The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a US government agency that supports community development and home ownership.
HUD enforces the Fair Housing Act and offers housing assistance through the Community Development Grant Program and the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on sex, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, and disability.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace and in employment.
Autarky refers to a state of self-sufficiency and is commonly used to describe countries or economies that seek to reduce their dependence on international trade.
A Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract is a model used to finance large projects, usually infrastructure projects, developed through a public-private partnership.
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, especially in the industrial sector, in which labor is paid only according to wages.
The term “discount rate” can refer to either the interest rate the Federal Reserve charges banks for short-term loans or the rate used to discount future cash flows in a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis.