For homebuyers seeking a zero-down-payment mortgage, a USDA home loan is worth consideration. Although USDA rural development loans are often thought to be limited to farms, these loans are available ...

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - pass-through to local utilities to benefit community businesses and emergency services. Iowa’s Rural Development Deputy State Director Henry Kummerer announced the grants ...

NEW GLARUS, Wis. -- USDA Rural Development is loaning the Village of New Glarus $2.3 million to increase water quality and capacity. The loan is invested through the USDA's Rural Development's Water ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters outside the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Reductions in staff and office closures loom ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announces $6.78 million in grants and $37.6 million in loans.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to scrap what it calls "discriminatory" regulations that block rural churches and religious non-profits ...

The USDA Rural Development is a lifeline to economically depressed rural towns where Trump is popular but the Trump Administration has damaged the agency. It's been a turbulent couple of months at the ...

USDA rural home loans (often called USDA Rural Development loans) remain fully available in 2025 for Maryland homebuyers. These mortgages offer 100% financing (no down payment) with competitive ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The ongoing government shutdown is set to create growing delays for homebuyers relying on federal loan programs, with Rural Development loans being hit particularly hard.

The U.S.D.A. is sending rural development loans and grants to four projects in Appanoose, Pocahontas, Sioux and Winneshiek counties. State Rural Development Director Theresa Greenfield says they work ...