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2. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   Section 8 (housing) 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. 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 ...

4. Three-decker (house) - Wikipedia

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   Three-decker (house) Three decker apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1916. A three-decker, triple-decker triplex or stacked triplex, [1] in the United States, is a three-story (triplex) apartment building. These buildings are typically of light-framed, wood construction, where each floor usually consists of a single ...

5. Nonprofit helped conceive California's homeless housing ... - AOL

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   Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California's Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.

6. Housing Act of 1949 - Wikipedia

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   Housing Act of 1949. Harry S. Truman signing bill. The American Housing Act of 1949 (Pub. L. 81–171) was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and issuance and the construction of public housing. It was part of President Harry Truman 's program of domestic legislation, the Fair Deal. [1]

7. Development of non-profit housing in the United States

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   t. e. Non-profit housing developers build affordable housing for individuals under-served by the private market. The non-profit housing sector is composed of community development corporations (CDC) and national and regional non-profit housing organizations whose mission is to provide for the needy, the elderly, working households, and others ...