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Self-Help Builder News December 2012 Volume 5, Issue #4
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RCAC launches new self-help marketing videos
By Bruce Newman, RCAC home options manager
RCAC created two new videos to help grantees increase their success in finding qualified participants for the USDA Rural Development Mutual Self-Help Housing program. Each video is unique but both explore common themes about the impact the self-help housing program has had on participants’ lives. One video is in English, and the other is in Spanish with English subtitles. Read more and watch the videos >>
A long time coming
RCAC welcomes seven new Self-Help grantees in the west
By Angela Sisco, RCAC rural development specialist
RCAC is proud to introduce the rural West’s newest Section 523 grantees. The new grantees’ projects range from straw bale construction demonstration projects and tribal models, to rehabilitation and traditional new construction self-help programs. Read more >>
Self-help housing issues discussed in Washington, D.C.
By Stanley Keasling, RCAC chief executive officer
The National Rural Self-Help Housing Association (NRSHHA) met in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5. Bob Rapoza, from the National Rural Housing Coalition (NRHC), talked about the unfinished legislative issues of particular concern to the self-help grantees.
Foremost among those issues is the fact that the new census population requirements are set to become effective March 31, 2013, if there is not a bill to extend or expand the grandfather clause and/or the rural definition for the housing programs. Read more >>
A tale of three rehabs
By Harold Branch, RCAC rural development specialist
Three different organizations share one common theme – customers love their housing rehabilitation programs. Read more >>
SHARES Tidbit
By Nancy Jacobsen, RCAC rural development specialist
The new SHARES program roll out is scheduled for late December or early January.
Currently, a select group of test participants including representatives from the T&MA Contractors are testing the new program. Grantees from each region will begin testing in the near future. The new SHARES will be a modern, adaptable software program and will be user friendly. The program is designed to provide efficiency and save time. Read more >>
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