Rural Rental Housing Loans are direct, competitive mortgage loans made to provide affordable multifamily rental housing for very low-, low-, and moderate-income families; the elderly; and persons with disabilities. This is primarily a direct mortgage program, but its funds may also be used to buy and improve land and to provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems.
For more information, contact USDA/Rural Development, 2106 E. Spruce, Garden City, KS 67846. Telephone: (620) 275-0211 Fax: (620) 275-4903.
Programs:
Single Family Housing Direct Home Loans
This program assists low- and very-low-income applicants obtain decent, safe and sanitary housing in eligible rural areas by providing payment assistance to increase an applicant’s repayment ability. Payment assistance is a type of subsidy that reduces the mortgage payment for a short time. The amount of assistance is determined by the adjusted family income.
Visit USDA Single Family Housing Direct Home Loans website for more information.
Single Family Housing Repair Loans and Grants
This program provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.
Visit USDA Single Family Housing Repair Loans and Grants website for more information.
Single Family Housing Guarantee Home Loan Program
This program assists approved lenders in providing low- and moderate-income households the opportunity to own adequate, modest, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings as their primary residence in eligible rural areas. Eligible applicants may build, rehabilitate, improve or relocate a dwelling in an eligible rural area. The program provides a 90% loan note guarantee to approved lenders in order to reduce the risk of extending 100% loans to eligible rural homebuyers.
Visit USDA Single Family Housing Guarantee Home Loan website for more information.