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2. New York City Housing Authority - Wikipedia

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   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 moderate-income New ...

3. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal

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   The state Housing Development Fund provides loans to nonprofit organizations to develop low-income housing projects. Other programs include the Rural Rental Assistance Program for projects financed with mortgages from the USDA Rural Housing Service 515 Program, and the Weatherization Assistance Program assists with reducing their heating ...

4. 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 ...

5. Breaking Ground - Wikipedia

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   Breaking Ground, formerly Common Ground, [2] is a nonprofit social services organization in New York City whose goal is to create high-quality permanent and transitional housing for the homeless. Its philosophy holds that supportive housing costs substantially less than homeless shelters — and many times less than jail cells or hospital rooms ...

6. Queensbridge Houses - Wikipedia

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   11101. Area code (s) 718, 347, 929, and 917. Queensbridge Houses, also known simply as Queensbridge or QB, is a public housing development in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Owned by the New York City Housing Authority, the development contains 96 buildings and 3,142 units accommodating approximately 7,000 people in ...

7. Forest Hills Co-op Houses - Wikipedia

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   The Forest Hills Houses were the first co-operative public low-income housing in the city. On the site of the projects was also the Forest Hills Community House, which has programs for projects residents and neighbors of all ages. Construction commenced in 1971 amid violent protests. In 1976, the buildings were completed.