Rural housing and rural homelessness resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/housing/ The Department of Veterans Affairs is allocating $39 million to fund about 2,200 new transitional housing beds through grants to local providers. http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1865 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:53:43 CST http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1865 Grants to fund local rural, sustainable affordable housing developments. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2352 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:49:19 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2352 MinnPost.com article tells of the plight of the homeless in rural Minnesota and how some state officials are looking for ways to improve current government practices. http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2010/03/09/16495/rural_homeless_out_of_sight_out_of_hope Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:44:27 CST http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2010/03/09/16495/rural_homeless_out_of_sight_out_of_hope Washington DC June 9, 2010 -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234:hac-green&catid=19&Itemid=41 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:25:41 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234:hac-green&catid=19&Itemid=41 Comments are being requested on this proposed rule to amend the Rural Housing Service regulations for the Direct Single Family Housing Loans by reinstating language to enable full repayment of the entire subsidy in event of foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure (voluntary conveyance). http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4495.htm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:44:18 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4495.htm This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4281.htm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:40:28 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4281.htm This Notice is to inform the public that the Rural Housing Service, hereinafter referred to as Housing and Community Facilities Programs (HCFP) is discontinuing its annual publication in the Federal Register the combined notice of funds availability (NOFA) for some of its existing and continuing Multi-Family and Single-Family Housing programs for which it receives annual appropriations. For Fiscal Year 2010 and thereafter, it will provide funding availability information to the public through its Web site, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4498.htm Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:47:09 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4498.htm Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that applications are being accepted to provide affordable rental housing to rural residents through the Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13201 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:31:40 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13201 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with the Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network, today announced the launch of PreventLoanScams.org, a network developed to provide homeowners with a single destination to report alleged scammers. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13187 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:21:51 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13187 The Council for Affordable and Rural Housing reports that after considerable complaint, Rural Development (RD) reversed its position denying return on investment (ROI) to exchange transactions. http://www.carh.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=399&Itemid=5 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:53:37 CST http://www.carh.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=399&Itemid=5 The purpose of the GRRHP is to increase the supply of affordable rural rental housing through the use of loan guarantees that encourage partnerships between the Agency, private lenders, and public agencies. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3959.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:56:29 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3959.htm Funding to improve the lives of individuals and build strong communities. -- Ameriprise Financial http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2284 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:35:50 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2284 Helps SAMHSA grantees, health professionals, and the public address problems of homelessness and co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders through a web site providing documents, tools, and contacts, including resources specific to rural America. -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://chab.samhsa.gov/default.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:08:37 CST http://chab.samhsa.gov/default.aspx An interactive community of providers, consumers, policymakers, researchers, and public agencies at federal, state, and local levels - sharing knowledge and promising practices to prevent and end homelessness through: training and technical assistance, publications and materials, on-line learning opportunities and networking and collaboration. -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Default.aspx Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:51:17 CST http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Default.aspx Two households share how their lives have been changed by the programs that were created by the Housing Act of 1949. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=26 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:26:23 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=26 Describes how strong community relationships have led to success and stability within nonprofit housing organizations. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=10 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:36:35 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=10 Describes how the Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation - a Community Action Agency - launched a communication campaign that changed community misconceptions of homelessness, opened a reservoir of untapped support, and gave its program participants new hope. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=10 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:30:38 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=10 An overview of the Native American Housing Services (NAHS) organization established in 1999 to provide decent and safe affordable housing to low income families and individuals in the State of Oklahoma. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=7 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:49:37 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf#page=7 This issue of Rural Voices focuses on nonprofit sustainability. Illustrates what organizations can do and are doing to survive the economic recession to include developing partnerships and encouraging volunteerism that can help sustain housing and other human services programs. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:55:29 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall09.pdf Describes the scope and severity of the foreclosure problem in rural areas through compiled and analyzed private and public sources of information on housing distress. This report highlights of the findings from the investigation. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/foreclosure09.pdf Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:19:07 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/foreclosure09.pdf An introduction to the American Community Survey for those who use rural social, economic, and housing data. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSRuralAreaHandbook.pdf Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:34:49 CST http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSRuralAreaHandbook.pdf Provides resources about DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program that enables low-income families to permanently reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient. http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:59:51 CST http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/ The Demonstration Program's purpose is to test the viability and efficacy of the concept of a continuous loan note guarantee through the construction and permanent loan financing phases of a project. -- USDA Rural Housing Service http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2244 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:31:36 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2244 Brief overview of rural poverty rates from the U.S. Census Bureau's report, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/poverty09.pdf Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:21:46 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/poverty09.pdf The Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, requires that each contract over $2,000 to which the United States or the District of Columbia is a party for the construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works shall contain a clause setting forth the minimum wages to be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics employed under the contract. -- U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/statutes/dbra.htm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:00:12 CST http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/statutes/dbra.htm A non-profit organization dedicated to establishing healthy, green, and safe homes for families across all income levels through research, education, training, and policy efforts. http://www.nchh.org/Home.aspx Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:37:16 CST http://www.nchh.org/Home.aspx Reports on family homelessness in rural and suburban areas. Includes data through September 2008 that found a nine percent increase from 2007 to 2008 in homeless families using shelters. -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.hudhre.info/documents/4thHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:22:33 CST http://www.hudhre.info/documents/4thHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf Works to increase the number of Community Action Agencies (CAA) doing community economic development and to expand the scope and nature of CAA community economic development. -- Community Action Partnership http://www.cifutures.org/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:39:48 CST http://www.cifutures.org/ Reviews how the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)-funded network of state and local agencies helped individuals and families overcome economic insecurity in FY 2007. -- National Association for State Community Services Programs http://www.nascsp.org/data/files/csbg_publications/annual_reports/reports/csbg%20is%2007%20annual%20report%205-8-09%20with%20appendix%20in%20full.pdf Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:50:47 CST http://www.nascsp.org/data/files/csbg_publications/annual_reports/reports/csbg%20is%2007%20annual%20report%205-8-09%20with%20appendix%20in%20full.pdf Provides contacts for state community services programs funded through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (DOE/WAP). -- National Association for State Community Services Programs http://www.nascsp.org/StateContacts.aspx Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:28:21 CST http://www.nascsp.org/StateContacts.aspx