Housing trust funds: new resources for low-income housing
Article Abstract:
The cuts in federal spending for domestic programs have forced neighborhood, municipal, and state community development organizations to seek alternative sources of financing for housing and community development that can be placed in housing trust funds. Housing trust funds are are generally defined as government funds financed from sources other that general revenue which are to be allocated specifically for low- and moderate-income housing and community development. At least 25 housing trust funds are in operating in the US in 1990. Funds are financed in a variety of ways including condominium transfer and commercial development fees. The projects that housing trust funds support include new construction, rehabilitation and restoration, and preservation. The funds focus on such things as the homeless and handicapped.
Publication Name: Journal of Housing
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0272-7374
Year: 1990
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Inside the Local EXchange
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The Local EXchange (LEX) computer information network provides housing and community development professionals access to relevant and updated information at 'the touch of a button.' The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) has been acting as a co-administrator of the network, together with three other organizations that developed LEX, since 1991. Subscribers to LEX through NAHRO have access to the association's four bulletin boards: NAHRO.FED.REG. which provides information on changing federal regulations; NAHRO.LEG., offering updates on legislative policies and proposals; NAHRO.NEWS, offering the latest developments in the field of housing and community development; and NAHRO.MEMBERS which consists of items of special interest to the association's members.
Publication Name: Journal of Housing
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0272-7374
Year: 1992
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Preserving affordable housing: what role for PHAs?
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Groups concerned about affordable housing are calling for action from Congress on the discrepancy between supply of and demand for low-and-moderate-income facilities. The challenge is made more difficult by the Reagan Administration's bent toward privatization, the inventory of existing, privately-owned subsidized housing, and privately-available low-cost rent units. It is suggested that public housing authorities could contribute to solving the problems by moving beyond 'Section 8' existing and public type programs, by defining local problems and offering their own analyses, by taking local action, by addressing the pre-payment issue, by improving marginal developments, and by educating the public about the anticipated results of the demise of Section 8.
Publication Name: Journal of Housing
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0272-7374
Year: 1988
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