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USDA Streamlines Rural Housing Loans, Grants Lenders More Authority

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is modernizing its rural housing programs to increase efficiency for lenders and ...
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A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is being phased out

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is getting phased out

The USDA’s Section 515 program is the primary way that the U.S. government finances affordable rental homes in rural communities. Since its inception in 1963, the program has supported the ...
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A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is getting phased out

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Low-income Americans in rural areas can struggle to pay market-rate rents. mphillips007/iStock via Getty Images Plus The high cost ...