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Technical Assistance For
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Self-Help Housing Program |
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Overview
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Self-Help Home
Nebraska City, Nebraska
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The Purpose Of The Technical Assistance For Self-Help Housing Program Is...To
provide grant funds to eligible entities to finance programs of technical and supervisory assistance for the
development of mutual self-help housing.
Mutual Self-Help
Housing is a construction method by which participants organized in groups
of 6-10 families and/or individuals, utilize their own labor to reduce the
total construction costs of their homes. Construction work is
completed on homes by an exchange of labor with one another. Financing for the materials and skilled labor which needs to
be hired is generally provided through the agency's Direct Home Ownership Loan program.
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Eligible Applicants Include...Public bodies and public or private non-profit corporations. |
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Terms And Conditions... |
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The applicant must show that self-help housing is needed in the area and that services and equipment to be paid for with grant
funds cannot be financed through other sources.
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The grant period will generally not exceed 24 months. |
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View...The detailed
Technical
Assistance For Self-Help Housing Fact Sheet. |
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Locate And Contact...Your nearest USDA Rural Development Office.
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