Project-Based

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Project-based housing assistance, as opposed to Tenant-based, is a broad category of affordable housing programs where the rental subsidy is tied to the apartment community or the individual unit. When a tenant moves out of a Project-based assistance unit, the tenant will no longer benefit from the unit's subsidy.

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