 2007 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine. Illustrates some of
the innovative ways rural homeless providers are accessing and
using resources.
Rural
Rental Housing Preservation: Legislative Proposals
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2007
Immigration
and Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $5.00
Analyzes data on the growing foreign-born population in rural
places, with case studies on the housing situations in three communities.
2007, 50 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-156-2
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
More
Than Housing at Stake: Preserving Rural Rental Properties
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2007 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine. Provides updated information
on preservation policy and resources, along with in-depth stories
about rural preservation deals.
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Affordable
Green Building in Rural Communities
Print copy: $5.00
Explains how community organizations succeed in developing
affordable green housing despite unique rural challenges.
2007, 52 pages, ISBN 1-58064-155-5
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Affordable
Green Building in Rural Communities
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2007
Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development
Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties
Print copy: $6.00
Illustrates successful strategies used by rural communities in
the Great Plains states that have experienced population loss.
2007, 54 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-151-7
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Reinvesting
in Rural Communities: Celebrating 30 Years of the Community Reinvestment
Act
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2007 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Read HAC's press release on this
publication.
POSTERS AND CALENDARS
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2007 Calendar
Full color, 9 x 12 inches, with photos and text celebrating the
people who benefit from HAC's 35 years of partnering with others
to build rural communities.
Inquire for price
Poverty in the United States
Housing Characteristics in the United States
$4.00 each
or both for $7.00
(or included with purchase of Taking Stock report)
Colorful poster-sized maps (2 feet by 3 feet), showing poverty
rates or housing characteristics for every county in the United
States.
Self-Help Housing: What it Means to My Family and Me
$1.00 folded flat, $2.00
rolled
Full color, 17 x 22 inches, child's drawing and text celebrating
National Homeownership Month 2004
Read HAC's press release about this
poster.
PERIODICALS
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HAC News
Cost for e-mail
subscription or print
subscription: free
The classic "little yellow newsletter," providing essential information
on affordable rural housing. Includes national program and policy
updates, summaries of Federal Register filings, findings
from recent research reports, and much more. Subscribers also
receive notices about HAC training sessions and conferences.
Every two weeks, 1 page, ISSN 1093-8036
Rural Voices
Cost for print
subscription: first subscription free, additional copies $12.00/year,
$4.00/single copy
Sign
up to receive email notices when new issues are released.
Magazine covering rural housing and development issues. Articles
on current topics like green building, analyses of rural housing
conditions around the country, and descriptions of solutions that
work, written by the community-based rural housers who make them
work. Published quarterly. 20-24 pages. ISSN 1093-8044.
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Accounting & Financial Operations for Nonprofits in Rural
Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Provides an overview of critical accounting and financial areas
for which nonprofits are responsible.
2nd ed. 2004, 42 pages, ISBN 1-58064-050-8
Administration
Proposes Eliminating Many Rural Housing Programs in FY 2009 Budget
Print copy: $1.00
Summarizes selected portions of President Bush’s proposed
Fiscal Year 2009 budget and discusses their implications for rural
housing.
Budget analyses for past years are also available upon request.
2008, 4 pages
Affordable Green Building in Rural Communities
Print copy: $5.00
Explains how community organizations succeed in developing
affordable green housing despite unique rural challenges.
2007, 52 pages, ISBN 1-58064-155-5
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Affordable
Green Building in Rural Communities
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2007
Affordable Housing Program, The
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
After the Disaster: Rural Communities Respond
Print copy: $4.00.
Winter 2005-2006 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Appalachia: Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future
Print copy: $4.00.
Summer 2006 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Aspiring Homeowners Receive Assistance
Cost for print copy: $4.00
Winter 1998-1999 issue of Rural Voices, HAC's quarterly
magazine.
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Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing
Print copy: $5.00
Analyzes four case studies of rural revolving loan funds, identifies
similarities and differences, and provides specific advice for
those seeking to establish such funds.
2003, 71 pages, ISBN 1-58064-127-X
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Border Colonias Region: Challenges and Innovative Approaches to
Effective Community Development
Print copy: $5.00
Detailed case studies highlight successful approaches to improving
housing and infrastructure conditions in the colonias along the
U.S.-Mexico border. Also outlines the key challenges faced by
colonia residents, and some broad policy recommendations based
on the experiences of local groups.
1998, 69 pages, ISBN 1-58064-084-2
Brief
and Selective Historical Outline of Rural Mutual Self-Help Housing
in the United States, A
Print copy: $4.50
Outlines the evolution of the modern Rural Housing Service mutual
self-help housing program, beginning in 1933. Includes detailed
data on production and technical assistance levels from the inception
of the RHS program.
2004, 80 pages, ISBN 1-58064-014-1
Building Capacity, Building Homes
Print copy: $4.00.
Summer 2006 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
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Case
Studies on Lending in Indian Country
Print copy: $4.00
Describes some partnerships between tribes and lenders to produce
privately funded housing on trust lands.
1996, 19 pages, ISBN 1-58064-017-6
Case Studies on Rural Housing and Welfare Reform
Print copy: $7.00
Presents case studies of seven rural counties with high rates
of welfare use. Discusses gaps in service provision and housing
assistance. Describes collaborative ventures between social service
and affordable housing providers.
2001, 93 pages, ISBN 1-58064-114-8
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
CDBG Works for Rural Communities
Print copy: $4.00.
Summer 2006 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Celebrating
30 Years of Building Rural Communities
Print copy: $4.00.
Fall 2001 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Community Land Trusts and Rural Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Examines use of communal ownership of land for the development
or preservation of housing for low- and very low-income households.
Describes the conceptual, legal, and financial structures of a
community land trust (CLT), explores the application of the CLT
model to rural low-income housing development, and offers case
studies of several developed and planned rural housing CLTs.
1993, 34 pages, ISBN 1-58064-058-3
Connecting
the Dots:
A Location Analysis of USDA’s Section 515 Rental Housing
and Other Federally Subsidized Rental Properties in Rural Areas
Print copy: $10.00
Examines where Section 515 rental developments are located with
respect to other federally subsidized rentals and reviews their
role in their rural communities’ rental housing networks.
Discusses the policy implications of the research findings and
makes recommendations.
2008, 64 pages
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning
in Rural America
Print copy: $8.00
Examines four rural jurisdictions that have successfully implemented
HUD's continuum of care model, which urges a collaborative approach
to homeless assistance.
2002, 61 pages, ISBN 1-58064-122-9
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Cost
Based Appraisals on Native American Trust Lands: A Longitudinal
Analysis
Print copy: $4.00
Investigates issues contributing to difficulties in applying standard
appraisal procedures on Indian reservations, and presents a longitudinal
analysis of changes in value of homes built on trust lands.
1999, 23 pages, ISBN 1-58064-099-0
Creating the Village:
How Mutual Self-Help Housing Builds Community
Print copy: $5.00
Describes how mutual self-help construction does more than simply
build affordable homes: it builds neighborhoods, strengthens families,
and creates wealth.
2005, 40 pages, ISBN 1-58064-139-3
Read HAC's press release on this publication.
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Designing and Implementing Rural Individual Development Account
Programs
Print copy: $4.00
Uses surveys, a location analysis, and case studies to examine
rural implementation of Individual Development Accounts, which
are matched savings accounts that help low-income families accumulate
money to achieve specific asset-building goals such as home purchases
or repairs. Identifies characteristics of successful rural IDA
programs and policy changes that could further increase their
usefulness.
2006, 43 pages, ISBN 1-58064-143-1
Developing Organizations and Leaders
Print copy: $4.00
Winter 1999-2000 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
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Easing the Transition: Housing Assistance for TANF Recipients
Print copy: $5.00
Identifies specific obstacles rural welfare leavers face when
they search for affordable housing and describes how states have
addressed these obstacles.
2005, 32 pages, ISBN 1-58064-138-5
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Effects
of Housing Development on a Rural Community's Economy, The
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 1997
Environmental Concerns in Choosing a Site for Rural Housing Development
Print copy: $4.00
Presents information on a variety of environmental issues and
how to conduct preliminary or detailed research about a site.
Revised ed. 2000, 68 pages, ISBN 1-58064-045-1
Environmental
Concerns in Choosing a Site for Rural Housing Development
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 1996
Environmental
Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development
Financial Assistance
Print copy: $5.00
Describes environmental review processes required for rural housing
development when requesting financial assistance from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development or U.S. Department
of Agriculture Rural Development.
2007, 60 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-157-9
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Fair Housing, the Zoning Process, and Land Use Politics in Rural
Areas
Print copy: $5.50
Examines the role of land use and zoning politics in NIMBY situations,
and how fair housing issues may be raised. Outlines common patterns
and characteristics of NIMBY conflicts, using examples from four
cases to illustrate creative responses.
1998, 35 pages, ISBN 1-58064-091-5
Faith-Based
Initiatives and Housing Development
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2001 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Farmworker
Housing: Turning Challenges into Successes
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2005 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Federal
Programs and Local Organizations: Meeting the Housing Needs of
Rural Seniors
Print copy: $5.00
Case studies show how rural counties have accessed substantial
federal funding for elderly housing.
2001, 50 pages, ISBN 1-58064-111-3
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Formulas
for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America
Print copy: $4.00
Examines a variety of ways rural organizations are implementing
"housing plus services" models, providing coordinated
affordable housing and social services to special needs populations.
Includes case studies and a funding and information resources
guide.
2006, 46 pages, ISBN 1-58064-146-6
From
Bad to Worse: Rural Housing in the Administration’s FY 2008
Budget
Print copy: $3.00
Analyzes selected portions of President Bush’s proposed
Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 budget and discusses their implications
for rural housing. Includes a program-by-program review of funding
requests for USDA Rural Development and for HUD, as well as relevant
programs in other departments.
2007, 24 pages, ISBN 978- 1-58064-154-8
Read HAC's press
release on the Administration's FY 2008 Budget.
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Get Smart? Growth, Development and Rural Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Winter 2001-2002 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Guide to Appealing Rural Housing Service/Rural Development Decisions,
A
Print copy: $4.00
Explains what decisions made by USDA Rural Development staff can
be appealed, and how the appeals process works.
1998, 40 pages, ISBN 1-58064-048-6
A
Guide To Best Practices In Rural Rental Preservation
Print copy: $3.00
This guide offers a number of possible best practices for preservation
of affordable apartments financed under the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Section 515 Rural Rental Housing program.
2008, 30 pages
Guide to Federal Housing and
Community Development Programs for Small Towns and Rural Areas,
A
Available in text
format or in PDF
format.
Print copy: $7.00
One of HAC's most popular publications. Provides brief descriptions
of the uses of program funds and eligibility requirements for
federal housing and development programs administered by USDA
Rural Development (RD), the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
and others. Includes contacts for further information about each
program.
2003, 110 pages, ISBN 1-58064-126-1
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Guide to Fundraising for Rural Nonprofits: Strategies for Raising
Operating Funds
Print copy: $3.50
Shows rural housing nonprofits how to begin raising operating
funds and explains how to develop a fundraising strategy. Includes
a list of funders that have provided support for rural housing
in the past.
2nd ed. 2004, 32 pages, ISBN 1-58064-083-4
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Guide
to Nonprofit Housing Organizations Serving the Colonias, A
Print copy: $7.00
Directory of organizations, programs, and resources that serve
residents in the colonias along the U.S.-Mexico border, including
contact information and descriptions as well as an analysis of
colonias organizations.
2005, pages, ISBN 1-58064-135-0
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Guide to the Community Reinvestment Act for Housing in Rural America,
A
Print copy: $8.00
Explains how CRA impacts banks and savings and loan institutions
and provides four case studies showing how rural organizations
have used CRA.
2002, 70 pages, ISBN 1-58064-124-5
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HAC News
E-mail
subscription or print
subscription: free
The classic "little yellow newsletter," providing essential information
on affordable rural housing. Includes national program and policy
updates, summaries of Federal Register filings, findings
from recent research reports, and much more. Subscribers also
receive notices about HAC training sessions and conferences.
Every two weeks, 1 page, ISSN 1093-8036
HOME, CDBG, and Farmworker Housing Development
Print copy: $3.50
Presents four case studies of projects that have successfully
and creatively developed or rehabilitated farmworker housing using
the Community Development Block Grant and HOME programs.
1997, 70 pages, ISBN 1-58064-001-X
Homebuyer Education and Counseling: Examining Rural Provider Networks
in Texas, Florida and South Dakota
Print copy: $4.00
A preliminary examination of the existing education and counseling
organizational capacity identifies different problems in each
state studied.
2000, 31 pages, ISBN 1-58064-106-7
Homeownership
as an Asset in Rural America
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2005
Homeownership
Education and Counseling
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2003 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Housing Assistance
Council Annual Report, 2007
Describes the activities of HAC over 2007. 24 pages
Housing Assistance Council Loan Funds 1971-2001: 30 Years of Supporting
Affordable Housing in Rural Communities
Describes the results of HAC's lending over its 30-year history.
