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Accounting

• Accounting & Financial Operations for Nonprofits in Rural Housing (manual, 2004)

Affordable Housing Program

• Affordable Housing Program, The (information sheet, 2006)

Appalachia

• Appalachia: Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future (Summer 2006 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Assessment of the Impact of Grant Funds from the Benedum Foundation on Nonprofit Housing Development in West Virginia, An (report, 1999)
• Housing Problems in Central Appalachia (information sheet, 2001)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)

Appealing USDA RD Decisions

• Guide to Appealing Rural Housing Service/Rural Development Decisions (manual, 1998)

Appraisals

• Cost Based Appraisals on Native American Trust Lands: A Longitudinal Analysis (report, 1999)

Asset Building (see Homeownership)

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Black Belt

• Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004)

Boomtowns

• Rural Boomtowns: The Relationship Between Economic Development and Affordable Housing (report, 2000)
• They Paved Paradise . . . Gentrification in Rural Communities (report, 2005)

Border, U.S.-Mexico (see Colonias)

Budget, Federal

• Administration Proposes Eliminating Many Rural Housing Programs in FY 2009 Budget (information sheet, 2008)
• From Bad to Worse: Rural Housing in the Adminstration's FY 2008 Budget (report, 2007)
• Rural Housing and the Federal Budget Process (information sheet, 2001)

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Capacity

• Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2003)
• Building Capacity, Building Homes (Conference 2006 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Nonprofit Capacity Self-Assessment Workbook for Community-Based Housing Organizations (manual, 2000)
• Rural Rental Housing Preservation and Nonprofit Capacity to Purchase and Preserve Section 515 Projects (report, 2002)
• Strengthening Community-Based Housing in the Mid-South Delta: A Policy Development Paper (report, 2001)

Case Studies

• Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2003)
• Border Colonias Region, The: Challenges and Innovative Approaches to Effective Community Development (report, 1998)
• Case Studies on Environmental Issues Affecting Rural Housing Development (report, 1995)
• Case Studies on Lending in Indian Country (report, 1996)
• Case Studies on Rural Housing and Welfare Reform (report, 2001)
• Combining Funding Sources for Rural Housing Development (report, 1999)
• Community Land Trusts and Rural Housing (report, 1993)
• Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America (report, 2002)
• Designing and Implementing Rural Individual Development Account Programs (report, 2006)
• Fair Housing, the Zoning Process, and Land Use Policies in Rural Areas (report, 1998)
• Federal Programs and Local Organizations: Meeting the Housing Needs of Rural Seniors (report, 2001)
• Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America (report, 1996)
• Guide to the Community Reinvestment Act for Housing in Rural America, A (manual, 2002)
• Housing Counseling in Rural America (report, 1997)
• Immigration and Housing in Rural America (report, 2007)
• Improvement of Housing and Infrastructure Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Delta (report, 2000)
• Innovative Designs for Nontraditional Households in Rural Areas (report, 2001)
• Leveraging Funds for Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1998)
• Linking Rural Housing and Social Services: Case Studies (report, 1998)
• Nonprofit/For-Profit Joint Ventures in Rural Affordable Housing: Case Studies (report, 1997)
• Overcoming Exclusion in Rural Communities: NIMBY Case Studies (report, 1994)
• Run While You Still Can: Subprime Demand and Predatory Lending in Rural Areas (report, 2004)
• Rural Boomtowns: The Relationship Between Economic Development and Affordable Housing (report, 2000)
• Section 8 Homeownership: A Guide for Rural Housing Practitioners (report, 2005)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)
• They Paved Paradise . . . Gentrification in Rural Communities (report, 2005)
• Through Partnership and Promise: Ten Years of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program in Rural Communities (report, 2006)
• Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties (report, 2007)

Census (see Data Analyses)

Children

• Creating the Village: How Mutual Self-Help Housing Builds Community (report, 2005)

Colonias

• Border Colonias Region: Challenges and Innovative Approaches to Effective Community Development (report, 1998)
• Guide to Nonprofit Housing Organizations Serving the Colonias (directory, 2005)
• Housing in the Colonias (information sheet, 2005)
• Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program

