Community-development efforts eligible for the special consideration include affordable-housing lending in these ... a low-to-moderate income rural area — can be defined as distressed if it ...

Eligible areas include rural areas and towns with 20,000 or less. Funding is through the USDA's Housing Preservation Grant program and is part of the agency's celebration of Homeownership Month.

Beyond this, there is a notable funding disparity for alleviation, with rural areas receiving 65% less funding for homelessness per capita. These are the circumstances that prompted Commonweal Housing ...

Builders and contractors concentrate in booming markets while, at the same time, the lack of housing in rural areas helps drive more people to those cities, Small said. Boozman agreed, calling ...

You get out in the rural areas, it gets harder to find the housing that they need.” Each of the tiny homes includes a kitchenette as well as a full bath, high-speed internet and a washer and dryer.