Keith County (population 8,113) and its lead city of Ogallala (population 4,840) are rural, not remote, and have struggled to find prosperity since I graduated from high school in 1974. Housing is a ...

Crucially, it’s allowed her to stay in the pricey community, while the rent she pays offsets ... Now, policymakers are increasingly considering the idea as a way to add housing stock in small towns ...

As rural hospitals face growing challenges in recruiting and retaining medical staff, shifting demographics and limited housing options are often to blame. In McCook, organizers of a new apartment ...

The Extension team will continue working with Nevada Rural Housing to update the findings with the most current census and assessor data, as well as include future projections comparing housing supply ...

“[Rural development] single family housing programs give families and ... Last summer, HUD also launched a manufactured home community loan program, aiming to offer an alternative to private ...

Community banks like these are vital to helping rural America solve economic challenges—from financing affordable housing to providing mortgages, small business loans, and agricultural loans.

But, Barkin cautioned, not every shrinking rural community is able to grow ... The key to localities’ growth is the availability of housing at affordable prices, he said. “When I am in the outskirts ...

Developers say there’s a consistent demand for new housing ... a community’s services, tax rates, infrastructure, and amenities,” Kelchner said. “Everyone wants to have that pretty rural ...

A rural housing crisis is "tearing communities apart", campaigners warn, amid calls for a rethink on what 'affordable' might mean when new homes remain out of reach. Rates of rough sleeping in ...

The county, which purchased the property from the federal government in 2018 for $4.3 million, is selling it to the developers, the Community Land Trust Association of West Marin and Eden Housing ...