• CDBG Works for Rural Communities (Spring 2006 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• HOME, CDBG, and Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1997)
• State Community Development Block Grants (Small Cities CDBG) (information sheet, 2002)

Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) (see HOME Program)

Community Land Trusts

• Community Land Trusts and Rural Housing (report, 1993)

Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

• Guide to the Community Reinvestment Act for Housing in Rural America (manual, 2002)
• Reinvesting in Rural Communities: Celebrating 30 Years of the Community Reinvestment Act (Spring 2007 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Consolidated Plan

• HUD Consolidated Submission for Community Planning and Development Programs (information sheet, 1999)

Continuum of Care

• Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America (report, 2002)

Cooperative Housing

• Rural Rental Housing Loans (Section 515) (information sheet, 2006)

Counseling

• Homebuyer Education and Counseling: Examining Rural Provider Networks in Texas, Florida and South Dakota (report, 2000)
• Homeownership Education and Counseling (Spring 2003 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• [HUD's] Housing Counseling Assistance Program (information sheet, 2001)
• Housing Counseling in Rural America (report, 1997)

Credit

• Guide to the Community Reinvestment Act for Housing in Rural America (manual, 2002)
• Reinvesting in Rural Communities: Celebrating 30 Years of the Community Reinvestment Act (spring 2007 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Run While You Still Can: Subprime Demand and Predatory Lending in Rural Areas (report, 2004)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)

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Data Analyses

• Creating the Village: How Mutual Self-Help Housing Builds Community (report, 2005)
• Designing and Implementing Rural Individual Development Account Programs (report, 2005)
• Immigration and Housing in Rural America (report, 2007)
• Moving Home: Manufactured Housing in Rural America (report, 2005)
• No Refuge From the Fields: Findings From a Survey of Farmworker Housing Conditions in the United States (report, 2001)
• Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004)
• Run While You Still Can: Subprime Demand and Predatory Lending in Rural Areas (report, 2004)
• Rural Housing and Welfare Reform: HAC's 1997 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing (report, 1997)
• Rural Rental Housing: HAC's 1999 State of the Nation's Rural Housing Report (report, 2000)
• Rural Seniors and Their Homes (report, 2004)
• State of the Nation's Housing 2007, The (report, 2007)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)
• Through Partnership and Promise: Ten Years of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program in Rural Communities (report, 2006)
• USDA Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing: Existing Stock and Changing Needs (report, 2006)
• Why Housing Matters: HAC's 2000 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing (report, 2000)

Design

• Innovative Designs for Nontraditional Households in Rural Areas (report, 2001)

Development Process and Development Case Studies (see also Environmental Issues)

• Linking Rural Housing and Social Services: Case Studies (report, 1998)
• Nonprofit/For-Profit Joint Ventures in Rural Affordable Housing: Case Studies (report, 1997)
• Overcoming Exclusion in Rural Communities: NIMBY Case Studies (report, 1994)
• Rural Land Acquisition and Pre-Development Guide, A (manual, 2001)
• "Should We Do It Ourselves or Hire Someone Else?": A Rural Property Management Planning Guide (manual, 2000)

Disabilities

• Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America (report, 1996)
• Housing for Persons with Disabilities in Rural Areas (information sheet, 2001)
• Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) (information sheet, 2001)

Disaster Recovery

• After the Disaster: Rural Communities Respond (winter 2005-2006 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Lessons from Disasters (fall 2000 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Picking Up the Pieces: A Guide to Restoring Rural Housing and Communities After a Disaster (manual, 2005)
• Picking Up the Pieces: A Guide to Restoring Rural Housing and Communities After Hurricane Katrina (manual, 2005)

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Economic Development

• Rural Boomtowns: The Relationship Between Economic Development and Affordable Housing (report, 2000)

Economy and Housing (see Foreclosure/Mortgage Crisis)

