homeownership

The parents were leery about another rental, fearing having to move yet again. Rather serendipitously, the mother saw information on line about USDA Rural Development housing programs. She made a call that changed their lives. As it turned out, the house that they eventually found and qualified for...

By Gail Bennett, Public Affairs Specialist, WV USDA Rural Development On Behalf of State Director Bobby Lewis They say “a picture is worth a thousand words” and this happy young man brings meaning and life to the cliché. Jamalyn Sexton and her three year old son, Connor, are happy new homeowners. A...

By Tammi Schone, USDA Rural Development Public Affairs Specialist, South Dakota State Office South Dakota State Director Elsie M. Meeks and Don Harris, Outreach Initiative Team Leader, National Office (Washington, DC) logged over 1,400 miles traveling across the state in mid June, reaching out to...

By Shelly C. Harlander, USDA Rural Development Public Information Coordinator, Syracuse, NY USDA Rural Development agency celebrated National Home Ownership month in June by presenting a ceremonial key to new home-owner Valerie Hunsdon. Ms. Hunsdon, a single parent of one child, accepted the key on...

By Megan Harrison, USDA Rural Development Public Relations Intern As part of USDA Rural Development celebrating June as National Homeownership Month, I travelled to Carlock, Ill., to visit the site of six brand-new homes. These weren’t just ordinary homes, however. Not only were they “green” homes...

Story by Gayle Hoskison, Olympia Area Director, Washington State USDA Rural Development Becoming a homeowner for the first time is a big deal, especially for Brittany Meyer, who received the keys to her new home last month during a special ceremony, and up until that one moment in time, never...

Written by: Amy Mund USDA Public Information Coordinator, Colorado Working with local community faith based organizations has provided the Rural Development Office in Alamosa, CO with a substantial increase in single family home loan applications. Taking the approach to leave no stone unturned Ty...

Written by USDA Public Relations Intern Megan Harrison In celebration of June as National Homeownership Month, I had the privilege of travelling all over the state of Illinois (from Freeport in northern Illinois to 400 miles south in Carterville, and a few places in between) with Illinois Rural...

Tammye Trevino, Rural Development Housing Administrator, joined me in recognizing two Missouri families in a celebration of reaching the American Dream of homeownership on Monday, June 14, 2010.

By Miguel A. Ramírez, Public Affairs Coordinator Last week the Southeastern Affordable Housing Management Association (SAHMA) held its annual convention in Puerto Rico. Three hundred eighty housing managers participated in the convention.