The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) presents this month’s report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 USDA Rural Housing program obligations.

As of the end of August, USDA obligated 133,150 loans, loan guarantees, and grants totaling about $17.7 billion. This is $82 million less and 2,696 fewer (in number) obligations than the same time last year. Nearly 95 percent of the total loan and grant dollars obligated represent Section 502 Guaranteed loans.

USDA also obligated 248,557 units of tenant assistance representing over $1.1 billion through the combined total of the Section 521 Rental Assistance and the Section 542 Rural Housing Voucher programs. This represents about $7.8 million or 4,834 fewer units than this time last year.

Most of the Rural Housing program obligations are ahead (in terms of dollars obligated) of where they were at the end of August last year.

Single Family Housing Program Highlights

The Section 502 Guaranteed loan program, the largest of the Single Family Housing programs, obligated $16.8 billion (120,975) in loan guarantees. Obligations increased by over $1.7 billion (12,360 loans) over last month.

For the Section 502 Direct program, there were about $697.0 million (5,560 loans). Obligations increased over last month by over $131 million (1,012 loans). Very low-income loans as a percentage of the total dollars obligated for the program decreased to 31.8 percent. When viewed as a percentage of the number of loans obligated, very low-income loans comprise 35.7 percent of the total number of loans obligated. [NOTE: As of September 23, 2015, funds for the Section 502 Direct program have been fully obligated.]

The Section 504 Repair and Rehabilitation programs obligated 2,099 loans representing $12.3 million and 4,247 grants representing $26.0 million.

Multi-Family Housing Programs

The Section 538 loan guarantee program increased to 70 obligations totaling $90.7 million. Obligations in the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing program increased to 12 loans and $9.6 million. Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing loans and grants remained the same.

Section 521 Rental Assistance obligations total 244,441 units representing $1.09 billion. Section 542 vouchers totaled 4,116 units representing $14.6 million.

Not included in the summary tables is the MFH Preservation Demonstration program. There were two loans so far this year totaling $4,250,000. Over the previous two fiscal years, the agency made one loan each year for about $1 million. Data on where the loans were made is not available.

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Individual Program Files

* The Rural Housing Service (RHS) monthly obligation reports are produced by the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) 1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 606, Washington, DC 20005. The monthly figures derive from HAC tabulations of USDA –RHS 205c, d, and f report data. For questions or comments about the obligation reports, please contact Michael Feinberg at 202-842-8600 or michael@ruralhome.org.

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) presents this month’s report on Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 USDA Rural Housing program obligations.

As of the end of June, USDA obligated 104,729 loans, loan guarantees, and grants totaling about $13.9 billion. This is $184 million more but 487 fewer (in number) obligations than the same time last year. Nearly 96 percent of the total loan and grant dollars obligated represent Section 502 Guaranteed loans.

USDA also obligated 224,684 units of tenant assistance representing over $1 billion through the combined total of the Section 521 Rental Assistance and the Section 542 Rural Housing Voucher programs. This represents about $25.9 million or 8,753 fewer units than this time last year.

Most of the Rural Housing program obligations are ahead (in terms of dollars obligated) of where they were at the end of June last year.

Single Family Housing Program Highlights

The Section 502 Guaranteed loan program, the largest of the Single Family Housing programs, obligated $13.3 billion (96,093) in loan guarantees. Obligations increased by nearly $1.7 billion (12,399 loans) over last month.

For the Section 502 Direct program, there have been about $471 million (3,828 loans). Obligations increased over last month by about $87 million (699 loans). Very low-income loan obligations as a percentage of the total dollars obligated for the program increased to 32.9 percent. This slight increase in the percent of very low-income dollars obligated reverses a slow but steady decline in the rate of such obligations over the course of the FY. When viewed as a percentage of the number of loans obligated, very low-income loans comprise 36.5 percent of the total number of loans obligated.

The Section 504 Repair and Rehabilitation programs obligated 1,459 loans representing $8.5 million and 3,168 grants representing $19.4 million.

Multi-Family Housing Programs

The Section 538 loan guarantee program remained at 28 obligations totaling $40.7 million.

Section 521 Rental Assistance obligations total 224,684 units representing $999.9 million. Section 542 vouchers totaled 3,421 units representing $12.1 million.

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Individual Program Files

* The Rural Housing Service (RHS) monthly obligation reports are produced by the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) 1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 606, Washington, DC 20005. The monthly figures derive from HAC tabulations of USDA –RHS 205c, d, and f report data. For questions or comments about the obligation reports, please contact Michael Feinberg at 202-842-8600 or michael@ruralhome.org.

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) presents this month’s report on Fiscal Year 2015 USDA Rural Housing program obligations.

As of the end of April, USDA obligated 79,277 loans, loan guarantees, and grants totaling about $10.5 billion. This is $531 million or 2,501 more obligations than the same time last year. Over 96 percent of the dollars obligated represent Section 502
Guaranteed loans.

USDA also obligated 223,844 units of tenant assistance representing $994 million through the combined total of the Section 521 Rental Assistance and the Section 542
Rural Housing Voucher programs. This represents about $63.3 million or 10,689 more units than this time last year.

Nearly all of the Rural Housing program obligations are ahead of where they were at the end of April last year.

Single Family Housing Program Highlights

The Section 502 Guaranteed loan program, the largest of the Single Family Housing programs, obligated $10.1 billion (73,099) in loan guarantees. Obligations increased by
$1.5 billion (10,690 loans) over last month.

For the Section 502 Direct program, there have been about $323 million (2,646 loans). Obligations increased over last month to about $73.6 million (582 loans). Very low- income loan obligations as a percentage of the total dollars obligated for the program decreased to 32.9 percent of the total dollars obligated. When viewed as a percentage of the number of loans obligated, very low-income loans comprise 36.8 percent of the total number of loans obligated.

The Section 504 Repair and Rehabilitation programs obligated 1,065 loans representing
$6.1 million and 2,356 grants representing $14.4 million.

Multi-Family Housing Programs

The Section 538 loan guarantee program increased to 28 obligations totaling $40.7 million.*

Section 521 Rental Assistance obligations total 221,146 units representing $984.3 million. Section 542 vouchers totaled 2,698 units representing $19.5 million.

Individual Program Files

* The Rural Housing Service (RHS) monthly obligation reports are produced by the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) 1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 606, Washington, DC 20005. The monthly figures derive from HAC tabulations of USDA –RHS 205c, d, and f report data. For questions or comments about the obligation reports, please contact Michael Feinberg at 202-842-8600 or michael@ruralhome.org.