• Effects of Housing Development on a Rural Community's Economy, The (information sheet, 1997)
• Housing and Economic Development (Winter 1998 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Rural Boomtowns: The Relationship Between Economic Development and Affordable Housing (report, 2000)
• They Paved Paradise . . . Gentrification in Rural Communities (report, 2005)
• Why Housing Matters (Winter 2000-2001 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Education, Homebuyer (see Counseling)

Elderly

• Federal Programs and Local Organizations: Meeting the Housing Needs of Rural Seniors (report, 2001)
• Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America (report, 1996)
• Rural Seniors and Their Homes (report, 2004)
• Rural Seniors and Their Homes (information sheet, 2003)
• Supportive Housing for the Elderly ([HUD's] Section 202) (information sheet, 2003)

Environmental Issues (see also Green Building)

• Case Studies on Environmental Issues Affecting Rural Housing Development (report, 1995)
• Environmental Concerns in Choosing a Site for Rural Housing Development (report, 2000)
• Environmental Concerns in Choosing a Site for Rural Housing Development (information sheet, 1996)
• Environmental Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development Financial Assistance (manual, 2007)

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Fair Housing

• Fair Housing, the Zoning Process, and Land Use Policies in Rural Areas (report)

Faith-Based Organizations

• Faith-Based Initiatives and Housing Development (Summer 2001 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Farm Labor Housing (see Farmworkers, Section 514/516)

Farmworkers

• Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants (Section 514/516) (information sheet, 2002)
• Farmworker Housing: Turning Challenges into Successes (summer 2005 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• HOME, CDBG, and Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1997)
• Housing for Families and Unaccompanied Migrant Farmworkers (report, 1997)
• Leveraging Funds for Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1998)
• Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Housing (information sheet, 2003)
• No Refuge From the Fields: Findings From a Survey of Farmworker Housing Conditions in the United States (report, 2001)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)
• USDA Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing: Existing Stock and Changing Needs (report, 2006)

Financial Operations

• Accounting & Financial Operations for Nonprofits in Rural Housing (manual, 2004)
• Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2003)

Financing Rural Housing Development

• Affordable Housing Program, The (information sheet, 2006)
• Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2003)
• Combining Funding Sources for Rural Housing Development (report, 1999)
• Guide to Federal Housing and Community Development Programs for Small Towns and Rural Areas (manual, 2003)
• Guide to the Community Reinvestment Act for Housing in Rural America, A (manual, 2002)
• Housing Assistance Council Loan Funds 1971-2001: 30 Years of Supporting Affordable Housing in Rural Communities (report, 2001)
• Leveraging Funds for Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1998)
• Nonprofit/For-Profit Joint Ventures in Rural Affordable Housing: Case Studies (report, 1997)
• Strengthening Community-Based Housing in the Mid-South Delta: A Policy Development Paper (report, 2001)
• Through Partnership . . . Progress: 35 Years of Building Rural Communities, The Housing Assistance Council Loan Fund 1971-2006 (report, 2006)

Foreclosure/Mortgage Crisis (see Predatory Lending)

• Losing the Dream: The Foreclosure Crisis in Rural America (Spring 2008 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Mortgage Lending in Rural Communities (information sheet, 2008)

Foundation Funding

• Assessment of the Impact of Grant Funds from the Benedum Foundation on Nonprofit Housing Development in West Virginia, An (report, 1999)

Fundraising

• Guide to Fundraising for Rural Nonprofits: Strategies for Raising Operating Funds, An (manual, 2004)

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Gentrification

• They Paved Paradise . . . Gentrification in Rural Communities (report, 2005)

Great Plains (see Midwest)

Green Building

• Affordable Green Building in Rural Communities (report, 2007)
• Affordable Green Building in Rural Communities (information sheet, 2007)
• Rural Housing Goes Green (Fall 2005 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Guarantee Programs

• Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2002)
• Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing (Section 538) (information sheet, 2002)
• Rural Housing Service's Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program: A Guide for Developers (manual, 2000)

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HAC News (biweekly newsletter)

