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Go for it, homeownership can work!!
Writing her own homeownership story, Karla Quintana and her two children have lived in Garfield County, CO since 2011. After having to move out of a garage studio apartment, the family was able to move in with friends and rent the bottom half of their home. While owning a home… [Read More]
“This is Home” – A Family Finds Their Forever Home in Calais, Maine
One of the first rooms Heather Gagne and her daughters began redecorating in their new home is the dining room, shown in the top photo. They have been busy repainting and making other updates.Raising a family in coastal Machias, Maine may sound lovely, but for… [Read More]
Hawaii Community Lending to Receive $2.4 Million for Native Community Development Financial Institution Relending Demonstration Program
On Wednesday, February 28 USDA Rural Development Hawaii/Western Pacific State Director Chris Kanazawa announced the partnering with Hawaii Community Lending (HCL) and funding of $2.4 million through USDA’s Native Community Development Financial Institutions Relending… [Read More]
Updated electrical panel improves safety for Leola homeowner
While modern homes have been equipped with circuit breaker-style electrical panels for decades, many older homes may still have screw-in fuse panels that were commonplace from the early-to-mid 20th century. Jeannie Feickert’s home in Leola was one such home.
Jeannie… [Read More]
New Teacher Buys a Home: Kailee Invests in Jasper County, Iowa
Not many college students graduate with a bachelors degree and purchase a house within two years. Kailee Meyer in Jasper County, Iowa, achieved her dream of home ownership with help from a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development home loan program.… [Read More]
Advancing Homeownership on Montana's Tribal Lands
On a sun-drenched, snowy day in Browning, Montana, community leaders gathered at NACDC Financial Services, Inc., to celebrate NACDC’s receipt of a $1 million USDA grant to expand single family homeownership on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
The award is part of USDA Rural… [Read More]
USDA Rural Development Helps Make ‘Home for the Holidays’ a Reality for Kauai Families
On Wednesday, November 22 Kauai’s Habitat for Humanity held a ceremony for six families who received keys at the Kauai Waimea Huakai Subdivision thanks in part to USDA Rural Development’s 502 Direct Loan program for two of the homes and the 502 Guaranteed Loan program funded six… [Read More]
Norris Family Fixer Upper
Gary and Debra Norris are your typical retirees. They spent almost 15 years renting houses in a local single family housing development so they could enjoy the amenities available in the Crossville, Tenn. area. After renting several houses over the years, they decided it was… [Read More]
Partners providing possibilities
When Kayla Bruce relocated from Florida with her three daughters, now 14, 11 and 2, she moved her family into a two-bedroom apartment in the north central community of Leola. Over the past two years, she got involved in the community and her daughters into sports. But as time… [Read More]
Building a Place to Call Home in Rural Montana
As sounds of city traffic fill the air, an obscure vacant lot at a busy intersection in uptown Butte is showing signs of life.
Newly excavated foundation preparations dot the landscape. Water and sewer pipes emerge from the ground, signaling the coming of a neighborhood where… [Read More]