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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.

Link to: Training and Technical Assistance

TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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

Link to: Lending

LENDING

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

Link to: Policy

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.

The Latest From the Housing Assistance Council

HAC News: September 28, 2023

Vol. 52, No. 20 TOP STORIES Government may shut down As…
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HAC News: September 18, 2023

Vol. 52, No. 19 TOP STORIES Funding disagreements continue,…
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HAC News: August 31, 2023

Vol. 52, No. 18 TOP STORIES Federal funding and other issues…
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HAC News: September 28, 2023

Vol. 52, No. 20 TOP STORIES Government may shut down As…

2023 National Rural Housing Conference

2023 National Rural Housing Conference

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HAC’s 2022 Annual Report

What would a federal government shutdown mean for rural housing?

The federal government, or parts of it, close when funding (appropriations)…

RURAL AMERICANS

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

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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

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comprehensive and community-based

STRATEGIES and SOLUTIONS

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

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the

HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL

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

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BUILDING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS RURAL AMERICA

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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

the Housing Assistance Council

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2023 National Rural Housing Conference

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The Latest on Rural America

HAC News: September 28, 2023

Vol. 52, No. 20 TOP STORIES Government may shut down As…
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Resilience and Recovery: Insights from the July 2022 Eastern Kentucky Flood

A new report from the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank focuses…
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HUD Rolls Out 29 Waivers to Accelerate Hurricane Idalia Recovery Efforts in Florida

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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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