Key Types of Affordable Housing

August 6, 2017

There are three main types of federal affordable housing: public housing, project-based rental assistance, and tenant-based Section 8. Read below to find out the differences between each type.

This article is about Housing and Homelessness, What Cities Do Related Topics: affordable, housing, project, rent, section 8

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