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2. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit - Wikipedia

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   t. e. 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 of ...

3. 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 ...

4. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   For Section 8 in the United Kingdom, see Section 8 notice. 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 ...

5. The housing affordability crisis doesn’t exist in much of the ...

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   His income was too low to qualify for a mortgage in the ... She tried moving to a cheaper housing market and took a job in Texas for a time. ... Colino also secured a $151,000 interest-free loan ...

6. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: a flawed, ineffective policy ...

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   If housing is too expensive, policymakers must address the issues driving up costs. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, like so many other policies, merely throws taxpayer money at the problem. It ...

7. 7 States Where It’s Almost Impossible for Low-Income ... - AOL

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   California. Number of affordable and available rental homes: 24 per 100 extremely low-income renter households. Extremely low-income renter households: 1,282,835. Extremely low-income renter ...