RHS Issues Notice for Rural Housing Preservation Funding

By A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones
September 16, 2008 1 min read

The USDA Rural Housing Service (RHS) published a notice in the Federal Register on 8/19/08 that solicits applications by 10/20/08 for $6.4 million in new funds available under its multifamily housing preservation revolving loan fund demonstration program for FY 2008. Eligible organizations can apply to RHS for the funds to make revolving loans to preserve existing rural rental housing or farm labor housing projects financed by RHS under its Section 515, 514, or 516 programs. Eligible applicants are qualified nonprofits and state and local housing finance agencies.

Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

“Business as Usual”

Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.