Rural self-help housing technical assist

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service has awarded a $600,000 Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance grant (CFDA 10.420) to the nonprofit organization Campesinos Sin Fronteras. This Project Grant will provide technical assistance services to very low- and low-income individuals and families in rural Arizona to enable them to construct their own homes through the self-help construction method. The technical assistance includes construction expertise, homebuyer education, financial counseling, and community outreach to facilitate affordable rural homeownership. This award builds on Campesinos Sin Fronteras' history of leveraging federal grant funding to deliver targeted services promoting stability and wellbeing for underserved Hispanic populations in Arizona border communities, including past grants from HHS and USDA. The grant performance period runs from February 2025 to March 2026.