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US Department of Agriculture

Loans for farmworker housing

Farm owners and eligible farm organizations can explore loans to provide housing for qualifying farmworkers and their families.

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What you can get

Low-interest loans for qualifying farmworker housing.

Who it's for

Eligible farm owners and organizations developing farmworker housing

What you need to know

  • Applicant and housing-project rules apply.
  • Residents must meet farmworker, income and residency requirements.
  • This is a property-development loan, not rent cash for individuals.
  • The borrower must repay the loan.

Your next step

  1. Contact the U.S. Department of Agriculture about the farm and housing plan.
  2. Ask for current eligibility, loan terms and application steps.
Go to program website

You will go to the program's own website.

More details and sources

Full program information

Official program name: On-Farm Labor Housing Loans

Benefits and limits

1% loans

Full requirements

Applicants can be individual or family farm owners, partnerships, or associations of farmers. Tenants must be active or retired farm laborers and their families, have low incomes, and must be U.S. citizens or reside in the U.S. after being legally admitted for permanent residence, or a person legally admitted to the U.S. and authorized to work in agriculture.

Amounts and options

Listed benefit

1% loans

Applicants can be individual or family farm owners, partnerships, or associations of farmers. Tenants must be active or retired farm laborers and their families, have low incomes, and must be U.S. citizens or reside in the U.S. after being legally admitted for permanent residence, or a person legally admitted to the U.S. and authorized to work in agriculture.

Found for the DHS area; check your address and requirements.

For: Businesses and organizations

Areas found for this option

Banning, Big Bear Lake, Chino, Colton, Corona, Desert Edge, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indio, Needles, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Mirage, Riverside, San Bernardino, Temecula, Victorville

Availability and area

Provider availability not verified

Listed in the finder; current funding, enrollment and applicant eligibility require provider confirmation.

This program was found while researching help in the Desert Hot Springs area. The program must confirm the address and applicant qualify.

Business types listed in the source

Agriculture, Multifamily housing

Areas listed in the source

Banning, Big Bear Lake, Chino, Colton, Corona, Desert Edge, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indio, Needles, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Mirage, Riverside, San Bernardino, Temecula, Victorville

Where this information comes from

IREN incentive finder

Information collected Oct 30, 2026.

DHSed is an independent guide. The program makes the final decision about help, amounts and rules.