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The examples are divided into three categories:

1. Highlighted examples focus on a policy or program and provide at least some key details.

2. Policy references include brief notes that a state or locality is involved in a policy. These references do not go into much detail.

3. Gallery entries are images and brief descriptions of affordable or mixed-income homes.

State examples are in alphabetical order by policy. Local examples are listed alphabetically by city, town, or county.

Alabama

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Policy References:
Expand the Use of the 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
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Alaska

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:
Expand Homeownership Education and Counseling -- Expand Access Expand Homeownership Education and Counseling -- Offer Courses for the Full Spectrum of Needs	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
Policy Examples: Use Housing Finance Agency Reserves for Affordable Homes
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Arizona

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Housing Plan Profile	Expedite Permitting -- Streamline Approvals (Maricopa County) Recycle Downpayment Assistance (Tucson)
	Policy References:
	Revise Impact Fee Structures (Phoenix)
	Gallery Entries:
	Crystal Creek Townhomes (Sierra Vista)
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Arkansas

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Policy References:
Key State Roles: Expand Use of 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits	There are currently no local examples from Arkansas on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
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California

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Zoning for a Diversity of Housing Types -- Accessory Dwelling Units Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing Resale Formulas for Subsidy Retention Programs Support Housing Bond Issues Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Right-of-First-Refusal Laws Utilize Tax Increment Financing to Fund Affordable Homes	Inclusionary Zoning (Carlsbad) Shared Appreciation Loans (Emeryville) Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing (Escondido, with state assistance) Cross-Subsidies to Create Mixed-Income Communities (Los Angeles) Expand the Use of the 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Los Angeles) Foreclosure Prevention (Los Angeles) Inclusionary Zoning (Los Angeles) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Code Enforcement (Los Angeles) Recycle Downpayment Assistance (Los Angeles) Reuse Abandoned Properties (Los Angeles) Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing (Oakland) Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes (Ontario) Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes -- Allow Disposition for Below-Market Prices (San Francisco) Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes -- Prioritize Affordable Homes (San Francisco) Zoning for a Diversity of Housing Types -- Reduce Parking Requirements (San Francisco) Use Shared Equity to Preserve Homeownership Subsidies (San Francisco Bay Area) Employer-Assisted Housing (Santa Barbara) Employer-Assisted Housing (Santa Clara) Shared Appreciation Loans (Santa Cruz) Expand the Use of the 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Santa Maria) Recycle Downpayment Assistance (Visalia) Utilize Tax Increment Financing to Fund Affordable Homes (Sacramento)
Policy References:	Policy References:
Inclusionary Zoning Key State Roles: Offer Incentives to Developers Key State Roles: Require Localities to Develop Affordable Housing Plans Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Improve Information Collection Using General Obligation Bonds Utilize Tax Increment Financing to Fund Affordable Homes	Expedite Permitting -- Reduce Parking Requirements (Corte Madera) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Improve Information Collection (Los Angeles) Inclusionary Zoning (Palo Alto) Inclusionary Zoning (Sacramento) Inclusionary Zoning -- Effects on Local Housing Markets (San Francisco) Inclusionary Zoning -- Terms of the Set-Aside (San Francisco) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes (San Francisco) Expand the Supply of Homes Through Rezonings (San Jose) Expedite Permitting -- Streamline Approvals (Sunnyvale)
	Gallery Entries:
	Avenue 26 (Los Angeles) Crescent Cove (San Francisco) Emerald Terrace Apartments (Los Angeles) Media Village (Burbank) Daybreak Grove (Escondido) Orange Place (Escondido) Via Roble (Escondido) Indian Wells Villas (Indian Wells) Fruitvale Village (Oakland) Hisman Hin-Nu Terrace (Oakland) Laurel Crest Apartment Homes (Lancaster) Lillian Place (San Diego) Mandela Gateway (Oakland) Mountain View Senior Apartments (Ontario) 5th Street Family Housing (Santa Monica) SOLARA Village (Polway) The Rick Weiss New Hope Courtyard Apartments (Santa Monica) The Farm (Soquel) Village at the Crossing (San Bruno) Vineyard Crossing (American Canyon) Windrow Apartments (Irvine)
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Colorado

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Expand Homeownership Education and Counseling Foreclosure Prevention -- Task Force	Expand the Supply of Homes Through Rezonings (Denver)
Policy References:	Policy References:
Foreclosure Prevention -- Establish a Hotline	Resale Formulas for Subsidy Retention Programs (Boulder) Inclusionary Zoning (Denver)
	Gallery Entries: Benedict Commons (Aspen)
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Connecticut

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Foreclosure Prevention Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing	Housing Plan Profile (Stamford)
Policy References:
Employer-Assisted Housing -- Provide Tax Credits Key State Roles: Create Enforceable Rights to Develop Affordable Homes Key State Roles: Offer Incentives to Developers Key State Roles: Offer Incentives to Municipalities Use Housing Finance Agency Reserves for Affordable Homes
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Delaware

