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General
Green Building
- Affordable Green Building in Rural Communities (2007, Report, information sheet)
- Building Affordable ENERGY STAR® Qualified Homes (report, 2009)
- Get Smart? Growth, Development and Rural Housing (Winter 2002 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Going for Green (Spring 2010 issue of Rural Voices)
- It’s Not Hard Building Green: Green Affordable Housing in Rural America (issue of Rural Voices magazine, 2008)
- Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2004)
- Rural Housing Goes Green (Fall 2005 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
Preservation
- Connecting the Dots: A Location Analysis of USDA’s Section 515 Rental Housing and Other Federally Subsidized Rental Properties in Rural Areas (report, 2008)
- Guide to Best Practices in Rural Rental Preservation, A (report, 2008)
- More Than Housing at Stake: Preserving Rural Rental Properties (Summer 2007 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Preserving Rural Rental Housing (Winter 2005 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Rural Rental Housing Prepayment and Preservation (information sheet, 2006)
- Rural Rental Housing Preservation and Nonprofit Capacity to Purchase and Preserve Section 515 Projects (report, 2002) (Appendix A Maps)
- Rural Rental Housing Preservation: Current Policy Issues (information sheet, 2006)
- Rural Rental Housing Preservation: Legislative Proposals (information sheet, 2007)
- Rural Rental Housing Preservation: Purchase Processes (information sheet, 2006)
Self-Help
- Brief History of Rural Mutual Self-Help Housing in the United States, A (report, Updated 2012)
- Creating the Village: How Mutual Self-Help Housing Builds Community (report, 2005)
- Programs that Work: USDA RD Sections 502 & 523 (Special Edition 2011 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Self-Help Housing (Fall 2003 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Self-Help Housing (Section 502) (information sheet, 2002)
- Self-Help Housing Development Process in Rural Areas, The (report, 1997)
- Through Partnership & Promise: Ten Years of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program in Rural Communities (report, 2006)
Land Development
- Environmental Concerns in Choosing a Site for Rural Housing Development (report,2000; information sheet, 1996)
- Environmental Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development Financial Assistance (manual, 2007)
- Housing and Water: The Critical Connection (Fall 2011 issue of Rural Voices)
- Rural Housing Site Loans (Sections 523 and 524) (information sheet, 2002)
- Rural Infrastructure (Summer 2004 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
- Rural Land Acquisition and Pre-Development Guide, A (manual, 2001)
Multifamily Rental Housing
- “Should We Do It Ourselves or Hire Someone Else?”: A Rural Property Management Planning Guide (manual, 2000)
- Low Income Rental Assistance (Section 8) Rental Certificates and Vouchers (information sheet, 2001)
- Public Housing Authorities: Partnering in Rural Communities (Spring 2009 issue of Rural Voices)
- Rental Housing in Rural America (information sheet, 2003)
- Rural Rental Housing Loans (Section 515) (information sheet, 2006)
- Rural Rental Housing: HAC’s 1999 State of the Nation’s Rural Housing Report (report, 2000)
- Section 8 Homeownership: A Guide for Rural Housing Practitioners (report, 2005)
Single Family & Homeownership
- Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2002)
- Homeownership as an Asset in Rural America (information sheet, 2005)
- Homeownership Direct Loan Program (Section 502) (information sheet, 2008)
- Rural Housing Service’s [Rural Development’s] Section 502 Rural Homeownership Direct Loan Program: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)
Housing Rehab
- Cost Based Appraisals on Native American Trust Lands: A Longitudinal Analysis (report, 1999)
- Designing and Implementing Rural Individual Development Account Programs (report, 2006)
- Fair Housing, the Zoning Process, and Land Use Politics in Rural Areas (report, 1998)
- Improvement of Housing and Infrastructure Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Delta (report, 2000)
- Innovative Designs for Nontraditional Households in Rural Areas (report, 2001)
- Rural Housing Service’s [Rural Development’s] Section 504 Loan and Grant Program for Very Low-Income Homeowners: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)