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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.

HAC'S HOT TOPICS

HAC Initiatives

HAC Training Events

Federal Policy, Budget, and Funding Updates

  • Housing/Foreclosure Crisis
  • 2010 Funding
  • 2009 Funding

  • Are you looking for housing?



    What's New - as of June 30, 2009

    Obama Administration Begins Naming State Directors For Rural Development
    - June 30, 2009

    HAC News newsletter of June 24, 2009
    in text or in PDF format
    - June 24, 2009

    Rural Rental Preservation Legislation Introduced
    -June 17, 2009

    New USDA-RD American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Obligations Posted
    -June 17, 2009

    Veterans' Housing Bill Passes House
    -June 17, 2009

    House Subcommittee Funds Rural Housing
    -June 11, 2009

    Materials Posted from June 10 Strategic Planning Training
    -June 11, 2009

    HAC News newsletter of June 10, 2009
    in text or in PDF format
    - June 10, 2009

    HAC News newsletter of May 27, 2009
    in text or in PDF format
    - May 29, 2009

    Home Depot Offers Discounts for Nonprofits
    - May 29, 2009

    Congress Passes Foreclosure and Housing Bill with Protections for 502 Guaranteed Borrowers and Reauthorization of McKinney-Vento Homeless Programs
    - May 20, 2009

    HAC Submits Written Testimony to House on USDA Appropriations Levels (PDF)
    - May 20, 2009

    Obama Administration's Detailed Budget Holds Most Rural Housing Programs Steady
    - updated May 12, 2009

    Other Recent Announcements and Press Releases

    Recent Publications