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Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing

January 1, 2003/0 Comments/in

Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing
Print copy: $5.00
Analyzes four case studies of rural revolving loan funds, identifies similarities and differences, and provides specific advice for those seeking to establish such funds.
2003, 71 pages, ISBN 1-58064-127-X

Summer 2002: Rural Housing Production

July 21, 2002/in Rural Voices

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Why Rural America Needs New Affordable Housing
Excerpts from Meeting Our Nation’s Housing Challenges: The Report of the Millennial Housing Commission
Congress Must Provide Solutions to the Affordable Housing Crisis
Campaign for a National Housing Trust Fund Moving Forward
State and Local Housing Trust Funds Boost Rural Housing Opportunities
Bush Proposes “Renewing the Dream” for 100,000 Low-Income Homebuyers
Affordable Housing for Rural America: The Rural Rental Housing Act
Local Housing Trust Fund Plus Collaboration Equals Affordable Housing in the Napa Valley
Section 515 Remains the Best Choice for Rural Rental Production
Q&A with Art Garcia, Rural Housing Service Administrator
YouthBuild USA Rural Initiative: Rebuilding Communities, Transforming Lives

Spring 2002: Predatory Lending

April 21, 2002/in Rural Voices

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The Myths of Subprime Lending
Lending in Iowa’s Rural Communities
In Over Our Heads: Profiles in Predatory Lending
Defining Predatory Lending
Homeownership and Predatory Lending: A Rude Awakening from the American Dream
Promising Dreams, Delivering Nightmares: How One Community Fought Back
Sweating the Equity: Unscrupulous Lenders Prey on Older Homeowners
Taking a Strong Stance Against Predatory Lending
VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Many Programs, Little Help: The Farm Bill and Rural Community Development

Winter 2001 – 02: Get Smart? Growth, Development and Rural Housing

January 21, 2002/in Rural Voices

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Why Smart Growth Matters to Rural Communities
Sustainable Development for Rural Communities
Informing the Smart Growth Debate
Smart Growth: More Choices for Rural Development
What Smart Growth Management Does for Affordable Housing in Florida
Promoting Responsible Growth in Colorado
Smart Growth in Rural California
Farmworker Housing and Smart Growht Policies in Oregon
VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Easy on the Butter

Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America

January 1, 2002/0 Comments/in

Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America
Print copy: $8.00
Examines four rural jurisdictions that have successfully implemented HUD’s continuum of care model, which urges a collaborative approach to homeless assistance.
2002, 61 pages, ISBN 1-58064-122-9

Rural Rental Housing Preservation and Nonprofit Capacity to Purchase and Preserve Section 515 Projects

January 1, 2002/0 Comments/in

Rural Rental Housing Preservation and Nonprofit Capacity to Purchase and Preserve Section 515 Projects
Access PDF of Appendix A maps
Print copy: $10.00
Identifies the locations of Section 515 rental developments and nonprofit housing groups. Includes two case studies of successful nonprofit buyouts of Section 515 projects, maps, and county-by-county information on projects, markets, and nonprofits.
2002, 179 pages, ISBN 1-58064-121-0

Strengthening Community-Based Housing in the Mid-South Delta: A Policy Development Paper

October 1, 2001/0 Comments/in

Strengthening Community-Based Housing in the Mid-South Delta: A Policy Development Paper
Print copy: $7.00
Presents recommendations for increasing housing development capacity in the Mid-South Delta region.
2001, 76 pages, ISBN 1-58064-118-0

Fall 2001: Celebrating 30 Years of Building Rural Communities

September 21, 2001/in Rural Voices

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Population Change in Rural and Small Town America 1970-2000
Thirty Years on the Front Lines
The More Things Change…
Thirty Years of Supporting Affordable Housing in Rural Communities
Then and Now: Early HAC Staffers Remember HAC’s Beginnings
Some things Haven’t Changed: Recalling HAC’s Second Loan
VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: A Thirty-Year Retrospective

No Refuge From the Fields: Findings From a Survey of Farmworker Housing Conditions in the United States

September 1, 2001/0 Comments/in

No Refuge From the Fields: Findings From a Survey of Farmworker Housing Conditions in the United States
Executive Summary

Reports on a survey of farmworker housing, which found that structural problems, broken appliances, and overcrowding were common. The survey collected information on 4,625 housing units occupied by farmworkers. There were 1,592 cases in the Eastern migrant stream, 1,367 in the Midwestern migrant stream, and 1,666 in the Western migrant stream. These units housed 24,433 people, of which 16,301 were adults and 8,132 were children. Children were present in almost 69 percent of the units examined

Innovative Designs for Nontraditional Households in Rural Areas

August 13, 2001/0 Comments/in

Innovative Designs for Nontraditional Households in Rural Areas
Print copy: $4.00
Examines case studies of innovative housing designs for nontraditional rural households.
2001, 40 pages, ISBN 1-58064-119-9

Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing

Summer 2002: Rural Housing Production

Spring 2002: Predatory Lending

Winter 2001 – 02: Get Smart? Growth, Development and Rural Housing

Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America

Rural Rental Housing Preservation and Nonprofit Capacity to Purchase and Preserve Section 515 Projects

Strengthening Community-Based Housing in the Mid-South Delta: A Policy Development Paper

Fall 2001: Celebrating 30 Years of Building Rural Communities

No Refuge From the Fields: Findings From a Survey of Farmworker Housing Conditions in the United States

Innovative Designs for Nontraditional Households in Rural Areas

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