# Rural Capacity Building

**Agency:** Housing & Urban Dev  
**Account:** DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS TOTAL, NET  
**Source document:** HUD Programs · p. 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/hud/rural-capacity-building  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 7.0 |

## Housing & Urban Dev discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $62.00B, FY2026 $74.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

…Many of these communities face persistent poverty, an aging housing stock, and declining economic opportunities, making targeted capacity building not only necessary, but urgent. To address the persistent capacity challenges facing rural communities, the President's Budget proposes a $5 million set-aside within Section 4 for rural capacity building. This set-aside would ensure that rural areas receive the targeted technical assistance and organizational support required to revitalize local economies and strengthen community-based institutions. Resources would be directed to a trusted non-profit intermediary in Habitat and deployed through local Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) to lead efforts in affordable housing, small business development, and main street revitalization- critical drivers of job creation and economic growth. By building local capacity, this investment aims to reduce long-term reliance on Federal assistance by strengthening local control, empowering rural communities to attract private capital and implement homegrown solutions, while promoting Habitat is a prime example of the strong, long running partnerships HUD has with faith-based organizations. In implementing Section 4 grant award funding received from 2017 to 2023, Habitat representing an approx. 18:1 leverage ratio  Served over 300 elig


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Housing & Urban Dev › HUD Programs › DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS TOTAL, NET › COMMUNITY PLANNING and DEVELOPMENT TOTAL


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*