Housing Flashcards

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The _________________ required for light, air and dumbbell shaped and window sot open into the shafts between 2 adjacent strucutres, in addition 2 toilets on each floor and a window for each room.

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Tenement Act or Old Act

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The ___________ required inspections and permits for construction, alterations, and conversion plus 70% lot coverage, a toilet in every unit and window to open for fresh air.

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New Tenement Act

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The _______________ Act allowed for local housing authority for slum clearance for construction and operation of public housing for low-income families.

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National Housing Act of 1937

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___________________ created urban renewal with a focus on slum clearance.

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Federal Housing Act of 1949

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______________ Act focused on slum prevention and Section 701 was established.

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Housing Act of 1954

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What act made racial discrimination for housing rental or sale illegal?

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Civil Rights Act of 1968

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_________________ provided rental subsidy housing choice vouchers for eligible tenant families residing in newly constructed, rehabilitated and existing rental/cooperative apartment projects.

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Section 8

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______________ originally prohibited housing discrimination based solely on race, color, religion or national origin. In 1988 Congress expanded the law to include people with disabilities.

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Fair Housing Act or Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968

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______________ was developed by Home Owners Loan Corp in 1930s Maps were sorted socio-economic status to effectively deny loan assistance to worst districts inside a specific boundary.

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Redlining

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____________ is the use of zoning ordinances to exclude certain types of land uses from a given community, typically preventing racial and ethnic minorities from moving into upper class and/or middle class neighborhoods.

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Exclusionary housing

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________________ refers to municipal and county planning ordinances that require a given share of new construction to be affordable by people with low to moderate incomes.

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Inclusionary housing

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12
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Which court case(s) declared that municipal land use regulations that prevent affordable housing opportunities for the poor are unconstitutional and ordered all NJ municipalities to plan, zone for, and take affirmative action to provide realistic opportunities for their fair share of the region’s need for affordable housing for low and moderate income people.

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Mount Laurel I and Mount Laurel II

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13
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________________ maintained a policy of institutionalized segregation and discrimination against blacks from deriving benefits from the authority’s employment or educational programs.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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14
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The _________________ provides tax incentives to encourage individuals and corporate investors to invest in the development, acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing.

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LIHTC

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________________ is a non-profit organization that holds land under homes and leases the land through a 99 year lease.

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Community Land Trust

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16
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______________ is used for rental and home purchase as a guide. 25-30% of the gross income towards housing cost is considered affordable.

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Housing Affordability Index