HOUSING Resource - AIDS Services Foundation Orange County

COMMONLY USED HOUSING TERMS
Affordable Housing
This is generally defined as housing where the occupant is paying no more
than 30% of gross income for housing costs, including utilities.
Assisted Living
See “Supportive Housing.”
AHPOCI
Affordable Housing Projects of Orange County Inc., an all-volunteer nonprofit
organization which sponsers Hagan Place, a 25 unit apartment
complex in Laguna Beach for persons disabled by HIV.
Congregate Housing
These are units which contain a living room, bedroom and bathroom,
usually with no kitchen area. A central dining area and kitchen is maintained
for use of the occupants.
Consolidated Plan
A document written by a State or local government describing the housing
needs of the low- and moderate-income residents, outlining strategies to
meet the needs and listing all resources available to implement the strategies.
This document is required to receive HUD Community Planning and
Development funds.
Continuum of Care
Refers to a range of housing resources, beginning with outreach to those
in need, to emergency shelters, to transitional housing, to assisted
living situations, to permanent independent housing. Also refers to
policies designed to address the critical problem of homelessness that
include a coordinated community-based process of identifying needs
and building a system to address those needs. The approach is based
on the understanding that homelessness is not caused merely by a lack
of shelter, but involves a variety of underlying, unmet needs—physical,
economic, and social.
Emergency Housing
Housing for people with immediate need of shelter, including missions,
motels and hotels, and shelters.
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