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How Government Housing Programs Actually Get Funded
The funding behind affordable housing: the Capital and Operating Funds for public housing, and the tax credit program that drives most new affordable units.

The funding behind affordable housing: the Capital and Operating Funds for public housing, and the tax credit program that drives most new affordable units.

A plain-language guide to affordable and subsidized housing: program types, how rent is set, and practical steps for first-time applicants.

The two words get used interchangeably in government and at work. They mean different things, and the gap between them is where oversight finds most of its problems.

Famous lines about truth-telling and ownership carry practical rules for how oversight really works.

Civic technology runs on volunteers. Here is how newcomers find a project, pick a first task, and contribute without breaking anything.