Federal officials are using National Homeownership Month to spotlight programs aimed at helping more rural residents buy, build and repair homes across New York. USDA Rural Development New York State ...

Workers install solar panels at Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, Pa., in 2010. The project was funded in part through the Rural Energy for America Program. (USDA photo by Julie Holland) ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University is now part of North Carolina Commerce’s Rural Community Capacity (RC2) program. The program provides professional development training for leaders of local ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the housing finance industry navigates governmental changes and shifting market dynamics, Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (“CSG”), a real estate and renewable ...

Lisa Kartak stands in front of the home she purchased in Annandale, Minn., through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program. The federal loan program that has helped hundreds of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cracking down on delinquent lenders participating in the Rural Development Guaranteed ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he’s enjoyed about becoming North Dakota’s director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting with people in ...

It's nearly 8,000 miles between Ames, Iowa and the Kamuli district of Uganda, but for two decades, the communities have been linked a powerful way through the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods.

MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal loan program that has helped hundreds of thousands of Americans buy homes in rural areas is about to run out of money, potentially crippling the real estate market in many ...