Housing
Alphabet Soup 

A

B

C

CC&Rs - Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions

CD Banks - Community Development Banks


D

DDA - Disposition & Development Agreement

DPA - Downpayment Assistance 

E

EIR - Environmental Impact Reports (also see CEQA)

Entitlement Process

F

Factory Built (aka Prefabricated and system-built homes)

Fair Housing

G

Gentrification

Green Zone


H

I

IHBG - Indian Housing Block Grant

L

M

Market Rate Housing

Missing Middle Housing

Mixed Use

Modular Housing (aka factory built, prefabricated, or system built homes)

Multi Family Development

N

NAC - Neighborhood Association Council

NIMBY - Not in my backyard

NOAH - Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing

P

Planning (Also Land Use Planning)

Predevelopment

PHA - Public Housing Authority

PSH - Permanent Supportive Housing

R

S

SFD - Single Family Development

Shelters

Subsidized Housing

Suburban

T

Tiny Homes

TDHE - Tribally Designated Housing Entities

TOD - Transit Oriented Development

U

V

Y

Z

Zoning




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