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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. 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 ...

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 Income Housing Institute - Wikipedia

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   At the end of 2015, LIHI owned and/or managed over 1,700 housing units at 50 sites in six counties throughout the Puget Sound region. Residents include the working poor, low-income families, individuals, seniors, people with disabilities, and women and children at risk. More than 700 of these units house formerly homeless families and individuals.

6. Believe it or not, there is a housing surplus—but not for ...

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   The researchers found a shortage of housing that low- and very low-income families could afford. Low-income families were defined as those with incomes between 30% and 60% of the median in a given ...

7. 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. [136] [137] In Vienna, Austria, social housing may be completely government built and run or include a mixture of public land and private-sector ...