Health and Housing

• Rural Housing and Health (Fall/Winter 2002 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Rural Housing Goes Green (Fall 2005 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

History

• Brief and Selective Historical Outline of Rural Mutual Self-Help Housing in the United States, A (report, 2004)
• Celebrating 30 Years of Building Rural Communities (Fall 2001 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Housing Assistance Council Loan Funds 1971-2001: 30 Years of Supporting Affordable Housing in Rural Communities (report, 2001)
• Through Partnership and Promise: Ten Years of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program in Rural Communities (report, 2006)
• Through Partnership . . . Progress: 35 Years of Building Rural Communities, The Housing Assistance Council Loan Fund 1971-2006 (report, 2006)

Homebuyer Education (see Counseling)

HOME Program

• Community Housing Development Organizations (information sheet, 2002)
• HOME, CDBG, and Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1997)
• HOME Investment Partnerships Program (information sheet, 2002)
• HUD Consolidated Submission for Community Planning and Development Programs (information sheet, 1999)

Homelessness

• Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America (report, 2002)
• Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America (report, 1996)
• Making it Work: Combating Rural Homelessness (fall 2007 issue of Rural Voices Magazine)
• Rural Homelessness (information sheet, 2006)

Homeownership (see also Foreclosure/Mortgage Crisis, Self-Help)

• Aspiring Homeowners Receive Assistance (Winter 1998-1999 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Creating the Village: How Mutual Self-Help Housing Builds Community (report, 2005)
• Designing and Implementing Rural Individual Development Account Programs (report, 2006)
• Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2002)
• Homeownership as an Asset in Rural America (information sheet, 2005)
• Homeownership Direct Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2008)
• Rural Housing Service's Section 502 Rural Homeownership Direct Loan Program: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)
• Rural Housing Service's Section 504 Loan and Grant Program for Very Low-Income Homeowners: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)
• Section 8 Homeownership: A Guide for Rural Housing Practitioners (manual, 2005)

Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of, Analyses

• Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America (report, 2002)
• HOME, CDBG, and Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1997)

Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of, Program Information

• Community Housing Development Organizations (information sheet, 1999)
• Environmental Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development Financial Assistance (manual, 2007)
• HOME Investment Partnerships Program (information sheet, 2002)
• Housing Counseling Assistance Program (information sheet, 2001)
• HUD Consolidated Submission for Community Planning and Development Programs (information sheet, 1999)
• Low Income Rental Assistance (Section 8) Rental Certificates and Vouchers (information sheet, 2001)
• State Community Development Block Grants (Small Cities CDBG) (information sheet, 2002)
• Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202) (information sheet, 2003)
• Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) (information sheet, 2002)

Housing Assistance Council (HAC)

• Celebrating 30 Years of Building Rural Communities (fall 2001 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Housing Assistance Council Annual Report, 2007
• Housing Assistance Council Loan Funds 1971-2001: 30 Years of Supporting Affordable Housing in Rural Communities (report, 2001)
• Place for Everyone, A (Spring 1999 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Through Partnership and Promise: Ten Years of the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program in Rural Communities (report, 2006)

Housing Counseling (see Counseling)

Housing Development Process (see Development Process)

Housing Plus Services

• Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America (report, 2006)

Housing Preservation Grant Program (see Section 533)

Hurricanes (see Disaster Recovery)

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Immigration

• Immigration and Housing in Rural America (report, 2007)

Indian (see Native American)

Individual Development Account (IDA) Programs

• Designing and Implementing Rural Individual Development Account Programs (report, 2006)

Infrastructure

• Improvement of Housing and Infrastructure Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Delta (report, 2000)
• Rural Infrastructure (Spring 2004 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

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Joint Ventures

• Nonprofit/For-Profit Joint Ventures in Rural Affordable Housing: Case Studies (report, 1997)

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Land Development (see Site Development)

Land Trusts (see Community Land Trusts)

Land Use

• Fair Housing, the Zoning Process, and Land Use Policies in Rural Areas (report, 1998)
• Get Smart? Growth, Development and Rural Housing (Winter 2001-2002 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2004)

