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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"section 8"”.
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Section 8 Existing Housing Program : the Boston experience
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Preservation issues in project-based Section 8 contract expirations
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Section 8 existing housing assistance payments program : an administrators analysis
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981.
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From Section 8 to Starbucks: The Effects of Gentrification on Affordable Housing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This dissertation examines gentrification in Pittsburgh, PA to determine if the process is reducing the amount of affordable housing for low-income groups. There has been considerable debate regarding the merits and consequences of gentrification for the economic development of cities and this …
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Balancing income targeting and poverty deconcentration in subsidized housing : the challenge of the Federal Section 8 Program
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
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In a fiscally-constrained legislative environment, are project-based Section 8 Vouchers and overlooked vehicle for affordable housing production?
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2004.
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Section 8 Tenant-Based Housing Assistance Program: A Case Study of the Negative Effects of the Program on Participating Communities
… during the United States housing crisis. The Section 8 Tenant Based Program, which is federally funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), helps to provide thousands of Americans each year with safe, decent and sanitary housing; something they might not have …
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Housing expectations, satisfaction, and tenure plans of Black, female heads-of-household who participate in the section 8 leased housing program
… program to help alleviate this problem is the Section 8 Leased Housing Program. The purpose of this study was to examine significant differences in intent to move by specific housing variables in black female, heads-of-household who participate in the Section 8 Program administered by the …
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Sustainable Homes for All: Designing a Clean Energy Incentive for Boston’s Section 8 HCV Landlords to Improve Tenant Quality of Life
… no initiatives aimed at decarbonization in the Section 8 Program. Thus, the BHA can broaden its influence beyond the public sector and incentivize residential decarbonization in the private sector through its relationships with over 15,000 landlords in the Section 8 HCV Program. This thesis …
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A principled approach to the computation of damages under Section 8 of the promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 for losses suffered as a result of the non-performance of social welfare administrators
Social Welfare Departments, particularly in the Eastern Cape, are in disarray. Welfare grant applications are taking many months to be processed and paid. Consequently, those most in need of support are bringing actions against the Department requesting that their applications be considered and …
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An analysis of the approach adopted by the South African Constitutional Court to the right to equality and non-discrimination in the five decisions concerning section 8 of the interim Constitution compared to the approach adopted by the Belgian Court of Arbitration
… in order to determine its current approach to section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa Act 108 of 1996 (previously section 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 200 of 1993 (the interim Constitution)). After an introduction to the Belgian Court of Arbitration and review …
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Utility allowances and rental subsidized housing: methodologies to predict energy use and encourage energy conservation in Virginia
This dissertation surveyed Section 8 participants to collect the information necessary to update utility allowances to reflect fy 1983 utility costs. Data was collected regarding the thermal efficiency of units currently under lease and the lifestyles of participants. HUD specified that allowances …
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Selected contracts of sale of movable goods in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
… guarantee. The credit guarantee in terms of section 8(5) is an undertaking or a promise by a person to satisfy the obligation of another consumer in terms of a credit facility or a credit transaction to which the NCA applies. The purpose of the dissertation is to investigate the NCA credit …
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Analysis of overpricing of maintenance service contracts awarded via the 8(a)program and by formal advertising.
Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended, authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into contracts with other government procuring agencies for goods and services. The SBA subcontracts the work on a sole source basis to small businesses that are owned and controlled by …
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Bidding AD(ie)U to homelessness?
… transitioning out of homelessness and/or Section 8 voucher-holders. Although in the early stages, these pilot programs seem to defy NIMBY expectations and offer a window into possible strategies for creating low-income housing. Simultaneously, the pilots raise questions around shifting …
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The Impact of State Exemptions on Personal Bankruptcy Filings
… law through the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, section 8), the Federal Government has historically left bankruptcy law for state governments to enact. In 1978, the U.S Congress tried to create a national bankruptcy law, but a last minute compromise allowed states to override federal law in key …
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Property management practices of federally assisted multifamily housing in Virginia: a comparison of nonprofit-owned with government- and for-profit-owned housing
… The population consisted of public housing and Section 8 nonprofit- and for-profit-owned, project-based properties in Virginia (197 properties total). Results were based on 96 property managers’ responses to an 81-item mailed questionnaire, which included open- and close-ended responses. …
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Reconsidering Lead Corrosion in Drinking Water: Product Testing, Direct Chloramine Attack and Galvanic Corrosion
… This prompted re-evaluation of the ANSI/NSF 61, Section 8 standard, which is relied on to protect public health from in-line brass plumbing devices that might leach excessive lead to potable water. In-depth study of the standard revealed serious flaws arising from use of a phosphate buffer in the …
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Lead and Copper Corrosion Control in New Construction: Shock Chlorination, Flushing to Remove Debris & In-line Device Product Testing
… standards (National Sanitation Foundation Section 8) could allow for installation of products that could create a human health hazard due to high lead. Diffusion of lead from within the device to water in the pipe, high velocity, microbial activity and other factors caused more leaching in …
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