# NEWS RELEASE

Media Contact: DEL TINSLEY (307) 233-6700

LOLA LUCERO (307) 672-5820 EXT. 4

[lola.lucero@wy.usda.gov](mailto:Lola.lucero@wy.usda.gov)

**USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES NOTICE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING**

**Casper, WY -- March 28, 2006 - USDA Rural Development announced
funding Rural Rental Housing programs which has become available
nationwide. Two separate Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) have
announced Fiscal Year 2006 timeframes for the Section 514 and 516 Farm
Labor Housing Loans and Grants and Section 515 Rural Rental Housing. The
NOFA was published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2006. The Rural
Housing Service will review applicants submitted by eligible applicants
received by May 19, 2006.**

**Del Tinsley, State director of Wyoming Rural Development, stated
"Finding decent, safe and affordable rental housing in rural areas can
be challenging. The funds made available through the Farm Labor and
Multi-Family Housing programs provide improved rental units for citizens
of rural Wyoming"**

**The purpose of the Section 514 and 516 Farm Labor Housing loans and
grants is to increase the number of available housing unites for
domestic farm laborers. Eligibility is limited to broad-based nonprofit
organizations, nonprofit organization of farm workers, federally
recognized Indian tribes, agencies or political subdivisions of State or
local governments and public agencies (housing authorities).**

**The Section 515 Rural Rental Housing (RRH) NOFA provides authority to
make loans to any individual, corporation, association, trust, Indian
tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, consumer cooperative,
or partnership to provide rental housing and related facilities in rural
areas for very-low, low or moderate income personas or families,
including elderly persons and persons with disabilities. The following
areas have been designated places for Section 515 New Construction
Applications for Fiscal Year 2006 in Wyoming:**

1)  **Afton (Lincoln)**

2)  **Buffalo (Johnson)**

3)  **Diamondville (Lincoln)**

4)  **Guernsey (Platte)**

5)  **Hanna (Carbon)**

6)  **Jackson (Teton)**

7)  **Lusk (Niobrara)**

8)  **Lyman (Uinta)**

9)  **Marbleton (Sublette)**

10) **Moorcroft (Crook)**

11) **Moose Wilson Road (Teton)**

12) **Mountain View (Uinta)**

13) **Pine Bluffs (Laramie)**

14) **Pinedale (Sublette)**

15) **Powell (Park)**

16) **Ranchester (Sheridan)**

17) **Rawlins (Carbon)**

18) **Sheridan (Sheridan)**

19) **Saratoga (Carbon)**

20) **Shoshoni (Fremont)**

21) **Story (Sheridan)**

22) **Sundance (Crook)**

23) **Thermopolis/East Thermopolis (Hot Springs)**

24) **Torrington (Goshen)**

25) **Upton (Weston)**

26) **Wheatland (Platte)**

27) **\*Wind River Indian Reservation (high need area); Arapahoe,
    Boulder Flats, Crowheart, Ethete, Fort Washakie, Johnstown, and
    Pavillion (Fremont)**

28) **Wilson (Teton)**

29) **Wright (Campbell)**

30) **Moose Wilson Road (Teton)**

31) **Sleepy Hollow (Campbell)**

32) **South Park (Teton)**

33) **Star Valley Ranch (Lincoln)**

34) **Worland (Washakie)**

**Applications should be submitted to Alan Brooks, Rural Housing Program
Director, 100 East B Street, Room 1005, Casper, WY 82602. Mr. Brooks may
be contacted by calling (307) 233-6716 or by email at
alan.brooks@wy.usda.gov for information on proposal preparation.**

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**USDA Rural Development is an Equal Opportunity Lender, Provider, and
Employer. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to: USDA,
Director, Office of Civil Rights, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410**