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Rural Development Strategies: Rural Housing Loans

Homes financed by USDA's Single Family Direct Loan Housing Program are more likely to be in smaller communities and more remote rural areas than homes purchased with loans that are guaranteed by USDA and made by other lenders .

 

Homes financed by USDA's Single Family Direct Loan Housing Program are more likely to be in smaller communities and more remote rural areas than homes purchased with loans that are guaranteed by USDA and made by other lenders .

USDA's main program aimed at increasing home ownership is the section 502 program, administered by the Rural Housing Service. This program offers direct loans to low-income individuals, and guaranteed loans to low-to-medium income individuals. These maps from the Rural Housing briefing room show the geographic distribution of these two components of the 502 program in fiscal year 2001.

 
For more information, contact: Richard Reeder

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Updated date: October 23, 2006