Rural housing and rural homelessness resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/housing/ 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/2009/E9-27566.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:12:52 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27566.htm This notice contains program clarifications and a deadline change to the September 1, 2009 HUD Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Section 811 Housing for Persons With Disabilities for Fiscal Year 2009. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27678.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:16:58 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27678.htm This notice contains program clarifications and a deadline change to the September 1, 2009 HUD Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly for Fiscal Year 2009. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27673.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:12:29 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27673.htm The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces the availability of funding for the HOPE VI Main Street program to provide grants to small communities to assist in the rejuvenation of an historic or traditional central business district or "Main Street" area by replacing unused commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27680.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:50:40 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27680.htm 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 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announces the availability of a new Web site to help SAMHSA grantees, health professionals and the public address problems of homelessness and co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12559 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:38:48 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12559 Des Moines Register, (IA) article via Center for Rural Affairs tells how the small town of Manilla, Iowa, offers free land and suspends property taxes for five years for those who build a home in their developments, a throwback to how plains states were homesteaded in the 1800s. http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/11/15/free-land-key-small-towns-growth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:48:30 CST http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/11/15/free-land-key-small-towns-growth In this notice HUD announces that they will cease accepting applications as of November 18, 2009, for the Recovery Act--Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing program. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27416.htm Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:31:03 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27416.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/2009/E9-27419.htm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:46:21 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27419.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/2009/E9-26420.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:43:49 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26420.htm Today, at the VA National Summit Ending Homelessness among Veterans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki unveiled the departments comprehensive plan to end homelessness among Veterans by marshaling the resources of government, business and the private sector. http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1807 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:57:00 CST http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1807 The technical corrections to the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program NOFA are available on the HUD Web site at http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewWhatIsNew#wn82. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26533.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:55:08 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26533.htm Daily Yonder article reports that plans for a national design center to help alleviate rural poverty will be solidified when 60 designers, corporate leaders, foundation heads, and journalists meet next month for the 2009 Aspen Design Summit. http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/10/31/can-designers-stamp-out-rural-poverty Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:56:23 CST http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/10/31/can-designers-stamp-out-rural-poverty This notice announces the Rural Housing Service intent to prioritize $400 million in funding that was previously made available in the Federal Register on July 23, 2009, for the refinance program to achieve the maximum amount of debt relief to existing borrowers and keep the borrowers in their homes, thereby, achieving long-term financial stability consistent with the goals of the Recovery Act. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26269.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:32:04 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26269.htm Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan called on Congress to approve three important measures to improve housing and the housing market for Americans: extension of the First Time Homebuyers Tax Credit for a limited period, extension of higher loan limits for home mortgages, and secure funding for the Housing Trust Fund. http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2009/HUDNo.2009-10-29 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:25:27 CST http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2009/HUDNo.2009-10-29 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/2009/E9-25912.htm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:59:33 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25912.htm 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 Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today participated in events in Alaska commemorating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's housing programs. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12422 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:42:18 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12422 SAMHSAs Homelessness Resource Center is announcing the release of a Special Section of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry focused on homelessness and parenting. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12421 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:33:38 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12421 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 Housing Assistance Council article reports that House-Senate conferees agreed on a final compromise version of H.R. 2997, including funding for rural housing programs in the fiscal year that began October 1. http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=273:fy10-appropusda&catid=45:announcements Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:06:23 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=273:fy10-appropusda&catid=45:announcements 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 The technical corrections to the NOFA are available on the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov/hopevi and http:// www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa09/grphopevirevi.cfm, and on the Grants.gov Web site at http://www.grants.gov, CFDA Number 14.866. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25219.htm Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:53 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25219.htm 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 Vouchers to public housing authorities which provides rental assistance to families whose lack of adequate housing is a primary cause of parents being separated or near-separated from their children. -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2252 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:49:38 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2252 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/