The USDA Allowables 2026 is the complete maximum property preservation fee schedule governing field service work performed on properties securing USDA Rural Development Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans, revised effective October 1, 2025 and operative for 2026. Sourced directly from USDA Rural Development, this document covers the full allowable schedule for inspections, securing, lock changes, glazing, doors, debris removal, winterization by state, and grass cuts by region — the same categories that govern FHA work but under USDA’s separate and distinct reimbursement framework. Contractors working rural inventory frequently encounter USDA-backed properties without knowing it, and the nationals exploit that information gap by paying the same suppressed flat rates regardless of which agency’s guidelines actually apply. This document closes that gap. If you are working rural markets in any capacity, the USDA allowable schedule belongs in your back pocket next to the HUD version. This is an Excel spreadsheet.