Registration Opening Next Week! – Fahe Annual Meeting & Rural Initiatives Member Conference (free with Annual Mtg. registration) – Sept. 9-12 ~ Hilton Knoxville Fahe Community Lending is rolling out a referral program for Members ONLY. Details HERE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: From ARC – ARC is currently seeking proposals to conduct research and provide guidance regarding [...]

The Latest House passes THUD appropriations bill, large gains in affordable housing and infrastructurePresident Trump forms White House Council on affordable housing, targets regulatory burden as primary barrier Longer Term Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes rule change to boost reimbursement for rural hospitalsReport shows some economic gains in Appalachia, but distressed counties continue [...]

Registration Opening Next Week! – Fahe Annual Meeting & Rural Initiatives Member Conference (free with Annual Mtg. registration) – Sept. 9-12 ~ Hilton Knoxville FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: $85 Million Available for Pre-Apprenticeship Programs for Young People (YouthBuild) – if you are interested in applying, especially if this is your first time, we have an offer of [...]

The Latest House appropriation process progresses; includes important direction to HUD and Agriculture DepartmentsOffice of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes changing the poverty level – making fewer people eligible for programs Longer Term Harvard center on housing studies set to release State of the Nation’s Housing Report on June 25thStudent loan debt is becoming increasingly [...]

CHECK IT OUT! Fahe’s Lending Directory Registration Opening SOON! – Annual Meeting & Rural Housing Summit – Sept. 9-12 ~ Hilton Knoxville – NEW OPPORTUNITIES: Fahe Community Lending Services is rolling out a referral program for Members ONLY. Dwain shared this at our Spring Retreat – see HERE for details! HAC has partnered with the National Endowment [...]

SAVE THE DATE! Annual Meeting & Rural Housing Summit – Sept. 9-12 ~ Hilton Knoxville NEW OPPORTUNITIES: Fahe Community Lending Services is rolling out a referral program for Members ONLY. Dwain shared this at our Spring Retreat – see HERE for details! HAC has partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts to administer the Citizens Institute [...]

SAVE THE DATE! Annual Meeting & Rural Housing Summit – Sept. 9-12 ~ Hilton Knoxville NEW OPPORTUNITIES: HAC has partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts to administer the Citizens Institute on Rural Design (CIRD). CIRD will award three top grantees $10,000 and support for design, placemaking, and arts based workshops in rural and tribal communities. [...]

Thank you to everyone who made the trip to Berea last week to participate in the Spring Retreat! We had a great meeting, had some insightful discussions around exciting work focusing on Social Enterprise, Elder Housing with Services, and Job Training with Recovery and Housing, and had time for the staff to meet and mingle [...]

The Latest Proposed USDA rule change would limit food on the table investments in Appalachia – comments accepted till April 2ndAppropriations process underway Longer Term Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs schedules hearing on future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac The Latest Fahe advocacy released an action alert on the proposed rule [...]