Rural Housing Preservation Grant Award Summary

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (Single Family Housing Program) awarded $152,334 in Project Grant funding to Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency (SETHRA) on July 29, 2026, under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433). This award supports SETHRA's delivery of housing repair and rehabilitation services to very low- and low-income rural residents in Tennessee through August 29, 2027. The grant enables SETHRA to assist individual homeowners and rental property owners in designated rural areas with necessary repairs and rehabilitation of substandard dwellings, addressing housing preservation needs within non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas and remote rural communities.

As a qualified public agency with demonstrated administrative capacity and experience in housing rehabilitation and community services, SETHRA will utilize these funds to maximize assistance to very low-income populations while maintaining administrative costs below the 20 percent threshold established by the program. The 12-month project completion period aligns with standard Rural Housing Preservation Grants timelines, allowing SETHRA to efficiently deploy resources for housing preservation activities that serve concentrated populations of very low- and low-income persons in its Southeast Tennessee service region.