USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview

Foote, Bruce E.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Housing;    Rural housing;    Rural affairs;    Federal aid to housing;    Housing policy;   

RP-ID  :  RL33421
RP-ID  :  RL33421_2007Jul27

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) rural housing programs, which include loans for the purchase, repair, or construction of single-family housing; loans and grants to remove health and safety hazards in owner-occupied homes; loans and grants for the construction and purchase of rental housing for farmworkers; loans for the purchase and construction of rental and cooperative housing for the elderly and for rural residents in general; rental assistance payments to make rental housing more affordable; interest subsidies to make homeownership loans more affordable and to enable production of rental housing that is affordable for the target population; and loans for developing building sites upon which rural housing is to be constructed.