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:
Foreclosure Prevention Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing Employer-Assisted Housing	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
Policy References:
Create a Housing Trust Fund Expand the Use of the 4 Percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit Foreclosure Prevention -- Establish a Hotline
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District of Columbia

Highlighted Examples:
Cross-Subsidies to Create Mixed Income Communities -- with HOPE VI Employer-Assisted Housing Expand the Use of the 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Housing Plan Profile Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Case Study Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Policy Environment Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing
Policy References:
Create a Housing Trust Fund Foreclosure Prevention -- Increase Oversight of Mortgage Brokers Foreclosure Prevention -- Protect Tenants Inclusionary Zoning -- Effects on Local Housing Markets Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Enhance Funding Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Improve Information Collection Tax Abatement
Gallery Entries:
Eden House Promise Place Galen Terrace Townhomes on Capitol Hill
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Florida

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing	Revise Impact Fee Structures -- Allow Fee Reductions (Alachua County) Revise Impact Fee Structures -- What are Impact Fees? (Alachua County) Revise Impact Fee Structures (Hillsborough County) Housing Plan Profile (Jacksonville) Support Housing Bond Issues (Miami-Dade County)
Policy References:	Policy References:
Create a Housing Trust Fund Key State Roles: Require Localities to Develop Affordable Housing Plans Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Enhance Funding Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Improve Information Collection Employer-Assisted Housing	Zoning for a Diversity of Housing Types -- Reduce Parking Requirements (Coral Gables, Fort Myers)
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Georgia

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing Reuse Abandoned Properties	Housing Plan Profile (Atlanta) Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes (Atlanta) Revise Impact Fee Structures (Atlanta) Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes (Rossville)
	Policy References:
	Cross-Subsidies to Create Mixed Income Communities -- with HOPE VI (Atlanta) Foreclosure Prevention -- Establish a Hotline (Atlanta)
	Gallery Entries:
	Jerusalem House (Atlanta)
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Hawaii

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples: Use Housing Finance Agency Reserves for Affordable Homes	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
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Idaho

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Policy References: Foreclosure Prevention Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
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Illinois

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Employer-Assisted Housing Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Enhance Funding	Create a Housing Trust Fund case study (Chicago) Employer-Assisted Housing (Chicago) Expand the Use of the 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Chicago) Foreclosure Prevention -- Home Ownership Preservation Initiative Case Study (Chicago) Housing Plan Profile (Chicago) Inclusionary Zoning -- Affordable Requirements Ordinance Case Study (Chicago) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Enhance Funding (Chicago) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Right-of-First-Refusal Laws (Chicago) Freeze Real Estate Tax Assessments (Cook County) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes - Enhance Funding (Cook County) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes - Coordinate Efforts (Cook County) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes (Danville) Employer-Assisted Housing (St. Charles)
Policy References:	Policy References:
Create a Housing Trust Fund Key State Roles: Create Enforceable Rights to Develop Affordable Homes Key State Roles: Expand the Financial Resources Available Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Right-of-First-Refusal Laws Tax Abatements	Assembling a Housing Taskforce (Chicago) Cross-Subsidies to Create Mixed-Income Communities -- with HOPE VI (Chicago) Employer-Assisted Housing (Chicago) Foreclosure Prevention -- Target Emerging Risk Areas (Chicago) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Enhance Funding (Chicago) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Information Collection and Policy Coordination (Chicago) Use Shared Equity to Preserve Homeownership Subsidies (Chicago) Utilize Tax Increment Financing to Fund Affordable Homes (Chicago)
	Gallery Entries:
	Harold Washington Unity Cooperative (Chicago) LUCHA SRO (Chicago) Walden Oaks (Chicago)
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Indiana

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Policy References:
Create a Housing Trust Fund Preserve Affordable Rental Homes
	Gallery Entries:
	West Washington Street Homes (South Bend)
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Iowa

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Policy References:
Foreclosure Prevention Use Housing Finance Agency Reserves for Affordable Homes	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
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Kansas

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
There are no examples from Kansas on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
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Kentucky

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Policy References:	Policy References:
Expand Homeownership Education and Counseling Foreclosure Prevention Key State Roles: Expand Use of 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits	Reuse Abandoned Properties (Covington) Employer-Assisted Housing (Lexington-Fayette Urban County) Cross-Subsidies to Create Mixed-Income Communities -- with HOPE VI (Louisville)
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Louisiana

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
There are no examples from Louisiana on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
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Maine

