Rural Populations & Regional Analyses
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General
- Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004) (Link takes you to a large pdf file on www.scribd.com)
- Rural Population Change (research note, 2011)
- Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (2002) (report, executive summary )
- Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties (report, 2007)
- What is “Rural”? Working Towards a Better Programmatic Definition (report, 2008)
Appalachia
- Appalachia: Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future (Summer 2006 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Housing Problems in Central Appalachia (information sheet, 2001)
Border Colonias
- Border Colonias Region: Challenges and Innovative Approaches to Effective Community Development (report, 1998)
- Building a Brighter Future in the Colonias (Winter 2009-2010 issue of Rural Voices)
- Guide to Nonprofit Housing Organizations Serving the Colonias (directory, 2005)
- Housing in the Colonias (information sheet, 2005)
Farmworker
- Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants (Section 514/516) (information sheet, 2002)
- Farmworker Housing: Turning Challenges into Successes (Summer 2005 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- HOME, CDBG, and Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1997)
- Housing for Families and Unaccompanied Migrant Farmworkers (report, 1997)
- Leveraging Funds for Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1998)
- Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Housing (information sheet, 2003)
- No Refuge From the Fields: Findings From a Survey of Farmworker Housing Conditions in the United States (report, 2001)
- USDA Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing: Existing Stock and Changing Needs (report, 2006)
Native American
- Case Studies on Lending in Indian Country (report, 1996)
- Conducting Homeless Counts on Native American Lands: A Toolkit (report, 2013)
- Cost Based Appraisals on Native American Trust Lands: A Longitudinal Analysis (report, 1999)
- Housing on Native American Lands (information sheet, 2006)
- Lending on Native American Lands: A Guide for Rural Development Staff (manual, 2006)
- Making Rural Housing Programs Work in Indian Country: A Guide for Tribes and Tribal Housing Organizations (manual, 2004)
- Native American Housing (Spring 2004 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
Homeless
- Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America (report, 2002)
- Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America (report, 2006)
- Making It Work: Combating Rural Homelessness (Fall 2007 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Rural Homelessness (information sheet, 2006)
Mississippi Delta
- Nonprofit Capacity in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region (report, 2011)
- Housing in the Lower Mississippi Delta (information sheet, 2010)
- Improvement of Housing and Infrastructure Conditions in the Lower Mississip
pi Delta (report, 2000) - Initiatives in the Mississippi Delta (Spring 2000 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Strengthening Community-Based Housing in the Mid-South Delta: A Policy Development Paper (report, 2001)
Midwest
- Housing in the Rural Midwest (Summer 1999 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
Elderly & Disabled
- Affordable Rural Senior Housing (Winter 2011 – 2012 issue of Rural Voices)
- Federal Programs and Local Organizations: Meeting the Housing Needs of Rural Seniors (report, 2001
- Housing for Persons with Disabilities in Rural Areas (information sheet, 2001)
- Préstamos y Subsidios para la Reparación de Viviendas para Personas con Ingresos Muy Bajos (Sección 504)
- Préstamos para la Renta de Viviendas Rurales (Sección 515)
- Rural Rental Housing (Section 515)
- Rural Seniors and Their Homes (report, 2004; information sheet, 2011)
- Supportive Housing for People with Disabilities (Section 811) (information sheet, 2002
- Supportive Housing for the Elderly ([HUD’s] Section 202) (information sheet, 2003)
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Very Low-Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants (Section 504)
Veterans
- America’s Rural Heroes: Housing for Rural Veterans (Rural Voices, September 2012)