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2. Mount Laurel doctrine - Wikipedia

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   The Mount Laurel doctrine is a significant judicial doctrine of the New Jersey State Constitution. The doctrine requires that municipalities use their zoning powers in an affirmative manner to provide a realistic opportunity for the production of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households. The doctrine takes its name from the ...

3. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit - Wikipedia

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   Living spaces. 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 ...

4. Council on Affordable Housing - Wikipedia

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   The Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) is a defunct agency of the Government of New Jersey within the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs that was responsible for ensuring that all 566 New Jersey municipalities provided their fair share of low and moderate income housing. The COAH was created by the New Jersey Legislature in response ...

5. Senate passes bill to overhaul how NJ towns will meet ... - AOL

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   The legislation relies on a March 2018 decision from Judge Mary C. Jacobson, who determined that between 1999 and 2025, New Jersey needed to plan for 154,581 affordable units statewide.

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

7. Subsidized housing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, subsidized housing is administered by federal, state and local agencies to provide subsidized rental assistance for low-income households. Public housing is priced much below the market rate, allowing people to live in more convenient locations rather than move away from the city in search of lower rents.