# Federal Register #2026-23019

SBA disaster loans for storm-affected Tennessee communities

**Posted:** November 12, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-23019
**NAICS:** 522291

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced disaster-loan assistance for people and organizations affected by severe storms and straight-line winds in Tennessee.
- **Agency:** U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Disaster Recovery.
- **Affected area:** Shelby County, Tennessee; economic-injury loan eligibility also extends to Fayette and Tipton counties in Tennessee, Crittenden County in Arkansas, and DeSoto and Marshall counties in Mississippi.
- **Assistance available:** Physical-damage loans for homeowners, businesses, and private nonprofit organizations; economic-injury loans for eligible businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and private nonprofits.
- **Interest rates:** Physical-damage loans range from 3% to 8%; economic-injury loans range from 3.625% to 4%.
- **Procurement status:** This is a disaster-loan assistance notice, not a purchasing opportunity. No OEMs, vendors, products, quantities, or services are identified.

### Description

The U.S. Small Business Administration issued an administrative disaster declaration for Tennessee dated November 6, 2026, following severe storms and straight-line winds. The incident period is August 22, 2026. The notice identifies Shelby County as the primary county and Fayette and Tipton counties in Tennessee, Crittenden and Mississippi counties in Arkansas, and DeSoto and Marshall counties in Mississippi as contiguous counties. Physical disaster loan applications are due January 5, 2027, and economic injury loan applications are due August 6, 2027.

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