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Self-Help Housing

Guides & Forms

This section of our website houses information just for our self-help housing grantees. Here you find Rural Development training manual downloads and application forms. Click on any of the following to download information. For training materials produced by NeighborGood Partners which are accessible only to grantees and Rural Development personnel in Region III, please see Training Downloads. Adobe Reader is needed to view our publications.

RD Training Guides

• 1944-I (Self-Help Housing Regulations)
• Orientation Handbook
• Feasibility Handbook
• Application Handbook
• Application Training PowerPoint
• 502 Loans Guidebook
• 502 Loan Processing Checklist
• Accounting for Individual Borrower 502 Loan Accounts Handbook
• Acquisition and Owner-Occupied Rehab Handbook

• Board of Directors Governance Guide
• Construction Supervisor Handbook
• Financial Management Handbook for Federally Funded Organizations

• Group Coordinator Handbook

• Membership Agreement Handbook
• Pre-Construction Meeting Handbook
• Program Director Handbook

• SHARES Handbook

Required Application Forms
(Download From Here)

Please visit USDA Mutual Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Grants to find and download the most recent version of the following forms:

Request for Obligation of Funds, Form RD 1940-1
Assurance Agreement, Form RD 400-4
Standard Form SF-424
RD 2006-38 Civil Rights Analysis
Form RD 400-8 Compliance Review
Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan, HUD Form 935.2b
Budget Information Non-Construction Programs, Form SF-424A

Additional Required Forms

Please visit USDA Mutual Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Grants to find and download the most recent version of the following Post Award forms:

Form RD 1924-25 Plan Certification
SF-270 Request for Advance or Reimbursement
SF-425 Federal Financial Report
Form RD 1924-7 Change Order
Description of Materials, Form RD 1924-2

Please visit USDA Service Center Agencies eForms to find and download the most recent version of the following forms:

Construction Contract RD Form 1924-6
Environmental Review, Form RD 1940-20
Option to Purchase Real Property, Form RD 440-34
Position Fidelity Schedule Bond, Form RD 440-24

Please visit GRANTS.GOV to find and download the most recent version of the following forms:

Assurances, Non-Construction Programs, Form SF-424B
Certification Regarding Debarments, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters, Form AD-1047
Certification Regarding Drug Free Workplace, Form AD-1049