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US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Low Income Housing Tax Credit
100
16 properties in Austin and North Texas providing affordable homes
What is the number of properties Foundation Communities operates?
100
Country where first time homeowners are eligible for a first home owner grant
What is Australia?
100
Single biggest expenditure of low and middle income families
What are housing costs?
100
To create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all and to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers
What is the mission of HUD?
100
Act in which the Low-Income Housing tax Credit was created
What is 1986 Tax Reform Act?
200
2,500 families
What is the number of families Foundation Communities provides affordable housing to?
200
Country where 32% of the population was living below the poverty line
What is India?
200
Although demand for affordable housing, particularly rental housing that is affordable for low and middle income earners, has increased, the _______has not
What is supply?
200
Headquarter location of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
What is the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building in Washington DC?
200
In return for contributing capital to affordable housing projects, the company is able to obtain tax credits that reduce its ___________?
What is federal income tax liability?
300
Arbor Terrace (formerly Suburban Lodge)
What is the new development that is currently being renovated and is scheduled to open in the middle of 2012?
300
Offers tenants the opportunity to purchase their housing at a discount of up to 60% in the United Kingdom
What is Right to buy scheme?
300
Index developed by MIT to capture the total cost of ownership of individuals’ housing choices
What is Housing Affordability Index (HAI)?
300
Act that created HUD as a Cabinet-level agency (as part of the "Great Society" program of President Lyndon Johnson)
What is the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965?
300
Responsibility of the program is delegated to ______?
What are the state housing agencies?
400
Installing sensors and dimmers to minimize artificial lighting use during daylight, rainwater harvesting, tracking water usage monthly to identify problems proactively, distributing monthly newsletters that include "Green Tips"
What are some of Foundation Communities' green building initiatives?
400
20% (1.7 million households) in this country were in core housing need
What is Canada?
400
Adds approximately $600,000 to the cost of each new house that is built in major cities like San Francisco
What is cost of obtaining the "right to build"
400
Name of the United States Secretary for Housing and Urban Development
Who is Secretary Shaun Donovan?
400
Each state receives a pool of credits based on_______.
What is population of the state?
500
Located in the center of the community and helps families end the cycle of poverty through on-site programs that increase literacy and financial stability, including providing computer labs, pre-school classes, after-school programs, and ESL classes.
What is the Community Learning Center?
500
Created by Ontario to provide group services for social housing providers (public, non-profit and co-op housing).
What is Social Housing Services Corporation (SHSC)?
500
Increased scarcity in low-cost labor, decline in enrollment at local schools, and higher demands on transportation systems
What are effects due to the lack of affordable housing?
500
Community Planning and Development, Housing, Public and Indian Housing, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Policy Development and Research, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
What are some of the major program offices of HUD?
500
Tax credits will be awarded according to each individual state's ____________.
What is Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP)?