Housing Watch Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing)

   The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [9])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...

3. Development of non-profit housing in the United States

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_non-profit...

   For non-profit developers that own the land where their housing development is located, Section 8 generally affects a project's income since rental subsidies are being provided. Project-based vouchers allow owners to dedicate a portion or all of their property for affordable rental housing and receive subsidies for doing so.

4. Housing discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_discrimination_in...

   The Fair Housing Act was passed at the urging of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, penalties for violation at 42 U.S.C. 3631) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 only one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

5. Our view: Section 8 rental discrimination in New Jersey can ...

   www.aol.com/news/view-section-8-rental...

   Just as government tried to solve the housing crisis, it created a new problem — really a repackaging of an old problem — economic racism. Our view: Section 8 rental discrimination in New ...

6. Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa–Hawkins_Rental...

   Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act. The Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act ("Costa–Hawkins") is a California state law, enacted in 1995, which places limits on municipal rent control ordinances. Costa–Hawkins preempts the field in two major ways. [1] First, it prohibits cities from establishing rent control over certain kinds of residential ...

7. How Section 8 vouchers fail Sacramento’s unhoused ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/section-8-vouchers-fail-sacramento...

   51,000 Sacramentans are on a waiting list for 13,000 Section 8 housing vouchers. How Section 8 vouchers fail Sacramento’s unhoused. One woman has waited 14 years for housing.