2001, 24 pages, ISBN 1-58064-112-1
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Housing Counseling in Rural America
Print copy: $7.00
Examines differences between rural and urban housing counseling
needs, describes some of the counseling programs presently used
in rural areas, and discusses possible ways of measuring counseling's
effectiveness.
1997, 114 pages, ISBN 1-58064-003-6
Housing for Families and Unaccompanied Migrant Farmworkers
Print copy: $4.00
Through case studies, examines the need for and availability of
housing suitable for migrant farmworkers traveling with families
or unaccompanied.
1997, 56 pages, ISBN 1-58064-005-2
Housing for Persons with Disabilities in Rural Areas
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2001
Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
Housing in the Colonias
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2005
Housing
in the Lower Mississippi Delta
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2005
Housing in the Rural Midwest
Cost for print copy: $4.00
Summer 1999 issue of Rural Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Housing on Native American Lands
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
Housing Problems in Central Appalachia
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2001
HUD Programs Information Sheets
Print copy: $1.00
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Immigration and Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $5.00
Analyzes data on the growing foreign-born population in rural
places, with case studies on the housing situations in three communities.
2007, 50 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-156-2
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Improvement of Housing and Infrastructure Conditions in the Lower
Mississippi Delta
Print copy: $4.00
Documents some successful approaches to improving housing and
infrastructure in the Delta.
2000, 44 pages, ISBN 1-58064-101-6
Initiatives in the Mississippi Delta
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2000 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Innovative
Designs for Nontraditional Households in Rural Areas
Print copy: $4.00
Examines case studies of innovative housing designs for nontraditional
rural households.
2001, 40 pages, ISBN 1-58064-119-9
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
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Lending on Native American Lands: A Guide for Rural Development
Staff
To inquire about the availability of print copies, contact a USDA
Rural Development office.
Update of a 1996 guide, prepared for USDA Rural Development to
help housing program staff understand issues in lending on Native
lands. Includes information about new USDA regulations and policies,
and about resources from other sources. Sets out processes for
USDA staff to use in making, closing, and servicing loans.
2006, 189 pages
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Lessons
from Disasters
Print copy: $4.00
Fall 2000 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Lessons in Leadership
Print copy: $4.00
Conference 2004 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Leveraging Funds for Section 514/516
Farmworker Housing Development
Available here in text
format.
Cost for print copy: $5.50
Discusses the impact of changing how USDA's Section 514/516 farmworker
housing program funds are awarded, describes state programs, and
includes case studies of innovative ways local developers have
combined Section 514/516 and other financing sources to develop
housing for farmworkers.
1998, 38 pages, ISBN 1-58064-088-5
Linking Rural Housing and Social Services:
Case Studies
Available here in text
format.
Cost for print copy: $5.00
Information about successfully handling an important housing trend.
Describes eight local rural programs that connect permanent housing
with social services such as job training and placement, welfare
and other income maintenance programs, and health care.
1998, 52 pages, ISBN 1-58064-082-6
Losing
the Dream: The Foreclosure Crisis in Rural America
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2008 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine. Examines the impact
of the mortgage crisis in rural places and programs that have
helped families keep their homes.
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
Low Income Housing Tax Credit for Nonprofits Developing Rural
Rental Housing, The
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2002
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Making
it Work: Combating Rural Homelessness
Print copy: $4.00
Fall 2007 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine. Illustrates some of
the innovative ways rural homeless providers are accessing and
using resources.
Making Rural Housing Programs
Work in Indian Country: A Guide for Tribes and Tribal Housing
Organizations
Print copy: $5.00
Explains ways to use USDA rural housing programs to improve Native
American housing and demonstrates the connections between those
programs and other resources.
2004, 85 pages, ISBN 1-58064-134-2
Read HAC's press release on this publication.
Manufactured Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2003 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Migrant
and Seasonal Farmworker Housing
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2003
More Than Housing at Stake: Preserving Rural Rental Properties
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2007 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine. Provides updated information
on preservation policy and resources, along with in-depth stories
about rural preservation deals.
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
Mortgage
Lending in Rural Communities
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2008
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
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
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Native American Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2004 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Read HAC's press release on this publication.
Nonprofit
Capacity Self-Assessment Workbook for Community-Based Housing
Organizations, A
Print copy: $4.00
To assist nonprofits to meet grant application requirements and
other needs, this workbook helps them assess their own capacity
and set goals for improving it.
