The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans. As a ...

USDA loans are mortgages backed or funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also called USDA rural development loans or rural housing loans, USDA home loans feature low or no down payments ...

Jun. 28—BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he's enjoyed about becoming North Dakota's director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting ...

Campbell said he's enjoyed talking to people in rural North Dakota and seeing the projects the program has funded.

PASCO, Wash. – Franklin County Commissioners will meet with USDA Rural Development State Director Kirk Pearson to explore potential funding opportunities, according to a release by the commission.

Reductions in staff and office closures loom at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the agency has opened a ‘path’ to release $10.8 billion, which includes $2.5 billion in loan ...

New ERA and REAP are two programs among a trio of rural energy programs administered by the USDA’s Rural Development division. The third, Powering American Clean Energy (PACE), had announced $1.4 ...

The slashing of Rural Development's workforce leaves former officials concerned that rural Oklahoma could lose its safety net.