Guides & Forms

This section of our website houses information just for our mutual 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 NCALL Research, 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.

• Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan, HUD Form 935.2b
• Assurance Agreement, Form RD 400-4 (this form requires using Internet Explorer 11 to view it before downloading. If you see "The document you are trying to load...", selecting Download from that screen will download the form without opening it)
• Assurances, Non-Construction Programs, Form SF-424B
• Budget Information Non-Construction Programs, Form SF-424A
• Certification Regarding Debarments, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters, Form AD-1047
• Certification Regarding Drug Free Workplace, Form AD-1049
• Certification Regarding Lobbying, RD 1940-Q
• Description of Materials, Form RD 1924-2
• Environmental Review, Form RD 1940-20
• Financial Status Report, Form SF-269A
• Option to Purchase Real Property, Form RD 440-34
• Position Fidelity Schedule Bond, Form RD 440-24
• Request for Obligation of Funds, Form RD 1940-1
• Standard Form SF-424 Version 2.1
• Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants
• Construction Contract RD Form 1924-6

• Construction Supervisor Handbook
• Financial Management Handbook for Federally Funded Organizations
• Group Coordinator Handbook
• Guide to Basic Bookkeeping for Nonprofits
• Accounting for Individual Borrower 502 Loan Accounts Handbook
• Pre-Construction Meeting Handbook
• Program Director Handbook
• Board of Directors Training Guide
• 502 Loans Guidebook
• 502 Loans Guidebook Application Processing Checklist
• Acquisition and Owner Occupied Rehab Handbook
• Rehab Participant Agreement
• Section 523 Technical Assistance Grant Application Handbook