2000, 42 pages, ISBN 1-58064-110-5
Read HAC's press
release on this publication.
No
Refuge From the Fields: Findings From a Survey of Farmworker Housing
Conditions in the United States
Executive
Summary
Print copy: $4.00
Reports on a survey of farmworker housing, which found that structural
problems, broken appliances, and overcrowding were common.
2001, 69 pages, ISBN 1-58064-116-4
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
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Picking
Up the Pieces: A Guide to Restoring Rural Housing and Communities
After a Disaster
Cost for print copy: free for victims and community organizations
in disaster areas, $5.00
for others
Explains federal and state temporary and long term resources for
rebuilding housing after a disaster, and how to find local assistance.
The online version includes many useful links to other sources
of information.
2003, 57 pages, ISBN 1-58064-004-4
Read HAC's press
release about this publication.
Picking
Up the Pieces: A Guide to Restoring Rural Housing and Communities
After Hurricane Katrina
Cost for print copy: free for victims and community organizations
in disaster areas, $5.00
for others
Explains federal and state temporary and long term resources for
recovery from Hurricane Katrina's devastation in the Gulf Coast
Region.
2005, 40 pages, ISBN 1-58064-140-7
Place for Everyone, A
Cost for print copy: $4.00
Spring 1999 issue of Rural Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Policy
and Rural Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2000 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Poverty
in Rural America
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
Predatory
Lending
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2002 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Preserving Rural
Rental Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Winter 2004-2005 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Read HAC's press release on this
publication.
Preserving
Rural Rental Housing: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations, Public
Agencies, and Others
Explains ways to preserve USDA Section 515 rental housing.
2008, 32 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-159-3
Primer
for Beginning Rural Housing Developers, A
Print copy: $4.00
A starting point for local rural organizations interested in learning
to develop housing for low-income persons. Provides a basic overview
of the housing development process, giving the reader the understanding
necessary to move on to more detailed development information.
1999, 36 pages, ISBN 1-58064-033-8
Public
Relations Guide for Rural Housing Organizations
Print copy: $5.00
Explains public relations for rural housing organizations, focusing
on techniques that are effective but require little time or resources.
2005, 75 pages, ISBN 1-58064-132-6
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release about this publication
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Race,
Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties
Print copy: $15.00
Examines housing conditions, trends, and needs in rural counties
with consistently high minority populations.
2004, 48 pages, ISBN 1-58064-133-4
Read HAC's press release on this
publication
Reinvesting
in Rural Communities: Celebrating 30 Years of the Community Reinvestment
Act
Print copy: $4.00
Spring 2007 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
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publication.
Rehabilitating
Affordable Rural Housing
Cost for print copy: $4.00
Winter 2008 issue of Rural
Voices,
HAC's quarterly magazine.
Rental
Housing in Rural America
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2003
Rental Housing in Rural Areas
Cost for print copy: $4.00
Fall 1999 issue of Rural Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
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
Rural
Boomtowns: The Relationship Between Economic Development and Affordable
Housing
Print copy: $5.00
Examines four case studies, finding that rapid economic development
may cause shortages of affordable housing.
2000, 44 pages, ISBN 1-58064-102-4
Rural
Homelessness
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
Rural
Housing and Health
Print copy: $4.00
Fall/Winter 2002 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Rural
Housing and the Federal Budget Process
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2001
Rural
Housing and the Federal Legislative Process
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2001
Rural Housing and Welfare Reform:
HAC's 1997 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing
Cost for print copy: $6.00
Analyzes data on income, demographics, and housing conditions
for all rural residents and for those receiving welfare before
welfare reform took effect.
1997, 72 pages, ISBN 1-58064-060-5
Rural
Housing Goes Green
Print copy: $4.00.
Fall 2005 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
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release on this publication.
Rural
Housing Issues and Recommendations
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2007
Rural
Housing Production
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2002 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
Rural
Development (USDA) Housing Programs Information Sheets
Print copy: $1.00
each
[Rural
Development's] Rural Housing Service's Section 502 Rural Homeownership
Direct Loan Program: A Guide for Applicants
Print copy: $8.00
Explains requirements for the Section 502 direct loan program,
which provides mortgage loans to low- and very low-income households
purchasing homes in rural areas, and how to apply.
1999, 210 pages, ISBN 1-58064-008-7
[Rural
Development's] Rural Housing Service's Section 504 Loan and Grant
Program for Very Low-Income Homeowners: A Guide for Applicants
Print copy: $4.00
Explains requirements for the Section 504 loan and grant program,
which provides home repair funds for very low-income homeowners
in rural areas, and how to apply.
