As part of President Trump’s March 13 executive order Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the Rural Housing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins hugs Gov. Bill Lee during the Future Farmers of America breakfast in Lebanon, Tenn ...

For many rural homeowners on a fixed income, a leaking roof or a failing furnace is more than an inconvenience; it can be life altering.   The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural ...

Loans: Homeowners can borrow up to $40,000 for repairs, improvements, or modernization. These loans feature a fixed one percent interest rate with a 20-year repayment term. Grants: Seniors can receive ...

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 ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The ongoing government shutdown is set to create growing delays for homebuyers relying on federal loan programs, with Rural Development loans being hit particularly hard.

The US federal government has announced US$19m in loans to electric co-ops in Iowa to improve the state’s rural grid ...

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