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included in this year's Omnibus Appropriations Act, which passed the Senate on January 16, 2014. He has also included a longer term fix in the Senate Farm Bill, which is now in conference. Without Johnson's efforts, hundreds of communities could have lost their eligibility, which would have had serious negative consequences for local economies and homebuyers.
•  The USDA's housing programs help rural communities by providing homeownership options for individuals and financing assistance for developers of multi-family housing projects such as assisted living for the elderly and disabled.
• The largest component of the USDA's rural housing activity is the Section 502 loan program, which includes privately-funded loans to families in rural communities, insured by the Rural Housing Service. Section 502 loans have helped hundreds of thousands of individuals and families become homeowners.