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A
Abandoned properties
Accessory dwelling units
Acquisition financing
Affordability, definition of
Affordable Requirements Ordinance (Chicago, IL)
B
Bonds
Brownfields
Building codes, rehabilitation
C
Capital generation
Chapter 40B (Massachusetts)
Cluster zoning
Community land trust
Cross-subsidies
D
Data sources
Deed-restricted homeownership
Density bonus
Disposition of property -- see:
Publicly-owned land
Abandoned, vacant, and tax-delinquent property
Downpayment assistance
E
Eminent domain
Employer-assisted housing
Enabling legislation
Energy efficiency
E-permitting
Expedited permitting
F
Foreclosure prevention
G
"Granny" flats
Green building
H
Higher-density development -- see:
Multifamily/attached home
s
Rezoning low-density areas
Homeownership -- see:
Downpayment assistance
Foreclosure prevention
Homeownership education and counseling
Shared equity
Homeownership education and counseling
Homeownership Preservation Initiative (Chicago, IL)
Housing finance agency (HFA) reserves
Housing strategy
Housing trust funds
I
Impact fees
Inclusionary zoning
J
K
L
Land bank
Land trust
Limited equity cooperative
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
Low Income Housing Trust Fund (Chicago, IL)
M
Manufactured homes
Mixed-income housing
Mixed-use housing
Modular homes
Multifamily housing
N
O
Overlay zones
P
Parking requirements
Permanent affordability
Planned unit development
Predatory lending
Pre-development financing
Preservation, rental housing
Preservation, resources
Publicly-owned land
Q
R
Red tape
Rehabilitation, building codes
Rental housing -- see:
Multifamily housing
Preservation, rental housing
Zoning for housing diversity
Reserve funds, housing finance agency
Residential studio unit
Rezoning
Right of first refusal
S
Shared appreciation loans
Shared equity
Single room occupancies
Site availability
Special needs housing
Split-rate taxation
Subsidized housing
T
Tax abatement
Tax delinquent properties
Tax increment financing (TIF)
Transfer of development rights
U
Upzoning
V
Vacant property
W
Weak markets
Workforce housing
X
Y
Z
Zoning for housing diversity
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