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2. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit - Wikipedia

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   t. e. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is a federal program in the United States that awards tax credits to housing developers in exchange for agreeing to reserve a certain fraction of rent-restricted units for lower-income households. [1] The program was created under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86) to incentivize the use of ...

3. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. § 1437f ), commonly known as Section 8, provides rental housing assistance to low-income households in the United States by paying private landlords on behalf of these tenants. Approximately 68% of this assistance benefits seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities. [1]

4. Subsidized housing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The federal government, through its Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program (which in 2012 paid for construction of 90% of all subsidized rental housing in the US), spends $6 billion per year to finance 50,000 low-income rental units annually, with median costs per unit for new construction (2011–2015) ranging from $126,000 in Texas to $326,000 ...

5. Low wages, high rental costs: Affordable housing remains ...

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   According to the report, Washington renters must earn an hourly wage of at least $40.32 to be able to afford the rent for a two-bedroom home without spending more than 30% of their income on ...

6. Affordable housing - Wikipedia

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   In some countries, public housing is focused on providing affordable housing for low-income earners while in others, such as Singapore, citizens across a wide range of incomes live in public housing. [ 139 ] [ 140 ] In Vienna, Austria, social housing may be completely government built and run or include a mixture of public land and private ...

7. 7 States Where It’s Almost Impossible for Low-Income ... - AOL

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   Number of affordable and available rental homes: 26 per 100 extremely low-income renter households. Extremely low-income renter households: 138,104.