The good news is, across rural America, there are innovators demonstrating solutions to our rural housing challenges. They are creating right-sized and affordable housing options.

U.S. Federal Housing doubles investment in affordable housing to $4 billion annually under the One Big Beautiful Bill.

“In rural communities, the Section 515 program has been a critical source of affordable housing especially for low income seniors and people with disabilities,” Maxwell said.

Johnson County is conducting a housing assessment study this year that is looking at trends in housing outside of the Iowa ...

How far the rural housing bills go depends on action from Congress. Aside from narrowly dodging government shutdowns, political strife has so far caused legislation to be done at a snail’s pace.

New housing stock is wonderful, but for rural communities the solution begins with understanding that existing housing stock is a key development asset. Understanding that every vacant lot with ...