Last year, 2025, was the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) affordable rural housing programs.

Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SYRACUSE — U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development New York State Director Richard Mayfield kicked off National ...

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn't limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...

WOODLAND, Maine (WAGM) — Samantha Drost, a single mother of four, has purchased a home on New Sweden Road in Woodland through USDA Rural Development’s Single-Family Housing Direct Program. Drost said ...

Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Todd Lindsey kicked off National Homeownership Month by highlighting the Trump administration’s commitment to expanding ...

ICF International Inc. will continue to assist the Agriculture Department’s Rural Development Housing Voucher Demonstration Program under a $12 million recompete contract. ICF International Inc. will ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (“CSG”) is pleased to announce the closing of a $1,432,200 USDA Rural Development (RD) Section 538 Option 1 permanent loan for The ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he’s enjoyed about becoming North Dakota’s director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting with people in ...

Trump Administration highlights affordable pathways to homeownership in rural America. (Champaign, Ill., June 3, 2026) – This week, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Illinois State ...