 "These grants will help public and private nonprofit
organizations submit quality applications to increase their
chances of getting funding to build much-needed affordable
housing for farmworkers," Vilsack said. "Increasing the supply
of affordable housing in rural communities not only helps the
residents, it helps the entire community."The technical
assistance grants are available to organizations that will help
housing authorities, state and local governments, Indian tribes,
nonprofit organizations, and community- and faith-based groups
apply for loans and grants to build farmworker housing. The
purpose of the grants is to increase the number of high-quality
applications USDA receives. Vilsack announced on July 18 the
Notice of Funding Availability for loans and grants to build or
preserve affordable rental farmworker housing. This technical
assistance funding is for organizations that assist potential
borrowers under that notice.
Technical assistance grantees must have the knowledge,
ability, expertise or practical experience necessary to develop
and package farm labor housing loan and grant applications. They
also will be required to assist eligible nonprofit groups with a
minimum number of applications to USDA, based on their location.
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 For additional information, see Page 54877 of the Sept. 6
Federal Register,
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/
FR-2012-09-06/html/2012-21885.htm.
The deadline for submitting applications is Nov. 5.
Visit USDA Rural Development’s new interactive Web map
featuring program funding and success stories for fiscal years
2009-2011. The data is available at
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
RDSuccessStories.html.
USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, has an
active portfolio of more than $172 billion in loans and loan
guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic
stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers
and ranchers, and to improve the quality of life in rural
America.
[Text from file received from
USDA Rural Development, Illinois]
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