Section 523 self-help technical asst(TA) grants

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Housing America Corp, a nonprofit community development corporation based in Somerton, Arizona, $882,000 under the Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance program (CFDA 10.420) on June 30, 2026. The award funds technical assistance enabling very low- and low-income individuals and families in rural Arizona to construct their own homes using the self-help method, combining owner labor with professional construction expertise, homebuyer education, and financial counseling to reduce housing costs. The performance period runs through June 30, 2028, with work performed in Somerton, Arizona. Housing America Corp operates almost entirely on federal grants from the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service, concentrating its portfolio on this self-help housing technical assistance program and rural housing preservation work across 13 recent prime grant awards. The organization has received over $5 million in cumulative funding under CFDA 10.420 since 2021.