These credits helped Foundation Communities build Trails at the Park, their first major construction project.
What are Low Income Housing Tax Credits?
100
This is the cycle the Children's HOME Initiative is aimed at breaking.
What is the cycle of homelessness?
100
How is income to be qualified as low to moderate incomes?
What is 50% to 80% of Austin median family income?
100
Could you briefly describe the purpose of Community Learning Centers?
What is Housing plus services- with Community Learning Centers located where the families live, they can increase their educational and economic standing without barrier of transportation and the costs of daycare.
100
This state has the lowest average credit score in the country.
What is Texas?
200
Who was one of three organizations in the country to be awarded the Metropolitan Life Foundation Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing?
What is Foundation Communities?
200
The Children's HOME Initiative wants to help all members of these.
What are families.
200
What are the basic requirements to apply for the efficiency apartment?
What is meet specific income guidelines (vary by location),
pass criminal and credit checks,
have a good rental history
(Person who guesses the most wins)
200
What kinds of adult classes are offered?
What is financial education and ESL?
200
This many Austin families qualify for but lack affordable housing.
What is 30,000?
(Closest guess wins)
300
These Tax Centers are based on the IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Program.
What are the Community Tax Centers?
300
The Children's HOME Initiative helps you develop these skills to improve your personal financial stability.
What are money management skills.
300
Could you name any two of the communities that Foundation Communities offer?
What is Buckingham Place
Cherry Creek
Crossroads
Daffodil
M Station
Sierra Ridge
Sierra Vista
Southwest Trails
300
What kinds of topics are covered in the Financial Education class?
What is Organizing your financial life
Setting up a liveable budget
Saving for the future
Reducing debt
Fixing credit
300
This many families call Foundation Community apartments or duplexes home.
What is 2,000?
(Closest answer wins.)
400
This decade is when Foundation Communities' roots grew.
What were the 1980s?
400
This is the percent below the U.S. median family income that families must be to get support from the Children's HOME Initiative.
What is 30 percent?
400
Do you know how many families qualify for but lack affordable housing in Austin?
What is 3,000?
400
Who are qualified to take the Financial Education class?
What is Households with an annual income less than $50,000.
400
How many dollars did Community Tax Center volunteers help more than 16,500 families receive in 2010?
What is More than $29 million.
(Closest answer wins.)
500
This was the first affordable housing in West Austin.
What is Southwest Trails?
500
The Children's HOME Initiative offers classes to teach you this as a second language.
What is English?
500
Do you know how many families call Foundation Communities apartments or duplexes home?
What is 2,000?
500
What are included in the Youth Program?
What is Support academic success and target childhood obesity through fitness activities and nutrition education.
500
Which city has a higher proportion of workers earning poverty-level wages, compared to other comparably-sized cities?