Funding and Grants
Rural Workforce Housing Fund
Rural Workforce Housing Fund is a state of nebraska funding program available in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. State matching grants capitalize a locally administered revolving loan fund that finances construction or rehabilitation of workforce housing.
- LevelState of Nebraska
- AdministratorNebraska Department of Economic Development, through a qualified local development organization
- Who can applyScotts Bluff County (Eligible Nonmetropolitan County)
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Who qualifies
- The housing is in an eligible nonmetropolitan Nebraska county; Scotts Bluff County qualifies.
- The project builds or substantially rehabilitates owner-occupied or rental workforce housing within the program's per-unit cost limits (recent rounds: about $325,000 owner-occupied, $250,000 rental).
- A qualified local development organization administers the loan fund and commits the required local match.
This program is available throughout Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
Funding terms
Low- or no-interest revolving loans from a locally administered fund; as loans are repaid, the money is loaned again to the next workforce-housing project. The state grant requires a local match (statutorily one local dollar for every two state dollars).
What you need to apply
- Housing Development Proposal
- Project Pro Forma
- Local-Match Commitment
The rule behind this program
Every eligibility statement on this page traces to first-party authority (corpus version 2026.06).
- Authorizing Statute: Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. Sections 81-1226 to 81-1234
- Program Guidance: Rural Workforce Housing Fund (RWHF), Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Advisory only. Eligibility is a deterministic read of public program rules as of the cited corpus version and is not legal advice or a guarantee of funding; every determination must be reviewed against the live program and counsel.