Rural self-help housing technical assist

This federal Project Grant award of $490,890.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance program (CFDA 10.420) provides funding to Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership, a nonprofit organization, to assist very low- and low-income individuals and families in South Dakota in building homes through the self-help construction method. The grant supports the delivery of technical assistance services that guide participants through the home construction process, including construction expertise, homebuyer education, financial counseling, and community outreach. The goal is to facilitate affordable rural homeownership by enabling families to contribute significant sweat equity to reduce housing costs. This award to Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership, which also acts as a subrecipient for various federal grant programs, will fund these technical assistance services from December 2024 to January 2026.