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2. Affordable housing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 programs help low income citizens find housing by paying the difference between the market price of a home and 30% of the renter's income. According to the San Diego Housing Commission, Section 8 housing vouchers are the city's largest affordable housing program and were responsible ...

3. 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 ...

4. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

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. Subsidized housing - Wikipedia

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   e. Subsidized housing is government sponsored economic assistance aimed towards alleviating housing costs and expenses for impoverished people with low to moderate incomes. In the United States, subsidized housing is often called "affordable housing". Forms of subsidies include direct housing subsidies, non-profit housing, public housing, rent ...

7. No US State Has Enough Affordable Housing for Low-Income ...

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   Indiana. Extremely Low-Income Renter Households: 209,710. Number of Affordable and Available Rental Homes Per 100 Extremely Low-Income Renter Households: 34. Percentage of extremely low-income ...