User talk:Krider07/Housing Trust Fund

This page is under construction for a course at the University of Washington. Please bear with me as I work to improve this article and better understand Wiki-norms. Please contact me with questions, concerns, or suggestions. Krider07 (talk) 03:18, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments. I am definitely working on adding more diversity in geography. I'll work on incorporating your other suggestions. Krider07 (talk) 22:33, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

General instructor comments
You've done a great job of considering the pieces of information that people need to know about to understand housing trust funds. Each section clearly delineates what people need to know. The citation list has a lot of variety, albeit that it does lean toward the west coast.

Start of page
Are Housing Trust Funds used in other countries that the United States? I think making explicit from the first sentence that this is a U.S. focused article would likely be a good idea. Perhaps the title should be Housing Trust Funds in the United States?Rachel Garshick Kleit (talk) 23:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Funding
You 2 sources of funding here, but under states you discuss real estate tax transfer. Shouldn't that me mentioned here as well?

Administration or Governance
Giving some examples of units of government that fund, govern, and administer these funds would clarify this section. Also, mention what levels of government--nations, states, regions, counties, municipalities.Rachel Garshick Kleit (talk) 23:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Funding Priorities
These are priorities as laid out in the US, right? Make that clear. Rachel Garshick Kleit (talk) 23:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

United States National Housing Trust Fund and following
The sections after and including "United States National Housing Trust Fund" are a bit confusing. I think perhaps that this should come after "Administration or Governance" or after a new section called with a new title that reflects that these are trust funds at varied level of government. This part you are discusses different types of trust funds and provides examples. As I read it, I miss that transition.

more general comments
It looks like you intend to include examples of trust funds at each level of government. As you add these, it would be a good idea to make sure that the larger heading (eg "State") ends with some sort of sentence that says,"here are some examples".

Is it your intention to add more cases of trust funds from around the country? What are your criteria for mentioning and describing a particular housing trust fund? Seems very West Coast/King County focused in the examples.Rachel Garshick Kleit (talk) 23:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm glad you were able to put this page out there for review!Rachel Garshick Kleit (talk) 23:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Student Reviews
Hi Kelly, your page looks good, nice work. A couple suggestions that I have are: explain which part of the federal government administers the National Housing Trust Fund money and who gets it and how; include a quick sentence explaining types of fees used to fund the housing trust funds such as excise tax, RE transfer tax and document fees if they can't be linked to a Wikipedia page (after searching it looks like document fees is the only one that doesn't have a page). Good luck with your edits. mjbeal (talk) 01:42, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I agree, the page looks good so far, Kelly. I would like to see more about how the trust fund money is used - both examples of projects and a description of how to apply for this funding. Also, the article is a little too list-heavy. It's nice having all of the bulleted information there, but even within the paragraphs I think you rely on lists too much (e.g. the list of states with HTFs, the first paragraph about the WA state HTF). Good luck finishing the page! G potestio (talk) 00:37, 4 December 2011 (UTC)