Foundation for Rural Housing, Inc. Records, 1969-2005
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Title: Foundation for Rural Housing, Inc. Records
Inclusive Dates: 1969-2005

Creator:
  • Foundation for Rural Housing, Inc.
Call Number: M2010-068; Audio 1489A

Quantity: 14.4 c.f. (14 record center cartons and 1 video box), 238 photographs, 84 negatives, and 4 tape recordings

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
The Foundation for Rural Housing, Inc. (named the Wisconsin Rural Housing Cooperative from 1969-1983) assists low-income families of rural Wisconsin in acquiring and maintaining adequate, safe, and sanitary housing. The bulk of the collection documents programs and projects including the Community Housing Alternatives Program (CHAP), the Housing Initiative Program (HIP), the National Demonstration Water Project (NDWP), the Wisconsin Fund (Private Sewage System Grant), and the Volunteer Senior Home Repair Program. Administrative files documenting Board of Directors meetings and grant reports as well as photographs documenting the early years of the home building and repair program are also present.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2010068
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