Foundation Communities
Subsidized Housing
Free Tax Preparation
The Social Problem
Financial Stability
100
The executive director of Foundation Communities
Who is Walter Moreau?
100
Areas in which Foundation Communities has affordable housing for families and individuals
What are North Texas and Austin?
100
The hotline to call about free income tax preparations
What is 2-1-1?
100
The number of Texans who are homeless at any given time
What is 79,000?
100
This form documents nonemployee compensation / self-employed income
What is Form 1099-MISC?
200
Services offered by Foundation Communities
What are subsidized housing, free tax preparation and financial stability programs?
200
The Texas governmental department that oversees subsidized housing programs
What is Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs?
200
The application for students pursuing higher education who need student loans or grants
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?
200
The 2009 estimate of homeless individuals in the United States on any given night
What is approximately 650,000?
200
This program helps low-income families organize their finances, set up liveable budgets, save for the future, reduce debt and fix their credit
What is Financial Coaching?
300
Community Financial Center location/address
What is at 2600 W. Stassney Ln?
300
Federal governmental agency that oversees subsidized housing programs
What is the US Department of Housing and Urban Development?
300
Number of Community Tax Centers locations offering free tax preparation services
What is 9?
300
The number of renters paying more than half of their monthly income in rent as of 2009
What is approximately 7.1 million?
300
This is the maximum amount FASFA applicants can receive in free scholarships and grant money
What is $5,550 per year?
400
The year in which Walter Moreau became the executive director of Foundation Communities
What is 1997?
400
The most common forms of government funding received by Foundation Communities
What are Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, 501 (c)(3) bonds, City of Austin Affordable Housing Bonds, and grants from Federal Home Loan Banks and the Resolution Trust Corporation?
400
An IRS funded program that allows low income families in the United States to get their taxes done free of charge
What is the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA)?
400
The percentage of renters with worst case housing needs who are families with children
What is 38.5%?
400
This workshop or class teaches about the mortgage process and how to buy a home you can afford
What is the homebuyer workshop / education?
500
The name Foundation Communities initially operated under at its inception in the early 1980s
What is Austin Community Neighborhood Trust?
500
Loans made to for-profit and qualifying nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations for the acquisition or development of affordable rental unit by the TDHCA
What are Multifamily Private Activity Bonds?
500
$50,000
What is the maximum income earned that qualifies for free tax preparation by Community Tax Center for married couples?
500
The number of renters with worse case housing needs who earns 0%-30% of the median income of the area in which they they live
What is approximately 5.1 million?
500
This program offers two additional dollars for every dollar saved
What is a Matched Savings Program?
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