USDA - Rural Housing Service - Community Facilities
Funding Agency
Department of Agriculture - Rural Housing Service
Federal Agency
Department of Agriculture - Rural Housing Service
Agency Overview
Rural Housing Service offers a variety of programs to build or improve housing and essential community facilities in rural areas. RHS offer loans, grants and loan guarantees for single- and multi-family housing, child care centers, fire and police stations, hospitals, libraries, nursing homes, schools, first responder vehicles and equipment, housing for farm laborers and much more.
Program Name
USDA - Rural Housing Service - Community Facilities
Program Overview
This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.
Agency Contact
Martha Torrez, Director
Martha.Torrez@wdc.usda.gov
(202) 720-1500
Program Purpose
- Public Computer Access
Eligible Recipients
- Libraries
- K-12 Schools
- Higher Education Institutions
- Hospitals
- Public Safety Entities
- State and Local Governments
- Tribal Entities
- Non-Profit Organizations
Agency Contact
Martha Torrez, Director
Martha.Torrez@wdc.usda.gov
(202) 720-1500
FY2019 Funding Amount
$2,800,000,000 (Loan), $30,000,000 (Grant)
FY2020 Funding Amount
$2,800,000,000 (Loan), $32,000,000 (Grant)
Brief Program Description
This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.
Agency
- Department of Agriculture
Funding Name USDA - Rural Housing Service - Community Facilities
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