Leadership Development

• Developing Organizations and Leaders (Winter 1999-2000 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Lessons in Leadership (Conference 2004 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Loan Funds (see Revolving Loan Funds, HAC)

Low Income Housing Tax Credit

• Low Income Housing Tax Credit for Nonprofits Developing Rural Rental Housing (information sheet, 2002)
• Tax Credits and Rural Housing (Winter 2003-2004 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Utilizing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit for Rural Rental Projects: A Guide for Nonprofit Developers (manual, 1997)

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Management (see Nonprofit Organizations, Property Management)

Manufactured Housing

• Manufactured Housing in Rural America (Summer 2003 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Moving Home: Manufactured Housing in Rural America (report, 2005)

Marketing (see Public Relations)

Media Relations (see Public Relations)

Midwest

• Housing in the Rural Midwest (Summer 1999 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties (report, 2007)

Migrant Workers (see Farmworkers)

Minorities

• Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report)

Mississippi Delta

• Housing in the Lower Mississippi Delta (information sheet, 2005)
• Improvement of Housing and Infrastructure Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Delta (report, 2000)
• Initiatives in the Mississippi Delta (Spring 2000 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004)
• Strengthening Community-Based Housing in the Mid-South Delta: A Policy Development Paper (report, 2001)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)

Mobile Homes (see Manufactured Housing)

Mortgage Lending (see Credit, Predatory Lending)

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Native American

• Case Studies on Lending in Indian Country (report, 1996)
• Cost Based Appraisals on Native American Trust Lands: A Longitudinal Analysis (report, 1999)
• Housing on Native American Lands (information sheet, 2006)
• Lending on Native American Lands: A Guide for Rural Development Staff (manual, 2006)
• Making Rural Housing Programs Work in Indian Country: A Guide for Tribes and Tribal Housing Organizations (manual, 2004)
• Native American Housing (Spring 2004 issue of Rural Voices)
• Race, Place, and Housing: Housing Conditions in Rural Minority Counties (report, 2004)
• Taking Stock: Rural People, Poverty, and Housing at the Turn of the 21st Century (report, 2002)

NIMBY

• Overcoming Exclusion in Rural Communities: NIMBY Case Studies (report, 1994)

Nonprofit Organizations and Operations

• Accounting & Financial Operations for Nonprofits in Rural Housing (manual, 2004)
• Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2003)
• Developing Organizations and Leaders (1999-2000 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Guide to Fundraising for Rural Nonprofits: Strategies for Raising Operating Funds (manual, 2004)
• Nonprofit Capacity Self-Assessment Workbook for Community-Based Housing Organizations (manual, 2000)
• Nonprofit/For-Profit Joint Ventures in Rural Affordable Housing: Case Studies (report, 1997)
• Primer for Beginning Rural Housing Developers (manual, 1999)
• Rural Rental Housing Preservation and Nonprofit Capacity to Purchase and Preserve Section 515 Projects (report, 2002)

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Owner-Occupied Housing (see Homeownership, Section 502, Section 504, Self-Help Housing)

Packaging Applications

• Housing Application Packaging Grants (Section 509(f)(6)) (information sheet, 2000)

Policy, Government

• Administration Proposes Eliminating Many Rural Housing Programs in FY 2009 Budget (information sheet, 2008)
• From Bad to Worse: Rural Housing in the Adminstration's FY 2008 Budget (report, 2007)
• Policy and Rural Housing (Summer 2000 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Rural Housing and the Federal Budget Process (information sheet, 2001)
• Rural Housing and the Federal Legislative Process (information sheet, 2001)
• Rural Housing Issues and Recommendations (information sheet, 2007)
• Rural Housing Production (Summer 2002 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Population Loss

• Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Housing and Community Development Strategies in Rural Population Loss Counties (report, 2007)

Posters

• Poverty in the United States (map)
• Housing Characteristics in the United States (map)

Poverty Studies (see Data Analyses)

