Guide To Best Practices In Rural Rental Preservation, A
Print copy: $3.00
This guide offers a number of possible best practices for preservation of affordable apartments financed under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Section 515 Rural Rental Housing program.
2008, 30 pages
Explains ways to preserve USDA Section 515 rental housing.
2008, 32 pages, ISBN 978-1-58064-159-3
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Lending on Native American Lands: A Guide for Rural Development Staff
To inquire about the availability of print copies, contact a USDA Rural Development office.
Update of a 1996 guide, prepared for USDA Rural Development to help housing program staff understand issues in lending on Native lands. Includes information about new USDA regulations and policies, and about resources from other sources. Sets out processes for USDA staff to use in making, closing, and servicing loans.
2006, 189 pages
Section 8 Homeownership: A Guide for Rural Housing Practitioners
Print copy: $4.00
Identifies ways that community organizations can help lower income rural Americans purchase homes with aid from the relatively new Section 8 Homeownership Program.
2005, 29 pages, ISBN 1-58064-137-7
Print copy: $5.00
Explains public relations for rural housing organizations, focusing on techniques that are effective but require little time or resources.
2005, 75 pages, ISBN 1-58064-132-6
Directory of organizations, programs, and resources that serve residents in the colonias along the U.S.-Mexico border, including contact information and descriptions as well as an analysis of colonias organizations.
2005, pages, ISBN 1-58064-135-0
Guide to Nonprofit Housing Organizations Serving the Colonias (PDF)
Guide to Fundraising for Rural Nonprofits: Strategies for Raising Operating Funds
Print copy: $3.50
Shows rural housing nonprofits how to begin raising operating funds and explains how to develop a fundraising strategy. Includes a list of funders that have provided support for rural housing in the past.
2nd ed. 2004, 32 pages, ISBN 1-58064-083-4
Making Rural Housing Programs Work in Indian Country: A Guide for Tribes and Tribal Housing Organizations
Print copy: $5.00
Explains ways to use USDA rural housing programs to improve Native American housing and demonstrates the connections between those programs and other resources.
2004, 85 pages, ISBN 1-58064-134-2
Guide to Federal Housing and Community Development Programs for Small Towns and Rural Areas
Print copy: $7.00
One of HAC’s most popular publications. Provides brief descriptions of the uses of program funds and eligibility requirements for federal housing and development programs administered by USDA Rural Development (RD), the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and others. Includes contacts for further information about each program.
2003, 110 pages, ISBN 1-58064-126-1
Guide to the Community Reinvestment Act for Housing in Rural America, A
Print copy: $8.00
Explains how CRA impacts banks and savings and loan institutions and provides four case studies showing how rural organizations have used CRA.
2002, 70 pages, ISBN 1-58064-124-5