Glossary

A

• acquisition costs
  US
  land costs
• adaptive reuse
• affordable housing
  US
• AFHMP
  US
  Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing
• ALTA
  US
  American Land Title Association
• ALTA survey
  US
• ASHRAE
  US
  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

B

• bridge loan
  bridge financing
• building envelope
  building enclosure

C

• cap rate
  US
• CBDG program
  US
  Community Development Block Grant
• CEQRA
  NY
  City Environmental Quality Review Act
• certificate of occupancy (CO)
  US
  CO, C of O
• City Planning Commission (NYC)
  NY
• Community Planning and Development (CPD)
  US
• conduit financing
  US

D

• developer fees
  US
• Difficult Development Areas (DDTs)
  US
  DDTs

E

• EIS
  US
  Environmental Impact Statement
• Energy Star
  US
• ESA
  US
  environmental site assessment

F

• fair market rent
  US
• FHA
  US
  Federal Housing Administration
• FHA loan
  US
• first lien
  US

• floor area

G

• gap financing
  bridge financing
• Ginnie Mae
  US

H

• hard costs
  US
• historic preservation
• HOME program
  US
  HOME Investment Partnership
• HOPWA program
  US
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
• Housing Trust Fund (HTF)
  US
• HUD 221(d) loan
  US
• HUD 223(f) loan
  US

I

• IDIS
  US
  Integrated Disbursement and Information System
• indoor air quality (IAQ)
  US
• infill development
  US

L

• LEED certification
  US
• LIHTC program
  US
  Low-income Housing Tax Credit program
• loan-to-cost
  US
• loan-to-value
  US

M

• MIH
  US
  Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
• mixed-use development
  US
  mixed-use project
• moderate rehabilitation
  US
• multifamily housing
  US
  multifamily development, multifamily project

N

• NCSHA
  US
  National Council of State Housing Agencies
• NeighborWorks
  US
  Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
• NMTC
  US
  New Markets Tax Credit Program

P

• project financing

Q

• Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP)
  US
• Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs)
  US
  LIHTC Qualified Census Tracts

R

• regulatory agreement

• R-value
  R-value of building envelope

S

• SLIHC
  NY
  New York State Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
• soft costs
  US
• student housing
• substantial rehabilitation
  US

T

• tax-exempt bonds
  US
  tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds
• TEFRA hearing
  US
  Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) hearing