Events

About The Conference

The biennial National Rural Housing Conference brings together stakeholders in the field of rural affordable housing from local nonprofits, federal agencies, Congress, state and local governments, and other industry leaders for two-and-a-half days of training, discussion, and networking.

Look back at the National Rural Housing Conference

Thanks to the amazing rural housing community, the virtual 2021 HAC National Rural Housing Conference was an enormous success! We were thrilled to be joined over 500 rural stakeholders across 3+ days of learning, collaborating, and connecting. But the Conference is just the start of our work together. Make sure to revisit the main stage events on HAC’s YouTube channel, and registrants can still access all the content through the HAC NRHC app.

Introduction to USDA's Mutual Self-Help Housing

Self-Help Housing Trainings from HAC’s Conference

Rural Housing Awards 2021

HAC Celebrates Rural Housing at the 2021 National Rural Housing Conference

As part of the 2021 National Rural Housing Conference, the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) recognized individuals and/or organizations that have, through their continued work and or newly established initiatives, made a positive and lasting impact to affordable housing in rural America. The Covid pandemic was a paradigm shift that tested the strength, and temerity of […]

The Daily Yonder: USDA Seeks Equity in Housing…

The Daily Yonder reports from the 2021 HAC National Rural Housing Conference on President & CEO David’s Lipsetz’s interview with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. USDA Seeks Equity in Housing, Less Extractive Rural Economies, Secretary of Ag Says by Kristi Eaton December 1, 2021 According to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]