...provides background of the development of section 236 of the 1968 Housing Act (section 201 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968); describes how this program to provide federal funds for affordable housing works, who is eligible for assistance, income range per unit size (family size) and income level, etc.; discusses problems with the program including real estate taxes, construction costs and permanent financing; also disucsses the Massachusetts program that provides tax reduction for development of "blighted" areas through the creation of Urban Development Corporations and various related questions; this item was in the BRA collection...