Housing Assistance Council

Building Homes and Communities in Rural America

Rory Doyle/ There Is More Work To Be Done

HAC’s National Rural Housing Conference 2021

Celebrating 50 years, and shaping the vision for the next 50

Rory Doyle/ There Is More Work To Be Done

Read and Comment on HAC’s Application for PRICE Funding

RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

As the nation’s leading source of information on rural housing and poverty, HAC offers data and research to help inform sound housing policy and strategy.

TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

HAC provides expertise and guidance to develop the capacity of local leaders in nonprofit organizations to help their own communities.

LENDING

HAC supplies vital capital to rural housing developers working to develop or preserve affordable housing.

RURAL POLICY

HAC keeps rural communities informed on public policy issues about rural affordable housing and educates policymakers on emerging rural housing challenges and policy needs.

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is a national nonprofit that supports affordable housing efforts throughout rural America. Since 1971, HAC has provided below-market financing for affordable housing and community development, technical assistance and training, research and information, and policy formulation to enable solutions for rural communities.

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RURAL AMERICANS

Should have access to quality homes, neighborhoods, and opportunities like anyone in the United States.

Shawn Poynter/ There Is More Work To Be Done

many

RURAL COMMUNITIES

have been left behind because of global economics, disinvestment, exploitation, policy mismatches, or indifference. In 2021, rural Americans are more likely to:

live in poverty,

have lower life expectancy,

reside in a persistently poor region,

live in substandard housing or inadequate housing

Jennifer Emerling/ There Is More Work To Be Done

comprehensive and community-based

STRATEGIES and SOLUTIONS

are needed more than ever to advance equity and progress in
rural America

Rory Doyle/ There Is More Work To Be Done

the

HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL

helps build homes and communities across rural America with 50 years of experience providing:

Rory Doyle/ There Is More Work To Be Done

BUILDING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS RURAL AMERICA

Jennifer Emerling/ There Is More Work To Be Done

Marlana Moffitt (left) and Ruby Gayheart (right) with their kids Nevaeh Sparger, dark hair, and Jazzlyn Hale, stand in front of their first owned home, built by HDA, in Ary, KY. — RURAL AMERICANS
Should have access to quality homes, neighborhoods, and opportunities like anyone in the United States.

Aerial view of Rosaleda Village and almond tree crops in Wasco, Calif. — many RURAL COMMUNITIES
have been left behind because of global economics, disinvestment, exploitation, policy mismatches, or indifference. In 2021, rural Americans are more likely to: live in poverty, have lower life expectancy, reside in a persistently poor region, live in substandard housing or inadequate housing

BJ Kinds (center), construction manager with Delta Design Build Workshop, frames a house in Eastmoor on Sept. 2, 2020. — comprehensive and community-based STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS
are needed more than ever to advance equity and progress in rural America

Members of the Delta Design Build Workshop crew frame a house in the Eastmoor Subdivision near Moorhead, Mississippi on Sept. 2, 2020. — the HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL
helps build homes and communities across rural America with 50 years of experience providing: Lending, Training and Technical Assistance, Research and Information, and Policy

Portrait of Claudia Miranda and her mother, Martha Baltazar, in front of Martha’s home at Rosaleda Village in Wasco, Calif. — BUILDING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS RURAL AMERICA
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50 Years for Rural America

Over 50 years HAC has worked in every U.S. state and the territories. Learn more about what our work means for rural communities.

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Housing Assistance Council

Building Homes and Communities in Rural America

HAC’s National Rural Housing Conference 2021

Celebrating 50 years, and shaping the vision for the next 50

Read and Comment on HAC’s Application for PRICE Funding

RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

LENDING

RURAL POLICY

The Latest From the Housing Assistance Council

RURAL AMERICANS

Should have access to quality homes, neighborhoods, and opportunities like anyone in the United States.

many

RURAL COMMUNITIES

have been left behind because of global economics, disinvestment, exploitation, policy mismatches, or indifference. In 2021, rural Americans are more likely to:

live in poverty,

have lower life expectancy,

reside in a persistently poor region,

live in substandard housing or inadequate housing

comprehensive and community-based

STRATEGIES and SOLUTIONS

are needed more than ever to advance equity and progress in rural America

the

HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL

helps build homes and communities across rural America with 50 years of experience providing:

BUILDING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS RURAL AMERICA

RURAL AMERICANS

many RURAL COMMUNITIES

comprehensive and community-based STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS

the HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL

BUILDING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS RURAL AMERICA

The Latest on Rural America

GET THE HAC NEWS!

50 Years for Rural America

are needed more than ever to advance equity and progress in
rural America