Housing Assistance Council

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.

Proyecto Azteca featured on ABCs Nightline

Nationally Televised story on the Colonias region featuring Ann Cass, Executive Director of Proyecto Azteca

HAC News newsletter of May 16, 2012
in text or in PDF
-May 16, 2012

House votes to Eliminate the American Community Survey (ACS)
-May 11, 2012

HAC News newsletter of May 2, 2012
in text or in PDF
-May 2, 2012

HAC Initiatives

• Rural Homelessness Capacity Building Initiative
• Green Building/Healthy Homes Initiative
• Self-Help Homeownership
• Rural Housing Data Portal
• Rural Rental Preservation
• Rural Seniors
  

Federal Policy, Budget, and Funding Updates

2013 Funding

• USDA Rural Housing Budget and Appropriations
• HUD Budget and Appropriations

Final USDA and HUD Funding for FY 2012

 Trainings & Conferences / Web-Based Trainings

• Register now for the Kansas CDFI Forum
  -May 22, 2012 in Kansas City, KS
• Register Now for Housing Seniors in Rural America: Resources, Advocacy, and Practice  June 5-6, 2012 in Burlington, VT.
  
• Register for any or all of the HAC/OWEESTA Webinar Series
  • Strategic Planning - March 21, 2012 - Webinar Materials.
  • Fundraising for Nonprofits - April 18, 2012 - Materials: Audio Link, Powerpoint.
  • Grant Writing - May16, 2012 Materials: Audio Link, Powerpoint.
  • Green Building - June 20, 2012

Research

• Rural Research Notes
• Estimating Potential Changes to USDA RD's Eligible Area Designations

Connect with HAC

Twitter

LinkedIn

Subscribe to HAC News newsletter

National Rural Housing Conference 2012

Promises to Keep in Challenging Times

SAVE THE DATE! | National Rural Housing Conference 2012 | SAVE THE DATE!

December 6-7 with pre-conference activities December 5.

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC