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Rural Housing Service Housing Programs For Low-Income Households


RHS OVERVIEW The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is the successor agency to the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA). It is responsible for administering a number of rural housing programs not all of which serve low- and very low income persons and households. Unlike its predecessor which was an agency within the Department of Agriculture with its own national and field office staff, RHS is only an administrative division within the Department of Agriculture (USDA). It has a national office but no field office staff. The RHS housing programs are administered in the field by USDA’s Rural Development staff.

Regulations, Handbooks and Administrative Notices:

The regulations governing the RHS programs are now called Rural Development (RD) Regulations. Because, however, they have not been revised, they are replete with refrences to FmHA. They can generally be found in 7 C.F.R. §§ 1800-2099. The RD version of the Regulations, called RD Instructions, together with Handbooks and Administrative Notices are available on the web at www.rdinit.usda.gov/regs

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