Rural
Build Rural Broadband with USDA ReConnect Grants and Loans: How to Prepare for Funding Up to $50M
Rural broadband funding is the closest thing infrastructure folks have to a summer blockbuster: big budgets, big stakes, big deadlines, and a whole cast of characters who suddenly appear the minute a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) drops.
USDA Community Facilities Loan & Grant: Funding for Rural Infrastructure
Low-interest loans and grants that help rural communities build and improve essential facilities such as clinics, public safety buildings, and childcare centers.
USDA REAP Clean Energy Grants and Loans 2025: How Rural Businesses Can Secure Up to 1 Million Dollars
If you run a farm or a rural small business and your utility bills make you wince every month, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is not a nice-to-have. It is the program.
USDA Rural Business Development Grants (RBDG)
USDA Rural Development grant program supporting rural business opportunity and enterprise projects through eligible public and nonprofit applicants.
USDA Section 502 Direct Home Loan
Zero-down payment mortgage option for very low- and low-income rural homebuyers, financed directly by USDA Rural Development.
USDA Section 504 Home Repair Loans and Grants
USDA Rural Development’s Section 504 program offers 1% fixed-rate loans and grants to very low-income rural homeowners for health, safety, and accessibility home repairs.
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Direct Loan Guide: How to Secure 1 Percent Financing for Rural Affordable Housing
If you work in affordable housing and rural communities keep coming up short, the USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Direct Loan program should be on your short list of tools. It is not flashy. It is not fast.