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What major event in 1929 forced the government to take action for the low income population specifically the elderly?
The occurrence of the Great Depression placed the elderly in greater need. Financing was no longer available for housing as the financial sector collapsed. Under the Roosevelt Administration felt compelled by their constitutional duty to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the USA.
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The Emergency Home Finance Act
This act was established in 1970, after purchasing the FNMA.
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In 2011 Hud did this to help better the situation.
What is that the HUD budget proposed several ways to modernize the section 202 program to reflect better, the way affordable housing units are financed and developed.
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The first change of Section 202
The program has not always structured this way and has changed several times. “During the 50 years that the Section 202 program has existed, the system of providing financing for developments has changed from loans to grants.
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Name some options available exclusively to low-income seniors in Santa Barbara county.
What is St. Vincient's Villa Caridad Garden Court SHIFCO Friendship Manor Pilgrim Terrance Laguna Cottages
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This act brought the erection of government owned rental housing in decaying areas of large cities as well as implementing provisions for local Public Housing Authorities, established through State Law, which would manage and own apartments . It would seek to link any low income housing built directly to the elmination of slums in the cities and to the creation of jobs and local business opportunities. This is the first piece of legislation that specifically addresses housing for low-income elders and is the act that created the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Housing Act of 1937
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Title I
In 1974, this Title was replaced in the Housing Act.
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HUD currently proposes this for the Section 202 grants.
while HUD currently takes into account an applicant’s ability to secure other sources of financing in the competition for Section 202 grants, “the 2011 HUD budget proposed that applicants for Section 202 grants be required to secure funding from other sources
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This was the second change promoted by Congress
What is The tenant population it targets has moved from moderate-income elderly households to very low-income elderly households, and the program has gone from serving only elderly households to serving elderly and disabled households, and then back to serving elderly households exclusively
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Name two crucial weaknesses in HACSB's programs to house low-income elders.
What is the wait list of years (9 waiting for every 1 housed) and lack of emergency housing
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During this major event, Housing made a turn for the better adding Veterans and their families.
What is World War 2
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In 1977, this program allowed for the application of grants for communities in distress
What is The Urban Development Action Grants (UDAG)
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The Administration proposed this change in which Section 202 funds award grantees
What is “Currently, HUD uses a need-based formula to allocate the total amount of Section 202 funds available for capital grants and project-based rental assistance in a fiscal year to each of the 18 HUD multifamily hubs. Of the funds available, HUD allocates 85% to metropolitan areas and 15% to non-metropolitan areas. This method ensures funding for a minimum number of units for each multifamily hub. However, sometimes the number of units, particularly in rural areas, may be so small as to be difficult to sustain.
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The change in Section 8 with Section 202
What is Both the method of providing project-based rental assistance and the way in which development cost limitations for Section 202 projects are determined also changed. Rental subsidies are no longer provided through the Section 8 program, meaning that rents are not based on Section 8
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What government agency should a low-income senior in Santa Barbara contact to apply for low income housing?
What is Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara. HUD provides funding to the state of california and local housing authorities, like HACSB, which then assists local developers and non-profits with getting HUD funding to build public housing. HACSB also works to maintain the housing and assist locals in acquiring HUD funding for their homes.
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In 1959, the Housing Act added this legislation, which authorized direct low-cost loans for rental housing for the elderly.
What is Section 202
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In 1983, Section 8 authorized this under the Housing Act
What is Rental Rehabilitation Grants and Housing Development Grants
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HUD proposed that supportive services play a greater role in Section 202 housing through a partnership between HUD and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide integrated housing and supportive services through this program
What is A. PACE- Program of All- Inclusive Care for the Elderly. “In PACE, elderly individuals who meet a nursing home level of care, receive Medicare- and Medicaid-financed health care and supportive services at a central location while continuing to live in their homes. According to HUD’s proposal, developing common space for a PACE site within a Section 202 development would be an eligible project cost. The PACE site would be open to residents in the community as well as those who live in the Section 202 development” (Section 202, 2009).
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Another significant change was the removal of housing for persons with disabilities in Section 202 in this year.
A. “Congress began to initiate the split between housing for elderly and disabled households in 1978 when the Housing and Community Development Amendments required that at least $50 million of the amounts available for loans… be devoted to housing for non-elderly “handicapped” individuals”(Haley & Gray. 20). Congress later said that 15% of total Section 202 funds should be devoted to housing for persons with disabilities but in 1992, housing for persons with disabilities was put in a “completely separate program called the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program” (Perl pg.22). This helped the funding and issues with the low-income elders, isolating their funding and giving more attention to their needs. Section 202 exclusively specialized in low-income housing for the elderly
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How does zoning play a role in housing for low-income elders
Zoning delegates plots of land for low-income housing in various areas of Santa Barbara county to promote the construction of affordable housing projects. Additionally, zoning laws attempt to prevent the formation of slums by instituting mixed-income housing
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Lyndon B. Johnson did this during his presidency
In 1964, the Housing Act added Section 312, which authorized low-cost loans for rehabilitation. President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Initiatives in 1965 and 1968 sought to privatize the low-income housing sector. These acts provide funding in the form of low-interest loans to developers who would build housing for low-income families and promised property managers rent payments. In 1965, the Housing Act was revised again, as rent supplements for privately owned housing was authorized. The supplement would pay the difference between the fair market rent and one-fourth of the tenant’s income. Section 23 also authorized public housing authorities to lease private units. The next year, in 1966, the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act authorized demonstration programs for upgrading inner-city neighborhoods, (Sternlieb 23). In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Commission on Urban Problems, also known as the Douglas Commission. So in 1968,the Housing Act was revised again as the act authorized many new housing programs and established a ten-year housing production goal of 26 million units with about one fifth set to house low-to moderately low-income families. Section 235 subsidized low-income rental projects, Section 236 further revised the mortgages to multi family residencies. Both programs provided mortgages with interest rates as low as 1 percent. The existing FNMA was partitioned into two separate corporations- FNMA, which would continue market operations, and GNMA, which would focus on special assistance functions. In addition, the Housing Act authorized a National Housing Partnership, riot insurance, and flood insurance, and gurantees of obligations issued by new community developers. In 1969, the Housing Act was further revised as rent in public housing was limited to one fourth of the tenant’s income, by the Brooke Amendment.
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This act of 1998 modified the original Housing Act of 1937
What is another revision took place at the turn of the 21st century in 1998, with The Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act. This act, modified the original Housing Act of 1937, in that the government asked for the aid of individual citizens and private corporations to help develop housing and strengthen their neighborhoods, (http://hud.gov/offices/ogc/usha1937.pdf). The ceiling rents that were originally established were removed from the act, however a flat rent was then established in its place, (http://hud.gov/offices/ogc/usha1937.pdf). It was stated that, “The monthly rental amount determined under this clause for a family shall be an amount, determined by the public housing agency,” (http://hud.gov/offices/ogc/usha1937.pdf). Many other revisions were added to the original Housing Act in the areas of: switching rents due to hardships, encouragement of self-sufficiency, income reviews, minimum rental amounts, waiting periods and the definition of a low-income family.
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This is the most Current Legislation in California
What is The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-289) and Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act (S. 118)
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In 2000, in order to help Section 202 (and Section 811) developers bring together multiple financing sources in this Act.
What is The Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act
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If a senior is ineligible for HUD funding, can he or she still seek aid with housing in Santa Barbara
What is Yes, HACSB has an entire non-HUD funded section that allows persons ineligible for HUD programs to apply for housing. However, there are strict restrictions, an extended waiting period, and extremely limited funding for this program.