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2. New York City Housing Authority - Wikipedia

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   Website. nyc.gov/nycha. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in the United States, it aims to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and ...

3. Subsidized housing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Permanent, federally funded housing came into being in the United States as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Title II, Section 202 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed June 16, 1933, directed the Public Works Administration (PWA) to develop a program for the "construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing and slum ...

4. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [9])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...

5. Thousands of homes on $1 land: The new housing crisis ... - AOL

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   In one case, San Mateo County, just south of San Francisco, leased a parcel of land in Half Moon Bay to an affordable housing developer, MidPen Housing, for $1 a year for 99 years. MidPen used it ...

6. 9 Cheap Housing Alternatives to Renting and Buying - AOL

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   The cost of housing is going up -- and up, and up. Whether you're buying a home or renting an apartment, it's getting pricier all the time. For You: 10 Expenses Most Likely To Drain Your Checking...

7. 10 Cities Where Renting Is at Least $1,000 Cheaper Than Buying

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   In many major cities, it's now significantly cheaper to rent than to buy a starter home. Across the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, renting costs nearly $800 less per month than buying, the latest...