Affordable housing glossary - 2003-10-19
Here are common terms and their definitions utilized when discussing affordable housing:

BALANCED HOUSING PROGRAM: The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs administers this program, which subsidizes newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated rental or for-sale units with affordable mortgage payments. The program is supported by the Balanced Housing Fund, and its primary funding source is real-estate transfer fees.
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Housing funds assists 'real people' - 2003-10-19
For six decades, home sweet home to Pedro and Juanita Acosta was the "concrete and bricks" of apartment life in New York City suburbs. They held blue-collar jobs their entire adult lives to pay the rent and raise three children.

Now, they spend less on monthly mortgage payments than they did on rent. For a home that is all their own after 43 years of marriage. For a place Juanita, 62, fills with her numerous little trinkets and dolls. For a yard Pedro, 64, adorns with a vegetable garden and flowers.
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