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Why Keep Rural Housing Programs at USDA?

Why Keep Rural Housing Programs at USDA?

By Leslie Strauss
July 17, 2012

Rural housing professionals complain about USDA’s Rural Development/Rural Housing Service all the time. We also tout the advantages of using HUD programs, such as HOME, in rural areas. But we hate the idea of moving USDA’s housing programs to HUD. That is not the cure for rural housing’s problems.

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