Rural self-help housing technical assist

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service awarded a $532,500 Project Grant to Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc., a nonprofit housing developer, to provide rural self-help housing technical assistance. This funding supports Interfaith Housing Alliance's efforts to help very low- and low-income individuals and families in rural areas build their own homes through the self-help method. Specifically, the grant enables Interfaith Housing Alliance to deliver construction expertise, homebuyer education, financial counseling, and community outreach to facilitate affordable rural homeownership. The performance period for this grant award is from October 2024 to July 2025. Additionally, Interfaith Housing Alliance received a $43,000 federal sub-grant from Enterprise Community Partners to hire and train a new Construction Director to ensure continuity of their rural housing assistance programs across Maryland counties.