| AHA | Atlanta Housing Authority |
| CHA | Chicago Housing Authority |
| CNI | Choice Neighborhoods Initiative |
| CPPH | Coalition to Protect Public Housing |
| DCHA | District of Columbia Housing Authority |
| DHA | Duluth Housing Authority |
| HANO | Housing Authority of New Orleans |
| HUD | United States Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| LIHTC | Low-Income Housing Tax Credit |
| MROP | Major Reconstruction of Obsolete Projects |
| MTO | Moving to Opportunity |
| NAREB | National Association of Real Estate Boards |
| NCSDPH | National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing |
| NHLP | National Housing Law Project |
| PFT | Plan for Transformation |
| PHA | public housing authority |
| PWA | Public Works Administration |
| URD | Urban Revitalization Demonstration |
| USHA | United States Housing Authority |