Responding to two requests for information from HUD, on February 21 HAC submitted comments on some of the specifically rural concerns involved in using the Community Development Block Grant Disaster […]
FMHA/RHS Programs that Construct, Purchase, or Repair Rural Housing Units — Historic Activity through FY 2020 The Housing Assistance Council has tracked USDA Rural Housing activity for the agency’s Single […]
Over the past a year and a half, the coronavirus pandemic has profoundly reshaped the world. COVID-19 has killed well over 4.5 million people across the globe, including approximately 96,600 […]
HAC News Formats. pdf May 13, 2021 Vol. 50, No. 10 TOP STORIES Eviction moratorium remains in effect while under court review. Ruling that the Centers for Disease Control did not have the […]
On May 6, 2021 the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture held a virtual hearing on the Biden administration’s plans for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development mission area, which covers housing, […]
HAC News Formats. pdf April 29, 2021 Vol. 50, No. 9 TOP STORIES Biden releases second piece of infrastructure proposal. The American Families Plan, announced on April 28, would provide $1.8 trillion to […]
COVID-19 has disrupted nearly every aspect of life and culture in rural America, and the economic fallout is most acutely felt through job losses. If rural unemployment rates remain high […]
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the population of the United States on April 1, 2020, was 331,449,281. The U.S. population increased by 22,703,743 or 7.4 percent from 2010. The U.S. population […]
HAC News Formats. pdf April 15, 2021 Vol. 50, No. 8 TOP STORIES Biden budget outline calls for more HUD funding and expanded Rural StrikeForce. The Biden Administration’s first budget request, released on […]