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Useful links pertaining to keyword 'Affordable Housing'


Frequently Asked Questions
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 What resources are available to find funding sources? 
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On-line Document Library
 Chicago Forum on Housing Solutions - Action Plan 
 Regional Rental Market Analysis 
 Meeting Our Nations Housing Challenges 
 Valuing Housing: Public Perceptions of Affordable Housing in the Chicago Region, 
 Lessons from the Field: Three Case Studies of Mixed-Income Housing Development 
 Highland Park Affordable Housing Plan 
 The Secure Program: Safety Enhanced Communities Utilizing Resident Endeavors 
 Changing Priorities: The Federal Budget and Housing Assistance, 1976-2006 
 NIMBY Report Fall 2002: Using Civil Rights Laws to Advance Affordable Housing 
 Perspectives on Renter Income and Affordable Units 
 Low Income Housing and Services Programs: Towards a New Perspective 
 2006 Advocates Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy 
 Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America 
 Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America 
 Lessons from the History of Affordable Housing Cooperatives in the United States: A Case Study in Am 
 Evaluation of Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives in the United States 
 Housing Initiative in Illinois: Many Successes, A Long Road Ahead 
 Illinois Affordable Housing Primer 
 Expanding Affordable Housing Through Inclusionary Zoning: Lessons From the Washington Metropolitan A 
 Inclusionary Zoning: A Viable Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis? 
 The House Next Door 
 Housing Set-Asides: An Idea Whose Time Has Come 
 Housing Set-Asides An Activists Toolkit 
 Housing Set-Asides: Fact-Sheet 
 Chicago Zones for Open Space and Parking. Why not affordable housing? 
 Getting Housed, Staying Housed 
 State of the Cities Data Systems 
 The Practice of Low Impact Development 
 City of Chicago 2003 Final Action Plan 
 Building Innovation for Homeownership 
 Development and Analysis of the National Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Database 
 A Report on Worst Case Housing Needs in 1999: New Opportunity Amid Continuing Challenges, Executive 
 Making Homeownership a Reality: Survey of Habitat for Humanity International Homeowners and Affiliat 
 Expanding the Nations Supply of Affordable Housing: An Evaluation of the HOME Investment Partnership 
 Development and Analysis of the National Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Database 
 Tax Policy as Housing Policy: The EITCs Potential to Make Housing More Affordable for Working Famili 
 Civic Infrastructure and the Financing of Community Development 
 Rethinking Local Affordable Housing Strategies: Lessons from 70 Years of Policy and Practice 
 The Earned Income Tax Credit as an Instrument of Housing Policy 
 The Importance of Housing Benefits to Welfare Success 
 Saving Affordable Housing: What Community Groups Can Do & What Government Should Do 
 Illinois Affordable Housing Primer 
 The Hope VI Resident Tracking Study 
 Housing in the 21st Century 
 Examing Supply-Side Constraints to Low-income Homeownership 
 Housing for Very Low-Income Households: The Record of President Clinton, 1993-2000 
 The Industrial Structure of Affordable Housing Mortage Lending 
 Eliminating Credit Barriers to Increase Homeownership: How Far Can We Go? 
 Asset Appreciation, Timing of Purchases and Sales and Returns to Low-Income Homeownership 
 Community Reinvestment Lending: A Description and Contrast of Loan Production 
 The Housing Needs of Lower-Income Homeowners 
 City of Chicago Five Year Affordable Housing Plan 2004-2008 
 Housing Burden An Issue No Matter Where You Live in the Region 
 Preservation Initiative Toolkit 
 Build-Preserve-Lead: A Housing Agenda for Chicagos Neighborhoods 
 Losing Ground in the Best of Times: Low Income Renters in the 1990s 
 America’s Neighbors: The Affordable Housing Crisis and the People it Affects 
 Perspectives on Renter Income and Affordable Units 
 Housing Problems by Tenure and Income Range 
 Rental Housing Production Need Estimates 
 Low Income Housing and Services Programs: Towards a New Perspective 
 Low Income Housing Profile 
 2003 Advocates Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy 
 Out of Reach 2003: Americas Housing Wage Climbs 
 America’s Neighbors: The Affordable Housing Crisis and the People it Affects 
 2005-2009 IHDA State Housing Consolidated Plan 
 Affordable Planning and Appeal Act 
 Metropolis 2020 - Housing Overview 
 Toolkit: Ending Homelessness 
 Making Rents More Affordable: An Analysis of the Statewide Rental Subsidy Progrem 
 Affordable Housing: New Strategies for a Growing Crisis 
 Illinois Affordable Housing Primer 
 Communities of Quality: Defining and Quantifying Quality Affordable Housing 
 Housing for Very Low-Income Households: The Record of President Clinton, 1993-2000 
 Preservation of Existing Housing: A Key Element in a Revitalized National Housing Policy 
 Stemming the Tide: A Handbook on Preserving Subsidized Multifamily Housing 
 Preserving the Low-Income Housing Stock: What Nonprofit Organizations Can Do Today and Tommorow 
 Homesteading Program, Chicago: Single-Family Community Land Trust Housing 
 Building Community Assets: A Guide to Credit Union Partnerships 
 Chicago Rehab Network - Analyses of Chicago DOH Quarterly Reports 
 Present Realities, Future Prospects: Chicago Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties 
 The State of Housing in Chicago 
 Assessing Government Assisted Multi-Family Housing 
  
 Mixing It Up: Public Housing Redevelopment in Chicago 
 2002 Housing Action Agenda - MPC and Metropolitan Mayors Caucus 
 Regional Employer- Assisted Collaboration for Housing - 2001 Year-end Report 
 Recommendations for Developing Attainable Workforce Housing in the Chicago Region 
 City DOH Affordable Housing Plan: Quarterly Progress Report June 30, 2002 
 City DOH Affordable Housing Plan: Quarterly Progress Report March 30, 2002 
 Racism and Metropolitan Dynamics: The Civil Rights Challenge of the 21st Century 
 Affordable Housing and Smart Growth: making the Connection 
 Where Will They Live: Metropolitan Dimensions of Affordable Housing Problems 
 Barriers to the Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing Vol.2 
 Barriers to the Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing Vol.1 
 IHARP Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Report 2002 
  
 Mixed-Income Housing: Unanswered Questions 
 HUD American Housing Survey - Chicago 1999