is by

the

of a

Thirty-eight involve homeown-

31
on

involve improve-

Four

of the provide hous-

ing for citizens, 10

Five single-
are

five providing

for persons are includ-

ed. Seven are classified as com-

prehensive approaches to affordable

eight programs are classified
as miscellaneous.

in the

• Adaptive of property.

• trusts.

• Land

• Manufactured

• Receivership.

• Resource
warehouses.

• Single-room-occupancy hotel
rehabilitation.

• Skills bank/voluntarism.

• uSweat-equityw housing.

• Tool-lending library.

Raising the Roof:
A Sampler of Community
Partnerships for
Affordable Housing

Way of America
122pp.

for $10 plus $2.50 tram the United
Way of America, 901 N. Pitt Street,

VA 22314, (703) 519-7314.

To expand the pool of affordable housing,
the public, voluntary, and private sectors
$ &^y effective

The authors describe 12 types of financ-
ing mechanisms that contribute to
affordable housing, including bank com-
munity development corporations, city-
wide housing partnerships, community
loan funds/revolving loan funds, housing
trust funds/linkage programs, and State
housing programs. Other financing
mechanisms are mortgage/rental assis-
tance pools, neighborhood assistance
programs, share-equity financing, and
tax-exempt housing bonds.

Options for linkages with others that can
facilitate affordable housing are home-
ownership counseling, lease-purchase
homeownership, limited equity hov^p

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