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:
Provide Pre-Development and Acquisition Financing Utilize Tax Increment Financing to Fund Affordable Homes	There are no local examples on HousingPolicy.org. Know of a high-impact example? Submit it for inclusion.
Policy References:
Key State Roles: Expand the Use of the 4 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Preserve Affordable Rental Homes
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Maryland

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Expand Homeownership Education and Counseling Foreclosure Prevention -- Flexible Underwriting Standards Foreclosure Prevention -- Low-Interest Refinance Loans Foreclosure Prevention -- Short-Term Emergency Loans Foreclosure Prevention -- Task Force	Employer-Assisted Housing (Baltimore) Reuse Abandoned Properties --Expedite Redevelopment (Baltimore) Reuse Abandoned Properties -- Launch a Campaign (Baltimore) Cross-Subsidies to Create Mixed-Income Communities (Montgomery County) Housing Plan Profile (Montgomery County) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Right-of-First-Refusal Laws (Montgomery County)
Policy References:	Policy References:
Create a Housing Trust Fund Employer-Assisted Housing Foreclosure Prevention -- Lengthen the Timeline Foreclosure Prevention -- Offer a Range of Refinancing Products Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Right-of-First-Refusal Laws Tax Abatements	Foreclosure Prevention -- Establish a Hotline (Baltimore) Foreclosure Prevention -- Protect Tenants (Baltimore) Inclusionary Zoning (Montgomery County) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Enhance Funding (Montgomery County)
	Gallery Entries:
	Stewartown Homes (Montgomery County)
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Massachusetts

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Create a Housing Trust Fund Expedite Permitting -- Chapter 40B case study Foreclosure Prevention -- Facilitate Rental Options for Former Homeowners Foreclosure Prevention -- Lengthen the Timeline Foreclosure Prevention -- Low-Interest Refinance Loans Foreclosure Prevention -- Task Force Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes -- Reduce Barriers Make Publicly-Owned Land Available for Affordable Homes -- Work Across Agencies	Housing Plan Profile (Boston) Housing Plan Profile (Provincetown)
Policy References:	Policy References:
Foreclosure Prevention -- Increase Oversight of Mortgage Brokers Foreclosure Prevention -- Lengthen the Timeline Foreclosure Prevention -- Low-Interest Refinance Loans Foreclosure Prevention -- Protect Tenants Key State Roles: Offer Incentives to Municipalities Preserve Affordable Rental Homes -- Improve Information Collection Use Tax Increment Financing Zoning for Diverse Housing Types Utilize Tax Increment Financing to Fund Affordable Homes	Inclusionary Zoning -- Effects on Local Housing Markets (Boston) Inclusionary Zoning -- Location of Units (Boston) Inclusionary Zoning -- Terms of the Set-Aside (Boston) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes (Boston) Create a Housing Trust Fund (Cambridge) Inclusionary Zoning (Cambridge) Inclusionary Zoning (Newton) Use Shared Equity to Preserve Homeownership Subsidies (Springfield)
	Gallery Entries:
	Bedford Veterans SRO (Bedford) Orchard at Cold Spring Commons (Belchertown) Fairweather Apartments (Beverly) Charlestown Navy Yard Rowhouses (Boston) Erie-Ellington Homes (Boston) Hyde-Jackson Homes (Boston) Long Glen (Boston) Auburn Court (Cambridge) Dom Naradowy Polski Apartments (Chicopee) Elm Brook Homes (Concord) Fairweather Apartments (Danvers) Treehouse at Easthampton Meadow (Easthampton) Battle Road Farm (Lincoln) Chestnut Gardens (Lynn) Foundry Square (Newburyport) Fairweather Apartments (Peabody) Capitol Square (Pittsfield) Bridle Path Apartments (Randolph) Fairweather Apartments (Salem) Eastgate Apartments (Springfield) Stony Brook (Westford)
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Michigan

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Preserve Affordable Rental Homes Reuse Abandoned Properties	Reuse Abandoned Properties (Genesee County)
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	The Village of Brush Park Manor Paradise Valley (Detroit) The Village of Harmony Manor (Detroit) The Village of Oakland Manor (Detroit) The Village of Woodbridge Manor (Detroit) Flint Gateway Initiative (Flint) The Village of Our Savior's Manor (Westland)
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Minnesota

State Policies and Examples	Local Policies and Examples
Highlighted Examples:	Highlighted Examples:
Expand Homeownership Education and Counseling Foreclosure Prevention -- Flexible Underwriting Standards Tax Abatement	Use Shared Equity to Preserve Homeownership Subsidies (Chaska) Employer Assisted Housing (Marshall) Employer Assisted Housing (Rochester) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes (St. Charles) Preserve Affordable Rental Homes (Twin Cities)
Policy References:
Foreclosure Prevention -- Identify Emerging Risk Areas Foreclosure Prevention -- Protect Tenants Preserve Affordable Rental Homes
	Gallery Entries: