Goal Statement

• Affordable housing is a dwelling where the total housing costs are affordable to those living in that housing unit. The goal of affordable housing programs is to provide places to live for the residents of a given area in which the residents are able to pay the cost of that particular dwelling.

Policy Options / Model Programs

• Funding Affordable Housing
  • Florida: Tax on Real Estate Document Stamps
  • Connecticut: General Obligation Bonds
  • New York: housing programs and subsidies
• Strategy for Addressing Affordable Housing
  • Illinois: The State's First Comprehensive Housing Initiative
  • Massachusetts: Three Programs within The Priority Development Fund
  • Massachusetts: other programs
• Home Repairs
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• Improve Housing Standards
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• Collaborative System
  
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Local/State/National Information 

• Affordable Housing - USA
• Affordable Housing - New Jersey
  • Affordable Housing - Trenton, NJ
• Affordable Housing - Virginia
  • Affordable Housing - Rockbridge County, VA

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