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Affordable Housing - Overview

Goal Statement   one sentence that further defines the topic

• 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. 

Local/State/National Information    additional information on this topic at the local, state, national, global level

• Affordable Housing - USA 
• Affordable Housing - Virginia
• Affordable Housing - Rockbridge County, VA

Policy Options / Model Programs   link to profiles of specific policies or program models, grouped by type 

• 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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Glossary of Terms   key words or phrases that the layperson needs to know to understand this issue  

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