The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Located within the Department's Rural Development mission area. RHS operates a broad range of programs to provide moderate- low- and very-low-income Americans in rural communities with:homeownership options to individuals, including direct home loans and mortgage guarantees; housing rehabilitation and preservation funding; grants to non-profits who organize self-help housing services in rural communities ; rental assistance to tenants of RHS-funded multi-family housing complexes; farm labor housing; help to developers of multi-family housing projects, like assisted housing for the elderly and disabled, or apartment buildings; and community facilities, such as libraries, child care centers, schools, municipal buildings, veterans shelters and firefighting equipment to Indian groups, nonprofit organizations, communities and local governments. This program is adminisgtered by the Community Facilities Program