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Glossary of Terms

Example of Glossary of Terms

Below is an example of a glossary of terms.  Note that each entry contains a footnote indicating the source of the definition.  This is important since these are usually technical terms with definitions specific to the field.

• Affordable Housing: The generally accepted definition of affordability is for a household to pay no more than 30 percent of its annual income on housing.^[1] 
• Continuum of Care: Continuum of Care (CoC) is a regional or local planning body that coordinates housing andservices funding for homeless families andindividuals. services.^[2]
• Chronic Homelessness:A chronically homeless person is an unaccompanied disabled individual who has been continuously homeless for over one year (working definition).^[3]

• Homeless Management Information Systems

• Scattered Site Housing: public housing, esp. for low-income families, built throughout an urban area rather than being concentrated in a single neighborhood.^[4]  
• Section 8 Housing: A program to assist tenants of their housing, primarily low-income individuals whereby they usually pay only 30 percent of their income for rent, as opposed to the normal 70 percent for low-income individuals.^[5]

• Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness : In 2000, the National Alliance to End Homelessness released A Plan, Not a Dream: How to End Homelessness in Ten Years. Drawing on research and innovative programs from around the country, the plan outlined key strategies in addressing the issue locally, which cumulatively can address the issue nationally.^[6] 

Content Guide

• Section 1 — Goal Statement 
• Section 2 — Scope of the Problem
• Section 3 — Past Policy & Program Milestones 
• Section 4 — Current Policy
• Section 5 — Policy Options or Model Programs
• Section 6 — Key Organizations
• Section 7 — Glossary of Terms