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2. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   The Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are amounts (rents plus utilities) for medium-quality apartments of different sizes in a particular community. As an example, the 2012 FMR for 1 bedroom housing in San Francisco is $1,522 and in New York is $1,280, while in many other places it is less than $500.

3. Affordable housing - Wikipedia

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   In the United States [17] and Canada, [18] a commonly accepted guideline for housing affordability is a housing cost, including utilities, that does not exceed 30% of a household's gross income. [19] Some definitions include maintenance costs as part of housing costs. [20]

4. 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 ...

5. Rooming houses were once plentiful and cheap housing ... - AOL

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   The rooming house provides secondhand furniture, a compact refrigerator and often a television, and Wi-Fi, cable and utilities are included in the rent, $650 a month for new tenants. Under state ...

6. Multifamily residential - Wikipedia

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   Multifamily residential, also known as multidwelling unit (MDU)) is a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units for residential inhabitants are contained within one building or several buildings within one complex. [1] Units can be next to each other (side-by-side units), or stacked on top of each other (top and bottom units).

7. I Live On Social Security Only: Here’s How I Get By - AOL

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   For example, she no longer had to pay for utilities including gas and electricity. That was all included in her impressively low rent (for her location). How To Survive on $500 a Month: A Frugal ...