1999, 90 pages, ISBN 1-58064-009-5
[Rural
Development's] Rural Housing and Community Development Service
Housing Preservation Grant Program: A Guide for Applicants
Print copy: $7.00
Explains requirements for the Section 533 grant program, which
provides funds for repair and reconstruction of rural housing,
and how to apply. Includes sample application.
1995, 170 pages, ISBN 1-58064-036-2
[Rural Development's] Rural Housing
Service's Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program:
A Guide for Developers
Available in text
format or PDF
format.
Print copy: $5.00
Explains requirements for the Section 538 program, which guarantees
loans for the development of multifamily rental housing for low-and
moderate-income tenants in rural areas.
2000, 50 pages, ISBN 1-58064-104-0
Rural Infrastructure
Print copy: $4.00
Summer 2004 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
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Rural
Land Acquisition and Pre-Development Guide, A
Print copy: $6.00
An updated version of a classic HAC guide. Explains the site evaluation
and acquisition process, step by step.
2001, 88 pages, ISBN 1-58064-109-1
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release on this publication.
Rural
Rental Housing: HAC's 1999 State of the Nation's Rural Housing
Report
Print copy: $6.00
Uses data and discussions with experts to describe rural renters,
their homes, and their housing challenges.
2000, 56 pages, ISBN 1-58064-098-2
Rural
Rental Housing Prepayment and Preservation
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
Rural
Rental Housing Preservation: Current Policy Issues
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
Rural
Rental Housing Preservation: Legislative Proposals
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2007
Rural
Rental Housing Preservation: Purchase Processes
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2006
Rural Rental Housing Preservation
and Nonprofit Capacity to Purchase and Preserve Section 515 Projects
Access
PDF format and instructions for ordering maps
Print copy: $10.00
Identifies the locations of Section 515 rental developments and
nonprofit housing groups. Includes two case studies of successful
nonprofit buyouts of Section 515 projects, maps, and county-by-county
information on projects, markets, and nonprofits.
2002, 179 pages, ISBN 1-58064-121-0
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release about this publication.
Rural
Seniors and Their Homes
Executive
Summary
Print copy: $10.00
Describes the demographic characteristics and housing conditions
of elderly rural residents. Provides examples of successful assistance
to low-income rural seniors, using both public and private funding,
and examines reductions in federal funding.
2004, 40 pages, ISBN 1-58064-128-8
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release about this publication.
Rural Seniors and Their Homes
Print copy: $1.00
Brief information sheet. 2003
Rural Voices
Cost for print
subscription: first subscription free, additional copies $16.00/year,
$4.00/single copy
Magazine covering rural housing and development issues. Articles
on current topics like green building, analyses of rural housing
conditions around the country, and descriptions of solutions that
work, written by the community-based rural housers who make them
work. Published quarterly. 20-24 pages. ISSN 1093-8044.
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Section
8 Homeownership: A Guide for Rural Housing Practitioners
Print copy: $4.00
Identifies ways that community organizations can help lower income
rural Americans purchase homes with aid from the relatively new
Section 8 Homeownership Program.
2005, 29 pages, ISBN 1-58064-137-7
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release on this publication.
Self-Help
Housing
Print copy: $4.00
Fall 2003 issue of Rural
Voices, HAC's quarterly magazine.
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release about this publication.
Self-Help
Housing Development Process in Rural Areas, The
Print copy: $3.00
Describes the mutual self-help process from start to finish. Best
practices illustrate land acquisition issues, management of self-help
building groups and ways to secure affordable permanent financing.
1997, 54 pages, ISBN 1-58064-026-5
"Should We Do It Ourselves or Hire
Someone Else?": A Rural Property Management Planning Guide
Available in text
format or in PDF
format.
Print copy: $4.00
Introduces rural nonprofits to the issues they need to consider
when deciding whether to manage their own properties or hire professional
management companies.
2000, 32 pages, ISBN 1-58064-107-5
State
of the Nation's Housing 2007, The
by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
Print copy from
HAC: $2.00 (cost of postage)
Examines demographic and housing conditions and trends throughout
the U.S., covering both urban and rural areas.
2007, 40 pages
Copies of State of the Nation's Housing reports from earlier
years are available as well; contact Luz Rosas, luz@ruralhome.org
for further information.
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