农业部住房保全补助落地爱荷华州：两家非营利各获40,112美元，修缮23户低收入农村住宅
美国农业部（USDA）农村发展署爱荷华州主任 Mike Sexton 11月4日在 Des Moines 宣布，该州两家非营利组织将获得2026财年住房保全补助计划（Housing Preservation Grant Program）资金，用于修缮低收入农村居民的自有住宅。
两家受助组织各获40,112美元。其中，Region XII Council of Governments 将为 Audubon、Carroll、Crawford、Greene 与 Sac 五县的14名极低收入房主修缮其自住住宅，做必要的修理、消除健康与安全隐患并改善居住条件；NIACOG Housing Trust Fund Inc. 将为 Cerro Gordo、Floyd、Franklin、Hancock、Kossuth、Mitchell、Winnebago 与 Worth 八县的9名房主更换高效能的新炉具与空调设备，做住宅机械系统方面的修缮。
全国层面，农村发展署通过该计划投入近800万美元，预计为全美农村地区修缮约1,228套住房，对象为极低收入与低收入农村居民。
Sexton 表示，农业部与州、市镇和非营利组织合作，处理住房周期各个阶段的问题，包括修缮符合条件的住宅、让可负担的农村住房存量保持可用；这笔投资将帮助符合条件的低收入爱荷华居民修理炉具、屋顶并消除安全隐患，面对爱荷华农村人口老龄化，让住宅保持安全可用对老年人尽可能长久地独立生活至关重要。（来源：美国农业部）
USDA Housing Preservation Grants Reach Iowa: Two Nonprofits Receive $40,112 Each to Repair 23 Low-Income Rural Homes
Mike Sexton, Iowa state director for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, announced in Des Moines on November 4 that two Iowa nonprofit organizations will receive fiscal year 2026 funding through the Housing Preservation Grant Program to repair owner-occupied homes of low-income rural residents.
Each organization will receive $40,112. The Region XII Council of Governments will rehabilitate homes owned and occupied by very-low-income individuals, making necessary repairs, eliminating health and safety hazards and improving living conditions for 14 homeowners in rural Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene and Sac counties. NIACOG Housing Trust Fund Inc. will use its grant for mechanical work in very-low-income owner-occupied homes, replacing furnaces and air-conditioning units with new energy-efficient models for nine homeowners in rural Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Winnebago and Worth counties.
Nationwide, Rural Development is investing nearly $8 million through the program to fund home repairs and housing rehabilitation for very-low- and low-income rural residents, expected to repair an estimated 1,228 housing units across rural America.
Sexton said USDA partners with states, municipalities and nonprofits to address all stages of the housing cycle, including repairing eligible homes to keep the affordable rural housing stock in working order, adding that the investments will help fix furnaces, roofs and safety hazards for eligible low-income Iowans and, given Iowa's aging rural population, help senior citizens live independently for as long as possible. (Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
来源：美国农业部
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图片来源：图：美国农业部总部 Jamie L. Whitten 大楼外景（华盛顿）。照片：Preston Keres／美国农业部，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Jamie L. Whitten Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington. Photo by Preston Keres / USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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