# Glossary

## A
- **[acquisition costs](/content/glossary/acquisition-costs/index.html)**  
  US  
  land costs  
- **[adaptive reuse](/content/glossary/adaptive-reuse/index.html)**  
- **[affordable housing](/content/glossary/affordable-housing/index.html)**  
  US
- **[AFHMP](/content/glossary/afhmp/index.html)**  
  US  
  Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing  
- **[ALTA](/content/glossary/alta/index.html)**  
  US  
  American Land Title Association  
- **[ALTA survey](/content/glossary/alta-survey/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[ASHRAE](/content/glossary/ashrae/index.html)**  
  US  
  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

## B
- **[bridge loan](/content/glossary/bridge-loan/index.html)**  
  bridge financing  
- **[building envelope](/content/glossary/building-envelope/index.html)**  
  building enclosure

## C
- **[cap rate](/content/glossary/cap-rate/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[CBDG program](/content/glossary/cbdg-program/index.html)**  
  US  
  Community Development Block Grant  
- **[CEQRA](/content/glossary/ceqra/index.html)**  
  NY  
  City Environmental Quality Review Act  
- **[certificate of occupancy (CO)](/content/glossary/certificate-of-occupancy-coo/index.html)**  
  US  
  CO, C of O  
- **[City Planning Commission (NYC)](/content/glossary/city-planning-commission-nyc/index.html)**  
  NY  
- **[Community Planning and Development (CPD)](/content/glossary/community-planning-and-development-cpd/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[conduit financing](/content/glossary/conduit-financing/index.html)**  
  US

## D
- **[developer fees](/content/glossary/developer-fees/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[Difficult Development Areas (DDTs)](/content/glossary/difficult-development-areas-ddts/index.html)**  
  US  
  DDTs

## E
- **[EIS](/content/glossary/eis/index.html)**  
  US  
  Environmental Impact Statement  
- **[Energy Star](/content/glossary/energy-star/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[ESA](/content/glossary/esa/index.html)**  
  US  
  environmental site assessment

## F
- **[fair market rent](/content/glossary/fair-market-rent/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[FHA](/content/glossary/fha/index.html)**  
  US  
  Federal Housing Administration  
- **[FHA loan](/content/glossary/fha-loan/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[first lien](/content/glossary/first-lien/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[floor area](/content/glossary/floor-area/index.html)**  
  -

## G
- **[gap financing](/content/glossary/gap-financing/index.html)**  
  bridge financing  
- **[Ginnie Mae](/content/glossary/ginnie-mae/index.html)**  
  US

## H
- **[hard costs](/content/glossary/hard-costs/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[historic preservation](/content/glossary/historic-preservation/index.html)**  
- **[HOME program](/content/glossary/home-program/index.html)**  
  US  
  HOME Investment Partnership  
- **[HOPWA program](/content/glossary/hopwa-program/index.html)**  
  US  
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS  
- **[Housing Trust Fund (HTF)](/content/glossary/housing-trust-fund-htf/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[HUD 221(d) loan](/content/glossary/hud-221-d-loan/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[HUD 223(f) loan](/content/glossary/hud-223-f-loan/index.html)**  
  US

## I
- **[IDIS](/content/glossary/idis/index.html)**  
  US  
  Integrated Disbursement and Information System  
- **[indoor air quality (IAQ)](/content/glossary/iaq/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[infill development](/content/glossary/infill-development/index.html)**  
  US

## L
- **[LEED certification](/content/glossary/leed-certification/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[LIHTC program](/content/glossary/lihtc/index.html)**  
  US  
  Low-income Housing Tax Credit program  
- **[loan-to-cost](/content/glossary/ltc/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[loan-to-value](/content/glossary/ltv/index.html)**  
  US

## M
- **[MIH](/content/glossary/mih/index.html)**  
  US  
  Mandatory Inclusionary Housing  
- **[mixed-use development](/content/glossary/mixed-use-development/index.html)**  
  US  
  mixed-use project  
- **[moderate rehabilitation](/content/glossary/moderate-rehab/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[multifamily housing](/content/glossary/multifamily-development-multifamily-housing/index.html)**  
  US  
  multifamily development, multifamily project

## N
- **[NCSHA](/content/glossary/ncsha/index.html)**  
  US  
  National Council of State Housing Agencies  
- **[NeighborWorks](/content/glossary/neighborworks/index.html)**  
  US  
  Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation  
- **[NMTC](/content/glossary/nmtc/index.html)**  
  US  
  New Markets Tax Credit Program

## P
- **[project financing](/content/glossary/project-financing/index.html)**

## Q
- **[Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP)](/content/glossary/qap/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs)](/content/glossary/qualified-census-tracts-qcts/index.html)**  
  US  
  LIHTC Qualified Census Tracts

## R
- **[regulatory agreement](/content/glossary/regulatory-agreement/index.html)**  
  -  
- **[R-value](/content/glossary/r-value/index.html)**  
  R-value of building envelope

## S
- **[SLIHC](/content/glossary/slihc/index.html)**  
  NY  
  New York State Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program  
- **[soft costs](/content/glossary/soft-costs/index.html)**  
  US  
- **[student housing](/content/glossary/student-housing/index.html)**  
- **[substantial rehabilitation](/content/glossary/substantial-rehab/index.html)**  
  US

## T
- **[tax-exempt bonds](/content/glossary/tax-exempt-bonds/index.html)**  
  US  
  tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds  
- **[TEFRA hearing](/content/glossary/tefra-hearing/index.html)**  
  US  
  Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) hearing