Affordable housing for farm workers in rural areas that is attractive, durable and close to community services is nearly impossible to find.
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Moenkopi Village is located on the Hopi reservation in northern Arizona, near Tuba City. The village is isolated, but it also is developing from tourism.
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The Lake Tahoe basin and surrounding areas is host to dozens of small water and wastewater systems.
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HICDC has been developing affordable home ownership opportunities on the Big Island of Hawaii since 1986. With operational funding coming from the USDA Rural Development Self-Help Housing Program, and family financing from the USDA Section 502 direct loan program, groups of eight to 10 low- and very-low income families work together to build each other’s homes.
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When Royal City, Washington needed to replace its seriously aging water system pipes, RCAC provided a flexible $100,000 interim loan to finance the improvements.
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RCAC in collaboration with the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians secured funding for the tribe to develop a comprehensive master plan that creates a foundation for the tribe’s sustainability.
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Rocky Ford is an agricultural community with a population of about 4,200 in Otero County in Southeastern Colorado.
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For more than 20 years, GroundWorks has provided affordable housing construction and rehabilitation services to low-income families in southern Oregon. With offices located in Medford, GroundWorks serves Jackson and Josephine counties.
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One of the most significant challenges that practitioners have in utilizing federal housing programs is the determination of income eligibility.
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The city of Mabton in Yakima County (population 2,165) owns and operates an activated sludge treatment plant which discharges treated effluent to the Yakima River.
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