Rental Assistance From USDA Rural Development

The USDA Rural Development rental assistance program provides rental assistance to help ensure that low-income tenants pay no more than 30 percent of their income towards their rent. Rural Development’s portfolio of other rental assistance offered includes Rural Rental Housing Loans which help to finance the construction of additional rental housing for low to moderate-income families and individuals, as well as grants for cooperative housing for the disabled and elderly. The aid program also  awards Housing Preservation Grants to provide assistance to rural communities to modernize and improve housing and multi unit rental standards.

The program leverages HOME Funds, various tax credit, Housing grants, Housing Trust Funds and other Rental Assistance, all to accomplish its goal to provide decent, safe, affordable, and sanitary housing primarily in rural areas.

Wherever the need exists for affordable rental housing for families, the Rural Development assistance program helps play a key role in aiding low-income tenants and their families with their rent payments.