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New CFPB Final Rule

September 22, 2015/in Announcements

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule September 21 on mortgage lending by small creditors. Among other changes, it expands the definitions of small creditors and rural places […]

Nearly Half of U.S. Renters are Cost Burdened

September 22, 2015/in Announcements

Nearly half of all renters in the U.S. are cost-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, according to a new report from Enterprise Community Partners and […]

HAC Featured on Team Depot Facebook Page to Raise Funds for Rural Veterans

September 21, 2015/in THDF Rural Veterans

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is honored to be one of nine organizations chosen as Service Ambassadors for Team Depot and The Home Depot Foundation’s “Celebration of Service.” This effort […]

The HOME Program in the News

September 21, 2015/in Announcements

Two recent opinion pieces discuss the problems with proposed cuts to the HOME program. The LA Times explains how the decrease is already hurting California, and Roll Call’s Beltway Insiders […]

Rural Poverty Remains Unchanged: Incomes Also Stagnant in Rural Areas

September 16, 2015/in Rural Research Notes High Need Regions, Persistent Poverty, Persistent Poverty Counties

The number of rural Americans living in poverty has remained relatively unchanged, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Overall, the official poverty rate for the United […]

HAC News: September 16, 2015

September 16, 2015/in HAC News

HAC News Formats. pdf September 16, 2015 Vol. 44, No. 19 • September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month • Government shutdown possible • USDA likely to spend all […]

HAC Loan Fund Borrower Honored

September 11, 2015/in Announcements

Long-time HAC Loan Fund borrower Florida Home Partnership was recently ranked #16 in production of all Builders in Tampa Bay in 2014 by Tampa Bay Business Journal. This is the […]

Help HAC raise funds for rural veterans housing

September 10, 2015/in Rural Veterans Info

The Housing Assistance Council is proud to be one of ten organizations selected as Service Ambassadors (SA) for THDF’s Celebration of Service (COS) campaign. The campaign begins on Thursday, September […]

USDA Secretary Urges Greater Philanthropic Investment in Rural

September 10, 2015/in Announcements

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack expressed frustration with the decrease in philanthropic investment in rural America during a conversation with the National Rural Assembly. The Secretary urged foundations to increase rural […]

Rural Seniors Covered by Medicare at Higher Risk

September 9, 2015/in Announcements

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its plan to address health equity in the Medicare program. Minority, poor, and rural Medicare recipients experience higher incidences of disease, […]