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Organizations that build, rehabilitate, manage and/or provide rental housing for low-income individuals and families, older adults and people with disabilities; or which make purchasable housing available to low or moderate income families by offering lower priced housing and/or affordable payment plans, by arranging for interest or mortgage subsidies or by involving eventual owners in the construction process (sweat equity). Use this code for organizations that provide housing services for a wide range of individuals or for those that offer housing options for low income tenants that are not specified below.

Key words: Accessible Housing; Affordable Housing; Barrier-Free Housing; Habitat for Humanity; Housing Construction; Housing Cooperatives; Housing Development; Housing Management; Inexpensive Housing; Low Cost Housing; Low Income Housing; Low to Moderate Cost Housing; Low to Moderate Income Housing; Mobile Home Parks; Moderate Income Housing; Rooming Houses; Shared Housing; Single Room Occupancy; SRO Hotels; SRO Housing; SROs; Sweat Equity; Urban Homesteading

Scope notes: For housing expense assistance to organizations USE Common Codes L112 or L122; for housing expense assistance to individuals and/or families; USE Housing Expense Reduction Support (L82).

Residential options exclusively for older adults who want to have a simpler, maintenance-free lifestyle and enjoy the company of peers with common interests, or who require a moderate amount of support in the activities of daily living to maintain independent living.

Key words: Age Restricted Communities; Agency on Aging Apartments; Elderly Housing; HUD 202; Retirement Communities; Retirement Homes; Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly; Senior Apartment Complexes; Senior Citizens Housing; Senior Citizens Retirement Communities; Senior Congregate Living Facilities; Senior Retirement Communities

Scope notes: Includes: HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly programs. Section 202 programs help expand the supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly. It provides very low-income elderly with options that allow them to live independently but in an environment that provides support activities such as cleaning, cooking, transportation, etc.

Prior to 1990, Section 202 of the National Housing Act included the elderly as well as individuals with disabilities. USE L22 for housing options for the elderly only or for housing options for the elderly and people with disabilities.

See also: Nursing Facilities; Senior Continuing Care Communities