Housing Assistance: An Inventory of Fiscal Year 2010 Programs, Tax Expenditures, and Other Activities
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Section 523 Mutual and Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Grants
| Administering Agency/Entity |
Department of Agriculture |
| Short Description |
Provides grants to qualified nonprofit organizations and public entities that will aid very low- and low-income individuals and their families to build homes in rural areas by the self-help method. Eligible organizations may use technical assistance funds to hire personnel to carry out a technical assistance program for self-help housing in rural areas; to pay necessary and reasonable office and administrative expenses; to purchase or rent equipment such as power tools for use by families participating in self-help housing construction; and to pay fees for training self-help group members in construction techniques or for other needed professional services. |
| Primary Purpose |
Assistance for buying, selling, or financing a home |
| Type of Housing Supported |
Homeownership |
| Type of Assistance |
Grant |
| Fiscal Year 2010 Obligations |
$43,000,000 |
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