75A - PUBLIC HEARING 5 YR CONSOLITATED PLAN

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(TANF)). This is calculated at the Census Tract level. The higher the score, the less exposure to poverty in the neighborhood. Low Transportation Cost Index: a HUD calculation that estimates transportation costs for a family of 3, with a single parent, with an income at 50% of the median income for renters for the region. The higher the number, the lower the cost of transportation in the neighborhood. Market Rate Housing: housing that is not restricted by affordable housing laws. A market rate unit can be rented for any price that the market can support. NLVIBY: Not In My Back Yard. A social and political movement that opposes housing or commercial development in local communities NIMBY complaints often involve affordable housing, with reasons ranging from traffic concerns to small town quality to, in some cases, thinly -veiled racism. Poverty Line: the minimum level of yearly income needed to allow a household to afford the necessities of life such as housing, clothing, and food. The poverty line is defined on a national basis. The US poverty line for a family of 4 with 2 children under 18 is $22,162. Project -Based Section 8: a government -funded program that provides rental housing to low- income households in privately owned and managed rental units. The funding is specific to the building. If you move out of the building, you will no longer receive the funding. Publicly Supported Housing: housing assisted with funding through federal, State, or local agencies or programs, as well as housing that is financed or administered by or through any such agencies or programs. Quintile: twenty percent of a population; one -fifth of a population divided into five equal groups Reasonable Accommodation: a change to rules, policies, practices, or services which would allow a handicapped person an equal opportunity to use and enjoy their housing, including in public and common use areas. It is a violation of the Fair Housing Act to refuse to make a reasonable accommodation when such accommodation is necessary for the handicapped person to have equal use and enjoyment of the housing. R/ECAPs: Racially and Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty. This is a HUD -defined term indicating a census tract that has more than 50% Non -White residents, and 40% or more of the population is in poverty OR where the poverty rate is greater than three times the average poverty rate in the area. In the HUD Data and Mapping Tool (AFFHT), RECAPS are outlined in pink. See also: Census Tract Region: the Taunton Consortium is located within the HUD -designated Taunton Consortium Custom Region, which covers Bristol, Plymouth, and Norfolk Counties. However, the individual CDBG jurisdictions of Attleboro and Taunton are actually part of the Providence - Warwick, RI -MA Region. Both Regions are used in this analysis, but are always clearly delineated by name and with maps. 302 75A-581