Housing Policy
Watch the PBS Frontline documentary, “Politics, Poverty, and Profit” and write a brief report
that contains three separate sections that address the following questions. Please notice the
expected word count for each section.
1. Briefly describe the goal and purpose of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
Indicate how the program is supposed to work. (approximately 150-200 words)
2. List and discuss some of the problems with the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
that are highlighted in the PBS documentary. (approximately 100-150 words)
3. What type of changes could be made to improve the program’s ability to achieve its
goal? Given what you know about the U.S. political system and how policies are made
and implemented, what improvements do you believe would be feasible?
(approximately 100-150 words)
