Rural Lending and the Need for Expanded Access to Credit: Evaluating and Expanded Threshold for Defining Rurality
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Description
Explores how access to credit differs by level of rurality, and discusses how federal rural definitions influence rural lending and finance. Includes data on housing supply, distance to maternal care, access to rural school districts, and other housing and financial metrics.
Author(s)
Ani Katchova, Alexander Ryan, Micah Mensing
Date
07/2026
Organization
The Ohio State University
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· Community and economic development
· Funding
· Housing and homelessness
· Rural definitions
· Statistics and data