The Housing Assistance Council, in partnership with The Atlantic Philanthropies announced a new grant program, the Rural Senior Housing (RSH) Fund. Eligible affordable housing organizations are invited to apply for RSH grants to support activities that will build, preserve, or advocate for housing for low-income older adults living in rural areas. Applicants are able to apply for up to $50,000 dispersed over one to three years but no more than $20,000 can be received in any given year. This competitive grant period opens October 3, with applications due on or before Friday, December 15, 2011. To read more about the grant program, click here.