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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Low-income-rental-housing Programs in the Fourth District
Author: Income Averaging
Author: United States. Internal Revenue ServicePublisher:
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Category : Income averaging
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Rental Housing Development and HOME
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Category : Community development, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Low-income Housing Tax Credit Handbook
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ISBN: 9781731929877
Category : Public housing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"'Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Handbook' provides definitive guidance through the complex body of laws, regulations, and judicial decisions concerning the low-income housing credit (LIHC)"--
Community Development Institutions
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Deposit InsurancePublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Affordable Housing
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Community DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States
Author: National Bureau of Economic ResearchPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226533568
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Few United States government programs are as controversial as those designed to aid the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, aid to needy families is surrounded by debate—on what benefits should be offered, what forms they should take, and how they should be administered. The past few decades, in fact, have seen this debate lead to broad transformations of aid programs themselves, with Aid to Families with Dependent Children replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, the Earned Income Tax Credit growing from a minor program to one of the most important for low-income families, and Medicaid greatly expanding its eligibility. This volume provides a remarkable overview of how such programs actually work, offering an impressive wealth of information on the nation's nine largest "means-tested" programs—that is, those in which some test of income forms the basis for participation. For each program, contributors describe origins and goals, summarize policy histories and current rules, and discuss the recipient's characteristics as well as the different types of benefits they receive. Each chapter then provides an overview of scholarly research on each program, bringing together the results of the field's most rigorous statistical examinations. The result is a fascinating portrayal of the evolution and current state of means-tested programs, one that charts a number of shifts in emphasis—the decline of cash assistance, for instance, and the increasing emphasis on work. This exemplary portrait of the nation's safety net will be an invaluable reference for anyone interested in American social policy.
The Voucher Promise
Author: Eva RosenPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691214980
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"A must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America’s housing crisis."—Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City An in-depth look at America’s largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhood Housing vouchers are a cornerstone of US federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they? The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as “Section 8,” and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders, renters who receive no housing assistance, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with great promise, she demonstrates how the housing policy can replicate the very inequalities it has the power to solve. Rosen spent more than a year living in Park Heights, sitting on front stoops, getting to know families, accompanying them on housing searches, speaking to landlords, and learning about the neighborhood’s history. Voucher holders disproportionately end up in this area despite rampant unemployment, drugs, crime, and abandoned housing. Exploring why they are unable to relocate to other neighborhoods, Rosen illustrates the challenges in obtaining vouchers and the difficulties faced by recipients in using them when and where they want to. Yet, despite the program’s real shortcomings, she argues that vouchers offer basic stability for families and should remain integral to solutions for the nation’s housing crisis. Delving into the connections between safe, affordable housing and social mobility, The Voucher Promise investigates the profound benefits and formidable obstacles involved in housing America’s poor.
Existing Efforts to End the Crisis
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and InsurancePublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Rural Rental Housing
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Housing, Rural
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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