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Already Planning to Feed More Kids than Ever During Summer 2017

October 26, 2016 Tony Hernandez, Administrator, Rural Housing Service

Now that summer has come and gone, I’m happy to announce that this season the USDA Rural Housing Service was able to partner with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to feed more kids than ever before. Three hundred and five Rural Housing Service Multi-Family Housing properties participated in...

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Working Together to Develop Local Strategies for Strong Rural Communities

September 29, 2016 Megan McConville, Senior Policy Advisor to the Rural Housing Service Administrator

How will decisions about where we locate new development or upgrade existing infrastructure impact our future economic vitality and fiscal health? How can we site and plan public facilities and housing so they have the greatest benefits for our community? How can we rebound from years of population...

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From Recovery to Renewal: Rural America's Partner for Prosperity

September 01, 2016 Lisa Mensah, Under Secretary for Rural Development

Eight years ago this month, the US economy went into free fall. The crash of the housing market led to a chain of historic levels of bankruptcies and layoffs. The stock market would eventually lose 20% of its value; family incomes, investments, and home values were being crushed. Along with that...

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Helping a Growing Family Build Their Own Home

July 25, 2016 Patty Clark, USDA Rural Development State Director of Kansas

As I watched Matthew McLane’s children play in the front yard of their home, I could tell how much this family loved being homeowners. Matthew and Candice McLane became first time homebuyers through the Agency’s Mutual Self-Help Program in 2012. The couple, and their two daughters, had been living...

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Reflecting on the American Dream

July 19, 2016 USDA Rural Development Virginia State Director, Basil Gooden, PhD

Last month, I had the privilege of witnessing the American dream come to life for a Rockingham, Virginia family who has just purchased and built their first home with the help of a USDA Rural Development (RD) direct low-interest loan. It was an honor to help Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony...

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Rebuilding Lives: Celebrating Homeownership Month

June 24, 2016 Joyce Allen, Deputy Administrator of Single Family Housing, USDA Rural Housing Service

Five years ago, Christy Carr seemed like a long shot as a future homeowner. She was a newly divorced, unemployed mom of five, and her credit score was in the 300’s. The home she shared with her children had no heat, no electricity and no running water. A neighbor let Christy run an extension cord to...

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Housing is Opportunity, Housing is Jobs

June 17, 2016 David Lipsetz, Associate Administrator USDA Rural Housing Service

When one thinks about home, they often think about warm meals on the dinner table, cozying up on the couch, painting the nursery, or even building equity in a place one calls their own. When I think housing- especially new housing: I also think opportunity; I think jobs. Jobs come from laying...

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As Summer Draws Near, We Set Lofty Goals to Feed More Kids than Ever

March 31, 2016 Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez

March is National Nutrition Month. Throughout the month, USDA will be highlighting results of our efforts to improve access to safe, healthy food for all Americans and supporting the health of our next generation. You can tell by the smiles on the faces of Bradley, Alex, and Chris Lanthier that a...

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A Conversation on Housing Development in Missouri

October 13, 2015 Tony Hernandez, Administrator, Rural Housing Service

There's power in unity and it's always a great thing to see small communities come together to discuss ways of improving the places they call home. If we join forces, a lot can happen - and it all starts with a vision. Speaking with the individuals of rural areas and creating solutions to further...

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Building a Better Future Together: Homeownership Month 2015

June 01, 2015 Tony Hernandez, Administrator, USDA Rural Housing Service

Rural America faces a unique set of challenges when it comes to combating poverty in our towns and communities. Too often, rural people and places are hard to reach or otherwise underserved -- but USDA makes sure they are not forgotten. I believe that USDA and its partners have the tools and the...

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