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Funding Opportunities for Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development’s Multifamily Housing Programs
USDA Rural Development's Multifamily Housing Programs offer direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants to provide affordable rental housing for lower-income rural residents, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Recipients can use funds to buy and improve land and to build, preserve, or revitalize multifamily buildings. The Multifamily Housing Rental Assistance Program provides payments directly to the owners of USDA-financed rural rental or farm labor housing on behalf of eligible tenants who cannot afford to pay their full rent. Programs include:
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Multifamily Housing Loan Guarantee — The program works with qualified private-sector lenders to provide financing to qualified borrowers to increase the supply of affordable rental housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and families in eligible rural areas and towns.
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Multifamily Housing Direct Loans — This program provides competitive financing for affordable multi-family rental housing for low-income, elderly, or disabled individuals and families in eligible rural areas.
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On-Farm Labor Housing Loans — This program provides affordable financing to develop or rehabilitate affordable rental housing for very-low income domestic, migrant, and seasonal farm laborers.
Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides funding to qualified nonprofits, including Tribally owned nonprofits, to create a revolving loan fund or to award sub-grants to homeowners for supporting access to individually owned water and wastewater services in eligible rural areas. Application deadline: 3/3/2025
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides loan guarantee funding to assist in developing constructing and retrofitting new and emerging technologies for: advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products. Letter of intent: 3/5/2025
Community Connect Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides funds to establish high-speed internet networks that will foster economic growth and deliver enhanced educational, health care and public safety benefits. Application deadline: 4/21/2025
Business and Industry Loan Guarantees
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers loan guarantees to lenders to provide loans to rural businesses. The qualified lender may be located anywhere. Application deadline: Open
Community Facilities Programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides funding to develop or improve essential public services and facilities. Projects include fire and rescue stations, town halls, health care clinics, hospitals, childcare centers, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation centers, public buildings, schools, libraries, and many other community-based initiatives. Application deadline: Open
Rural Housing Site Loans
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers specific loans to eligible entities to purchase and develop housing sites for low- and moderate-income families. Application deadline: Open
Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program (Section 502 program)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers funding to approved lenders for 100-percent-financed, no-money-down loans to eligible low- and moderate-income households for single-family dwellings in rural areas. Application deadline: Open
Single Family Housing Repair Loans & Grants (Section 504 program)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their homes, and provides grants to elderly, very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards. Application deadline: Open
Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas. Application deadline: Open
Water & Waste Disposal Loan Guarantees
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development helps private lenders provide affordable financing to qualified borrowers to improve access to clean, reliable water and waste disposal systems for households and businesses in rural areas. Application deadline: Open
Funding Opportunities Supporting
Community and Economic Development
Rural Business Development Grants *Program Closing Soon*
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers funds for business opportunities and enterprise projects to organizations, including nonprofit cooperatives, that may be used to establish business support centers, to finance trainings, to purchase land, and to modernize buildings. See the Federal Register for details. Application Deadline: 2/28/2025
Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers this competitive program to help rural communities use advanced telecommunications technology to connect to each other—and the world— overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density. Application deadline: 3/6/2025
Value-Added Producer Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides funding to help agricultural producers enter value-added activities to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities, and increase producer income. Application deadline: 4/17/2025
Rural Economic Development Loan & Grant Programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development supports zero-interest loans and grants for current and former eligible Rural Utilities Service borrowers who then use the funds to help local businesses finance projects that create and retain jobs or support community facility projects. Application deadline: Quarterly
Intermediary Relending Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides funds to local lenders or “intermediaries” that re-lend to businesses to improve economic conditions and create new opportunities in rural communities. Application deadline: Quarterly
Water & Waste Disposal Predevelopment Planning Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers grants to help low-income, rural communities with the initial planning and development of applications for their water and waste disposal loan/grant and loan guarantee programs. Application deadline: Open
Distributed Generation Energy Project Financing
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers loans and loan guarantees to energy project developers for distributed energy projects including renewables that provide wholesale or retail electricity to existing Rural Utilities Service Electric Program borrowers or to rural communities served by other utilities. Application deadline: Open
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Funding Opportunities for Tribal Communities
USDA Rural Development’s Tribal Relations Web Page
This page offers a calendar of events, funding opportunities, news releases, success stories, and more!
Water and Waste Facility Loans and Grants to Alleviate Health Risks on Tribal Lands
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development helps get safe, reliable drinking water and waste-disposal services to low-income communities that face significant health risks. Application deadline: Open
Grants for Rural and Native Alaskan Villages
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers this program to help remote Alaskan villages provide safe, reliable drinking water and waste-disposal systems for households and businesses. Application deadline: Open
Tribal College Initiative Grant
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides funding to 1994 Land Grant Institutions to make capital improvements to their educational facilities and to purchase equipment. Tribal colleges can use funds for infrastructure improvements, to purchase equipment, and to develop essential community facilities. Application deadline: Open
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