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2. 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]

3. Single-room occupancy - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Single-room occupancy ( SRO) is a type of low-cost housing typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes, or single adults who like a minimalist lifestyle, who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. [1] SRO units are rented out as permanent residence and/or primary residence [2] to ...

4. Is It Better to Rent Month-to-Month or Sign a Year-Long Lease?

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   A month-to-month lease is not always the cheapest rental option. Vicky Noufal, owner and associate broker at Platinum Group Real Estate, said the average monthly price of a two-bedroom rental is ...

5. Subsidized housing - Wikipedia

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   The supplements make up the difference between rental "market price" and the amount of rent paid by tenants, for example 30% of the tenants income. A notable example of a rent supplement in the United States is Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f). See also. Housing portal; Subsidized housing in the United States; Public ...

6. Rent regulation in New York - Wikipedia

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   The passage of the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997 restricted rent stabilization to apartments where the legal, or stabilized, rent was under $2,000 per month. The decontrol rent was set at $2,000. The decontrol income was $175,000. In June 2011, the New York State Legislature enacted the Rent Act of 2011. It did the following:

7. Mitchell–Lama Housing Program - Wikipedia

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   The Mitchell–Lama Housing Program is a non-subsidy governmental housing guarantee in the state of New York. It was sponsored by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell and Assemblyman Alfred A. Lama. It was signed into law in 1955 as The Limited-Profit Housing Companies Act (now officially contained in 1962 Private Housing Finance law ...