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

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.
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Shutdown threatens to stall rural loans and flood insurance

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New federal legislation would expand financial assistance for rural homebuyers

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-Jenison) and Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) introduced federal legislation to expand eligibility for financial assistance for rural homebuyers. “We ...
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Legislators defund student loan aid for rural teachers, nixing recruiting tool for schools

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Rural Pa. faces widening health services gap, but state officials think loan forgiveness could help

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. BELLEFONTE ...
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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.