The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Home Repair Program is offering qualifying rural homeowners the opportunity to apply for loans and grants to repair their dwellings, agency officials announced.
The USDA announced the availability of loans to build broadband in rural areas, along with changes to the program required by the 2014 Farm Bill.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Tuesday that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations located in Puerto Rico as a result of the drought.