Arkansas applicants find homes through self-help program

GASSVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Nancy Neaves cannot wait to become Gassville's newest resident.

Neaves, 58, is participating in the federal government's Mutual Self-Help Housing Program and will eventually own a two-bedroom house on Walnut Street in Gassville. The program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development division, and is managed locally by the Northwest Regional Housing Authority.

Officials with both Rural Development and the Northwest Regional Housing Authority — along with representatives of state, county and local government — gathered last month on Walnut Str...