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APPENDIX E

Total Count of Federally Subsidized Units
1984
Program Number of Units
Public Housing 1,309,000
Section 8 Existing 1,193,000
Section 8 New Construction and Substantial Rehabilitation 760,000
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation 66,000
Section 236 (discounting units converted to Section 8) 338,000
221(d)(3) (discounting units converted to Section 8) 72,000
Property Disposition 28,000
Rent Supplement (discounting units converted to Section 8) 27,000
Housing Vouchers 21,000
Farmer's Home Administration 1,447,000
TOTAL 5,261,000
Source: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Farmer's Home Administration, and National Low Income Housing Center.

APPENDIX F

Rental Housing Starts
Tax-Exempt Financing vs. All Production (in thousands)
1976-1984
Year Tax-Exempt Starts All Starts Percent Tax Exempt
1984 138 492 28.1
1983 128 450 28.4
1982 163 271 60.2
1981 37 230 16.1
1980 58 289 20.1
1979 74 393 18.8
1978 73 472 15.5
1977 92 460 20.0
1976 49 322 15.2
TOTAL 814 3,379 24.1
Source: Total rental starts: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Division of Housing and Demographic Analysis, Office of Economic Affairs. Tax-exempt starts: Reported by National Association of Homebuilders, Washington, D.C., from Council of State Housing Agencies, Washington, D.C., June 1985.