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All Programs

The Energy Resource Conservation (ERC) Program enables current Rural Utilities Service (RUS) borrowers to make funds available to their consumers for energy conservation and renewable energy projects by deferring payment of principal and interest.  
This program helps remote Alaskan villages provide safe, reliable drinking water and waste disposal systems for households and businesses.
This program provides funds to households in an area recognized as a Colonia before October 1, 1989.
This program provides 1 percent low-interest loans to local lenders or “intermediaries” that re-lend to businesses to improve economic conditions and create jobs in rural communities.
The program works with qualified private-sector lenders to provide financing to qualified borrowers to increase the supply of affordable rental housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and families in eligible rural areas and towns.
This program provides payments to owners of USDA-financed Rural Rental Housing or Farm Labor Housing projects on behalf of low-income tenants unable to pay their full rent.
This program provides vouchers to protect eligible tenants in Multifamily Direct Loan properties who may face hardship when the loan on the property is prepaid, or the property is foreclosed.
This program provides grants to qualified organizations to help them carry out local self-help housing construction projects.
It provides affordable financing to develop or rehabilitate affordable rental housing for very-low income domestic, migrant, and seasonal farm laborers.
This program provides a Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC) license to newly formed developmental capital organizations to help meet the equity capital investment needs in rural communities.
This program helps qualified nonprofits and tribes create a revolving loan fund to increase access to clean, reliable water and septic systems for households in eligible rural areas.
This program provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations.
The Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) provides loans to rural utilities and other companies who provide energy efficiency loans to qualified consumers to implement durable cost-effective energy efficiency measures.
This program provides two types of loans to purchase and develop housing sites for low- and moderate-income families - Section 523 and Section 524.
This program provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs); To help microenterprises startup and grow and provide training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and micro entrepreneurs.