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The case for the importance of USDA's 502 and 523 housing programs

Posted Tue, 2011/04/12 - 2:12pm by RCAP

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC), an organization associated with RCAP, has two new publications to help make the case for the importance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Section 502 direct and 523 programs, which are self-help housing programs that support minority home-ownership.

USDA invites applications for grants to connect rural communities to broadband service

Posted Thu, 2011/03/10 - 12:39pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2011 (USDA) – USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Administrator Jonathan Adelstein today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to provide broadband access in rural communities currently without broadband service. Joining him to make the announcement was Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

New federal strategy for Chesapeake launches major initiatives and holds government accountable for progress

Posted Thu, 2010/05/20 - 8:56am by RCAP

The new federal strategy for the Chesapeake region released May 12 focuses on protecting and restoring the environment in communities throughout the 64,000-square-mile watershed and in its thousands of streams, creeks and rivers. The strategy includes using rigorous regulations to restore clean water, implementing new conservation practices on 4 million acres of farms, conserving 2 million acres of undeveloped land and rebuilding oysters in 20 tributaries of the bay.