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2. Housing scam targets Section 8, voucher recipients with fake ...

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   ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - If you’re contacted about a deal for housing that seems too good to be true – it’s probably because it is. Authorities with Minnesota Housing – the state agency ...

3. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   In the 1970s, when studies showed that the worst housing problem afflicting low-income people was no longer substandard housing, but the high percentage of income spent on housing, Congress passed the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, further amending the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 to create the Section 8 Program. In the Section 8 ...

4. We’re passing through ‘the worst housing affordability crisis ...

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   “We’re just coming through the worst housing affordability crisis we’ve ever seen in this country,” Shaun Donovan, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama era ...

5. Numerous Programs Offer Rental Assistance — Here’s ... - AOL

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   Visit the website of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, which provides a state-by-state list of the 360-plus programs that provide assistance to struggling renters. You might qualify for ...

6. Affordable housing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The report's key figure, the "Housing Wage," reveals the hourly earnings necessary for full-time workers to afford fair market rental homes without exceeding 30% of their incomes. Nationally, the 2023 Housing Wage is $28.58 per hour for a modest two-bedroom home and $23.67 per hour for a one-bedroom home.

7. 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 ...