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USDA Rural Development Hosts Community Outreach Event at the University of Guam
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, USDA Rural Development Hawaii/Western Pacific State Director Chris Kanazawa, Rural Housing Service (RHS) Administrator Joaquin Altoro and USDA RD program representatives provided an overview of loans and grants available for rural area residents,… [Read More]
USDA Renews Local Partnership to Ensure People Living in the Northern Mariana Islands Have Safe and Affordable Homes
SAIPAN, MP, April 24, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service Administrator Joaquin Altoro announced that USDA is renewing its partnership with a local lender to ensure people living in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have access to… [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]
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]
Rural Development Helped Her Own a Home: She's Now Kauai's Habitat for Humanity Executive Director
Twenty-two years ago, Milani Pimental and her husband built their home in Kalaheo, Kauai with the help of Kauai Habitat for Humanity and the Single Family Housing Direct Home Loan, also known as the Section 502 Direct Loan Program, through USDA Rural Development (RD).
The… [Read More]
Community Clinic of Maui Offers One-Stop for Healthcare Needs
The Community Clinic of Maui opened its doors in 1993 with only a mid-level provider sharing an office at the Salvation Army, dedicated to serving the poor, uninsured and homeless of Maui. As the community needs exploded, the growing clinic struggled to find space to meet… [Read More]
Patience and Faith Pay Off for First-Time Homeowners
For the past nine years, Ernest & Janette Sanchez, along with their six children, were living in a small home that they shared with their in-laws. Having to live with three other families in a four-bedroom home, their living condition were extremely overcrowded to say the… [Read More]
USDA Assists Single Mother in Becoming a First-Time Homeowner
Sherilyn Cruz is a single mother raising three children on her own. She has been employed with the Department of Education as a teacher’s aide for over 13 years. And for the past 12 years she has been living with assistance from the Guam Housing & Urban Renewal Authority’s (… [Read More]