Predatory Lending (see Foreclosure/Mortgage Crisis)

• Predatory Lending (Spring 2002 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Run While You Still Can: Subprime Demand and Predatory Lending in Rural Areas (report, 2004)

Prepayment, Rental Housing (see Preservation)

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)
• More Than Housing at Stake: Preserving Rural Rental Properties (Summer 2007 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Preserving Rural Rental Housing (Winter 2004-2005 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)
• 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)

Primer

• Primer for Beginning Rural Housing Developers, A (manual, 1999)

Property Management

• "Should We Do It Ourselves or Hire Someone Else?": A Rural Property Management Planning Guide (manual, 2000)

Public Relations

• Public Relations Guide for Rural Housing Organizations (manual, 2005)
• Telling Our Story – Marketing Affordable Housing (Spring 2005 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

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Rehab

• Rehabilitating Affordable Rural Housing (Winter 2008 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Rental Assistance (see Rental Housing)

Rental Housing (see also Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Preservation, Section 515, Section 514/516, Section 538)

• Rental Housing in Rural America (information sheet, 2003)
• Rural Rental Housing: HAC's 1999 State of the Nation's Rural Housing Report (report, 2000)
• Low Income Rental Assistance (Section 8) Rental Certificates and Vouchers (information sheet, 2001)

Revolving Loan Funds

• Best Practices in Revolving Loan Funds for Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2003)
• Housing Assistance Council Loan Funds 1971-2001: 30 Years of Supporting Affordable Housing in Rural Communities (report, 2001)
• Through Partnership...Progress: 35 Years of Building Rural Communities, The Housing Assistance Council Loan Fund 1971-2006 (report, 2006)

Rural Housing, General/Overview

• Housing Characteristics in the United States (poster, 2002)
• Poverty in the United States (poster, 2002)
• Housing in Rural America (information sheet, 2006)
• Rural Housing Issues and Recommendations (information sheet, 2007)
• Why Housing Matters: HAC's 2000 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing (report, 2000)
• Why Housing Matters (Winter 2000-2001 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

/Rural Development (USDA) Program Analyses (see also individual programs, by section number)

• State Sheets on Rural Housing Obligations for FY 2007 (information sheets, 2007)

/Rural Development (USDA) Program Information

• Environmental Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development Financial Assistance (manual, 2007)
• Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants (Section 514/516) (information sheet, 2002)
• Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2003)
• Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing (Section 538) (information sheet, 2002)
• Guide to Appealing Rural Housing Service/Rural Development Decisions (manual, 1998)
• Homeownership Direct Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2008)
• Housing Application Packaging Grants (Section 509(f)(6)) (information sheet, 2000)
• Housing Preservation Grants (Section 533) (information sheet, 2000)
• Lending on Native American Lands: A Guide for Rural Development Staff (manual, 2006)
• Making Rural Housing Programs Work in Indian Country: A Guide for Tribes and Tribal Housing Organizations (manual, 2004)
• Rural Housing Service's [Rural Development's] Section 502 Rural Homeownership Direct Loan Program: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)
• Rural Housing Service's [Rural Development's] Section 504 Loan and Grant Program for Very Low-Income Homeowners: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)
• Rural Housing and Community Development Service [Rural Development's] Housing Preservation Grant [Section 533] Program: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1995)
• Rural Housing Service's Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program: A Guide for Developers (manual, 2000)
• Rural Housing Site Loans (Sections 523 and 524) (information sheet, 2002)
• Rural Rental Housing Loans (Section 515) (information sheet, 2006)
• Self-Help Housing (Section 502) (information sheet, 2002)
• Very Low-Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants (Section 504) (information sheet, 2006)

Rural Poverty Studies (see Data Analyses)

Rural Voices (quarterly magazine)

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Section 8

• Low Income Rental Assistance (Section 8) Rental Certificates and Vouchers (information sheet, 2001)
• Section 8 Homeownership: A Guide for Rural Housing Practitioners (manual, 2005)

Section 202

• Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202) (information sheet, 2003)

Section 502

• Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2002)
• Homeownership Direct Loans (Section 502) (information sheet, 2008)
• Rural Housing Service's Section 502 Rural Homeownership Direct Loan Program: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)
• Self-Help Housing (Section 502) (information sheet, 2002)

Section 504

• Rural Housing Service's Section 504 Loan and Grant Program for Very Low-Income Homeowners: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1999)
• Very Low-Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants (Section 504) (information sheet, 2006)

Section 509(f)(6)

• Housing Application Packaging Grants (Section 509(f)(6)) (information sheet, 2000)

Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing

• Farm Labor Housing (Section 514/516) (information sheet, 2002)
• Leveraging Funds for Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1998)
• USDA Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing: Existing Stock and Changing Needs (report, 2006)

Section 515 Rural Rental and Cooperative Housing (see also Preservation)

• Rural Rental Housing Loans (Section 515) (information sheet, 2006)

Section 533 Housing Preservation Grants

• Rural Housing and Community Development Service [USDA RD] Housing Preservation Grant [Section 533] Program: A Guide for Applicants (manual, 1995)
• Housing Preservation Grants (Section 533) (information sheet, 2000)

Section 538

• Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing (Section 538) (information sheet, 2002)
• Rural Housing Service's Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program: A Guide for Developers (manual, 2000)

Section 811

• Supportive Housing for People with Disabilities (Section 811) (information sheet, 2002)

Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (see Self-Help Housing)

Self-Help Housing

• Brief and Selective Historical Outline of Rural Mutual Self-Help Housing in the United States, A (report, 2004)
• Creating the Village: How Mutual Self-Help Housing Builds Community (report, 2005)
• 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)

Seniors (see Elderly)

Services, Social

• Continua of Care Best Practices: Comprehensive Homeless Planning in Rural America (report, 2002)
• Formulas for Success: Housing Plus Services in Rural America (report, 1996)
• Linking Rural Housing and Social Services: Case Studies (report, 1998)

Site Development

• Environmental Concerns in Choosing a Site for Rural Housing Development (manual, 2000)
• Environmental Review: A Guide for Applicants Seeking HUD or USDA Rural Development Financial Assistance (manual, 2007)
• Primer for Beginning Rural Housing Developers (manual, 2000)
• Rural Housing Site Loans (Sections 523 and 524) (information sheet)
• Rural Land Acquisition and Pre-Development Guide, A (manual, 2001)

Smart Growth

• Get Smart? Growth, Development and Rural Housing (Winter 2001-2002 issue of Rural Voices magazine)
• Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2004)

Southern Black Belt (see Black Belt)

State Programs

• Leveraging Funds for Section 514/516 Farmworker Housing Development (report, 1998)
• Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2004)

State of the Nation's Rural Housing Reports

• Rural Rental Housing: HAC's 1999 State of the Nation's Rural Housing Report (report, 2000)
• Rural Housing and Welfare Reform: HAC's 1997 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing (report, 1997)
• Why Housing Matters: HAC's 2000 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing (report, 2000)

Subprime Lending (see Counseling, Credit, Foreclosure/Mortgage Crisis, Predatory Lending)

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Tax Credits (see also Low Income Housing Tax Credit)

• Tax Credits and Rural Housing (Winter 2003-2004 issue of Rural Voices magazine)

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) (see Welfare Reform)

USDA Rural Development (see Rural Development Program Analyses, Rural Development Program Information)

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Water and Sewer (see Infrastructure)

Welfare Reform

• Case Studies on Rural Housing and Welfare Reform (report, 2001)
• Easing the Transition: Housing Assistance for Rural TANF Recipients (report, 2005)
• Rural Housing and Welfare Reform: HAC's 1997 Report on the State of the Nation's Rural Housing (report, 1997)

Zoning

• Fair Housing, the Zoning Process, and Land Use Policies in Rural Areas (report, 1998)
• Lost in the Translation: Smart Growth, Local Planning, and Rural Affordable Housing (report, 2004)