Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

looking at the housing issue as a person who recently moved to Orillia, I find that there is a lack of housing for people in general. Just by looking at the City of Orillia website, it is apparent that they preparing for an increase in population, and there is an action plan for a variety of living arrangments in place, but will it be enough? According to the census data, the population has increased upwards of 2% since 2011, but this was seen as not high enough as it "fell behind national growth rate" (Media, 2016). The City of Orillia believes, that there will "be a need in the numbers of units to increase and also the variety. Affordable Housing options for those with limited incomes, including students, young families and seniors will be required to…

safe and suitable housing has been problematic since the 1800s in the United States. The tenement reform was an early intervention by the local government before the federal government got involved in 1937. Congress passed the Wagner-steagall housing Act, which established the current federal housing program. For the past years, public housing authorities having been trying to attain the level of success mixed income housing authorities pursue today? The beginning of mixed income housing was the…

The Booming Impacts of Housing Affordable housing is an important issue that not only affects the Boston area, but the United States as a whole. The New York Times published an article in November 2015 stating that based off a Siena College Poll, “half of New Yorkers say they are barely or not getting by.” However, affordable housing has many indirect impacts in society rather than just shelter. These impacts have an effect on mental and physical health, the environment, education, and the…

United States in effort to help them succeed. The IRC provides many different services; they provide economic well-being, education, health, housing, employment services, legal services for citizenship, power, and safety. Before the refugees’ land we prepare all the paperwork they will need to apply for Social Security cards and Food Stamps. We find them low income housing and set up the house with all the basic necessities including beds, blankets, couches, silverware, dishes, chairs, tables,…

Affordable Housing Relief Program Affordable housing has been an issue for many people for a number of years. Today is no different. In a 2016 report issued by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, “In no state, metropolitan area, or county can a full-time worker earning the prevailing minimum wage afford a modest two bedroom apartment.” Obtaining housing can be difficult for the working class, but even more difficult for college students and people who are unemployed. Solving…

education.. As we have spoken about earlier Some households will trade in quality and diversity for quantity. They usually start by decreasing the amount of food groups each of their meals hit upon, targeting food that are high in calorie intake opposed to the healthier low calorie foods. Some households will decrease the amount an individual receives per meal or they decrease the number of meals in general. Other coping mechanisms would be having both parents in the household work longer hours,…

is funded by public tax dollars just like the one in my hometown, but being in a more affluent neighborhood with a median income much higher than that of my small town has created a disparity in the quality of education. Most of my classmates in Maryland expected to go to college and get good jobs while those in the south contemplated even completing a college…

For example, Arizona TANF program was two years; however, recently it was decreased to one year. Unfortunately, accordingly to Pitzil, this means a projection of 2,500 people, including 1,500 kids will no longer qualify for the retiring allowance the program provides. The average payment is $278 a month. The TANF program has inadvertently impacted low income families in a negative way. Fifty percent of work-eligible individuals who receive TANF assistance must meet minimum hourly requirements…

more industry certified in a technical field, both as part of and after their high school education(issues). A problem that many young adults face is student loan debt. The United States student loan debt tops 1.2 trillion dollars. Rubio wants to apply the “Dynamic Student Loan Repayment Act” to help reduce this on-going debt. This act is supposed to consolidate, simplify and improve income-based repayment options for federal student loans. Student loan payments would be automatically adjusted…

Income inequality has been around for so long that I don’t even think that the average American has any ideas on how to fix it. “Ultimately we could end up with a society in which the rich separate themselves from everyone else”(David Leonhardt). I believe that David was completely right when he said that because that is exactly what has happened. Espically, today with elections coming up we hear all over people’s campaign so and so is giving tax breaks to the rich or something similar. Why is…