The HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL

  • improves housing conditions for the rural poor, with an emphasis on the poorest of the poor in the most rural places in the United States.
  • offers services to public, nonprofit, and private organizations throughout the rural United States.
  • maintains a special focus on high-need groups and regions: Indian country, the Mississippi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest border colonias, and Appalachia.

WHAT'S NEW

New job listings posted

HAC News newsletter of November 11, 2009
in text or in PDF format
-November 11, 2009

New Information Posted on Rural Rental Housing
November 10, 2009

HAC News newsletter of October 28, 2009
in text or in PDF format
-October 28, 2009

Rural Voices Fall Issue Focuses on Nonprofit Sustainability
-October 21, 2009

2010 USDA Appropriations Become Law
-October 21, 2009

POLICY, TRAINING, & INITIATIVE UPDATES

HAC Initiatives

Trainings & Conferences

No trainings at this time. Check back for updates.

SAVE THE DATE FOR HAC’S NATIONAL RURAL HOUSING CONFERENCE 2010! Plan to join rural housers from around the country in Washington, DC, December 1-3, 2010! Details will be posted at as available. (The conference is a biennial event; there is no conference in 2009.)

Federal Policy, Budget, and Funding Updates

Housing/Foreclosure Crisis

2010 Funding 2009 Funding