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

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, ...

USDA Section 502 Direct Loan caps drop to 60% of local FHA limits, raising concerns about rural homeownership access in California.

Jenna Batchelder and her husband Brad have been raising livestock for years. A grant from USDA Rural Development helped them branch out into a successful retail meat business. The USDA's Rural ...

Rural hospitals survive longer if they receive financial assistance from USDA’s Community Facilities loan and grant program, according to a study by USDA’s Economic Research Service. Hospitals that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters outside the White House on Wednesday while announcing expanded USDA ...

The benefits of a clean energy economy are often slow to trickle down to rural areas, but massive new investments courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Empowering Rural ...

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - pass-through to local utilities to benefit community businesses and emergency services. Iowa’s Rural Development Deputy State Director Henry Kummerer announced the grants ...

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 ...