UPPP 109 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest 2025
Litigation in what US city prompted MTO (spell out) approaches? - Answers Chicago, Move to
Opportunity
Name 2 common critiques/limitations of MTO - Answers MTO worked to deconcentrate poverty
(move from lower income communities to higher), but limited funding and low support from
receiving communities (higher income areas) made it difficult
What are COGs? - Answers Council of Governments
What has been the main critique of HOPE VI? - Answers Hope VI revitalized public housing to
low density, it led to significant loss of housing units and displacement
What does CDBG stand for? What are these funds generally used for? - Answers Community
Development Block Grant, used for revitalization/construction
What does CDC stand for? - Answers Community Development Corporations
What are Community Benefit Agreements? - Answers Community Benefit Agreements can be
used to prevent displacement
What does SCAG stand for? - Answers Southern California Association of Governments
Which is the most expensive county in the SCAG reigon - Answers Orange County
which 2 scag reigons have grown the most over the last decade? - Answers San Bernardino and
Riverside County
Compared to CA, is OC diverse? - Answers Yes oc is more diverse
What does prop 13 cap in CA? - Answers Caps property tax
In what decade did OC declare bankruptcy? - Answers 1990's
How manypublic employees lost their job as a result? - Answers 3000 public employees
What does RHNA stand for? - Answers Regional Housing Needs Allocation
What has led to a higher recent housing allocation to SCAG? - Answers overcrowding and cost
burden
Which OC cities remain most resistant to state housing law? - Answers Southern Coastal cities
remain the most resistant,
Which carry
the brunt of low-income housing provision? - Answers nothern/inland cities carry the burden
, Name the OC cities that appealed for a higher RHNA for Santa Ana - Answers Irvine, Garden
Grove, Yorba Linda, Newport Beach
What OC city is in a legal battle with the state for refusing to comply w/housing law? - Answers
Huntington beach
Which is the only in the county to have rent control & eviction protections? - Answers Santa Ana
Which had a single-digit housing allocation during the last 8-year cycle & permits housing at the
slowest rate? - Answers Newport Beach
Which has the largest share of non-Hispanic white population (84%) & highest vacancy rate
(23.4%)? - Answers Laguna Beach
Which is the top housing builder in oc - Answers Irvine
which has only single family zoning on 1/2 acre lots except for a strip mall - Answers Villa Park
What retirement city has no subsidized households? - Answers Seal Beach and Villa Park
What is redlining and its result? - Answers Drawing lines on a map to id areas where banks won't
loan out to, mainly affecting black and poc families
What is urban renewal? - Answers where theres visible poverty in an urban area, tear it down
causing displacement, and rebuilding it causing gentrification
Who supported early government action in housing matters? - Answers reformers and home
builders supported govt
Who opposed early government action in housing matters? - Answers financial institutions and
banks opposed,
What city became known for its 1953 housing plan and rehab efforts? - Answers Baltimore
What did the Kerner Commission Report conclude? - Answers That the civil unrest was the
result of racism embedded within American institutions, and that the US was moving towards a
separate & unequal society
What Federal Act aimed to reverse housing discrimination and when? - Answers the fair housing
act 1968
What federal administration imposed a public housing moratorium? - Answers nixon in the 70's
What have housing courts aimed to address? - Answers aiming to make sure that landlord
tennant agreements were fair, landlords kept houses in habitable conditions, and no increase of
rent disproportionately
Litigation in what US city prompted MTO (spell out) approaches? - Answers Chicago, Move to
Opportunity
Name 2 common critiques/limitations of MTO - Answers MTO worked to deconcentrate poverty
(move from lower income communities to higher), but limited funding and low support from
receiving communities (higher income areas) made it difficult
What are COGs? - Answers Council of Governments
What has been the main critique of HOPE VI? - Answers Hope VI revitalized public housing to
low density, it led to significant loss of housing units and displacement
What does CDBG stand for? What are these funds generally used for? - Answers Community
Development Block Grant, used for revitalization/construction
What does CDC stand for? - Answers Community Development Corporations
What are Community Benefit Agreements? - Answers Community Benefit Agreements can be
used to prevent displacement
What does SCAG stand for? - Answers Southern California Association of Governments
Which is the most expensive county in the SCAG reigon - Answers Orange County
which 2 scag reigons have grown the most over the last decade? - Answers San Bernardino and
Riverside County
Compared to CA, is OC diverse? - Answers Yes oc is more diverse
What does prop 13 cap in CA? - Answers Caps property tax
In what decade did OC declare bankruptcy? - Answers 1990's
How manypublic employees lost their job as a result? - Answers 3000 public employees
What does RHNA stand for? - Answers Regional Housing Needs Allocation
What has led to a higher recent housing allocation to SCAG? - Answers overcrowding and cost
burden
Which OC cities remain most resistant to state housing law? - Answers Southern Coastal cities
remain the most resistant,
Which carry
the brunt of low-income housing provision? - Answers nothern/inland cities carry the burden
, Name the OC cities that appealed for a higher RHNA for Santa Ana - Answers Irvine, Garden
Grove, Yorba Linda, Newport Beach
What OC city is in a legal battle with the state for refusing to comply w/housing law? - Answers
Huntington beach
Which is the only in the county to have rent control & eviction protections? - Answers Santa Ana
Which had a single-digit housing allocation during the last 8-year cycle & permits housing at the
slowest rate? - Answers Newport Beach
Which has the largest share of non-Hispanic white population (84%) & highest vacancy rate
(23.4%)? - Answers Laguna Beach
Which is the top housing builder in oc - Answers Irvine
which has only single family zoning on 1/2 acre lots except for a strip mall - Answers Villa Park
What retirement city has no subsidized households? - Answers Seal Beach and Villa Park
What is redlining and its result? - Answers Drawing lines on a map to id areas where banks won't
loan out to, mainly affecting black and poc families
What is urban renewal? - Answers where theres visible poverty in an urban area, tear it down
causing displacement, and rebuilding it causing gentrification
Who supported early government action in housing matters? - Answers reformers and home
builders supported govt
Who opposed early government action in housing matters? - Answers financial institutions and
banks opposed,
What city became known for its 1953 housing plan and rehab efforts? - Answers Baltimore
What did the Kerner Commission Report conclude? - Answers That the civil unrest was the
result of racism embedded within American institutions, and that the US was moving towards a
separate & unequal society
What Federal Act aimed to reverse housing discrimination and when? - Answers the fair housing
act 1968
What federal administration imposed a public housing moratorium? - Answers nixon in the 70's
What have housing courts aimed to address? - Answers aiming to make sure that landlord
tennant agreements were fair, landlords kept houses in habitable conditions, and no increase of
rent disproportionately
