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Mississippi Delta	Midwest	Elderly & Disabled	General	Veterans

General

Race & Ethnicity in Rural America

Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004) (Link takes you to a large pdf file on www.scribd.com)
Rural Population Change (research note, 2011)
Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (2002) (report, executive summary )
Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties (report, 2007)
What is “Rural”? Working Towards a Better Programmatic Definition (report, 2008)

Appalachia

Border Colonias

Farmworker

Native American

Homeless

Mississippi Delta

Midwest

Housing in the Rural Midwest (Summer 1999 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Elderly & Disabled

Veterans

America’s Rural Heroes: Housing for Rural Veterans (Rural Voices, September 2012)

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The full research report provides broader insights into the colonias region – as well as proposes a definition for industry use. With greater high-cost lending and a poverty rate (27%) nearly twice the national average (15%), colonias communities are worthy of focus and support. Eager to learn more?

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